Tubular Bells and Tenorsax Duo

This is my answer to the birthday challenge.

My instruments were Tubular Bells and Tenor sax.

I don´t think this is a especially good composition. I could give it another try but I would consider that cheating. :-)

Maybe the constellation is also bad or difficult to work with.

I like the sound of the Tubular Bells though.

EDIT: I just realized that I accidentally put this in the wrong category.

Second EDIT: I have uploaded a new version of the composition. The piece should now be playable. I find this version to be better.

Tenor sax is a Bb instrument. Also, I' not really sure about the multiphonics you have in here. If they were intended that way, you need to mark it, but they're considered an extended technique and pretty difficult to pull off.
The tonality of this one is generally kind of confusing, but that's okay; seemed rather purposeful.
When writing for the bells, when you write rests, you're assuming a stopping of the sound by damping it, so if you don't intend that, just quarters, etc. are better note lengths.
 

Hi Monarcheon.

You wrote : "Tenor sax is a Bb-instrument."

What exactly does this mean ?

I felt that the Tenor sax sounded rather bad, but maybe that is because that the key signature in my piece is not Bb ?

If that is the case I can just transpose it to Bb.

Meaning it should be transposed to Bb, yes.

Well, this is an issue where you may decide what you want to do. If you want something playable by the computer, it's OK.

Otherwise I think there are some "problems"

1. Apart from the transposition, I think all saxophones read in treble clef.

2. I wouldn't dare writing multi-phonics, OMG.

3. An important thing is the range, you are out of range in the bass part. I think the lowest note is an Ab (the space at the bottom y the bass clef you have).

Regarding the music, the combination is original, indeed. The music has motion, but some part not running parallel would be nice.

Hi Luis and Ilv.

Luis wrote :

1. Apart from the transposition, I think all saxophones read in treble clef.

This is a conventional issue I didn´t give any thought. I did not know it.

2. I wouldn't dare writing multi-phonics, OMG.

This objection makes sense, since this is called a duo and not a trio. One saxophone can´t normally play 2 notes at the same time, as far as I can tell.

3. An important thing is the range, you are out of range in the bass part. I think the lowest note is an Ab (the space at the bottom y the bass clef you have).

Well, this was intended to be playable by real instruments, this objection makes sense.

There is a reason I chose rather low notes for the Tenor Sax. I felt that the tenor sax sounded quite bad at the higher notes. 

Ilv :

I intended this to be about 1 minute, according to the rules of the birthday challenge.