Noahuh Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Hi there. I love to play bassoon and I love writing music. But how do I write my own bassoon concerto? Amy advice on writing a concerto in general? Where do I start? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ananth Balijepalli Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 You can start by... learning... how to write music first. Then after years of hard study and hard work, you might finally be able to devote years and countless hours of your time writing a bassoon concerto, which, probably will only be played once and forgotten for all of history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClarkN Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 I agree with Ananth. Practice. (also, write A LOT of music for bassoon beforehand.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne-scales Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Gotta learn to crawl before you learn to do double back flips off 3 story buildings and landing with a controlled roll. He learned that one the hard way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sojar Voglar Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Since most of the answers are, sadly, silly jokes, let me try: First listen to all finest concertos for bassoon. Pay close attention to form, motivic gradations, harmonic background, orchestration, the usage of the instrument. But you should inform us, how much experience do you have as a composer and which composers you favour as your influences. I remember when I started to compose at the age of 18, I wrote an oboe concerto with strings. It is terrible, since I had no knowledge of form and motivic workout. I made some melodies in oboe and use strings as a background harmonies with occasional solo exhibitions, in moderato-slow-quasi fast movements. But it's a try-out piece after all... 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigeorge17371 Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Why do anything different from a previous composition? Just go for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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