Funeral March

I'm uploading to YC some old stuff that was posted in the archives and linked to external sites.

This piece is from 2008, I think. I had started it a year earlier but stopped after I had completed a minute because the brass sample weren't powerful enough (crappy finale sound) and I had no idea of what I was doing.

I intend to modify the second part because it's too repetitive.

Funeral March

The instrumentation is good, except for the lowest timpani notes, but I won't say you have to edit that, this piece simply requires a larger timpani, or maybe a re-adjustment in the common larger one the 32'' kettledrum.

I feel a hesitating development, with short climaxes, which is very good for the first 5-8 minutes, like an obvious storm is coming soon, but then a larger climax is highly expected, something we have being waiting, but not climaxes that collapses too soon, but a highly clear strong part, of larger length, where a display of strength and power is now achieved, and must satisfy its length before it shut downs again or ends, something like the page 18 but longer, with dialogs between instruments, beyond linear re-enforcement, I say that climax in page 18 should be about 2 minutes longer, and then we can all go home happy.

I know this is not a brand new piece that you just finished, you may be want to make important changes, or just consider this for a future project, like learn of our own older pieces.

It did have the funeral mood all the time.

For high bassoon notes, I think Alto © clef is better, I'm not sure, in Treble (G) clef looks weird.

Impressive!

The instrumentation is good, except for the lowest timpani notes, but I won't say you have to edit that, this piece simply requires a larger timpani, or maybe a re-adjustment in the common larger one the 32'' kettledrum.

I feel a hesitating development, with short climaxes, which is very good for the first 5-8 minutes, like an obvious storm is coming soon, but then a larger climax is highly expected, something we have being waiting, but not climaxes that collapses too soon, but a highly clear strong part, of larger length, where a display of strength and power is now achieved, and must satisfy its length before it shut downs again or ends, something like the page 18 but longer, with dialogs between instruments, beyond linear re-enforcement, I say that climax in page 18 should be about 2 minutes longer, and then we can all go home happy.

I know this is not a brand new piece that you just finished, you may be want to make important changes, or just consider this for a future project, like learn of our own older pieces.

It did have the funeral mood all the time.

For high bassoon notes, I think Alto © clef is better, I'm not sure, in Treble (G) clef looks weird.

Bassoon plays in Bass clef and Tenor clef, so the higher notes should be in Tenor clef not Alto. I'm a bassoonist.

A yes, sorry, it's just I don't use those names, I know them as G Clef, C Clef, F Clef... I confused Alto with Tenor :toothygrin: