June 28, 200718 yr Hey this is a Latin March that i'm writing. The score has a way better representation of the piece, I have attached a Midi file also to hear it. But i'm kinda stuck, and don't know if i'm headed in the right direction. =) Please help spanish.MUS spanishallinst.MID
July 17, 200718 yr Author Hey sorry, that was the wrong midi file... here is the correct one. I would greatly appreaciate some feedback. =)
July 17, 200718 yr I like the first couple measures. After that it pretty much loses all tonality. Did you even think about the chord progression? Or did you just put it some stuff you thought sounded kinda cool? Also, IMO you have WAY to many instruments for the type of music you're working with here. You basically have every possible orch instrument possible and from what I saw of the score you have very little, if any, mirroring of parts which just makes your piece a mess in some spots. Simplify it, bring out a stronger melody and consider the piece more as a whole instead of individual parts. Hope it helps! Good luck!
July 21, 200718 yr Fun piece! You DO have way too many instruments, though. What to you need a piccolo trumpet, a contrabassoon, Eb clarinet, and THREE tuba parts for? You have a lot of parts doubled, so try and reconfigure it to a smaller ensemble. I'm going to try and weed out some of the mess... Your brass writing is a mess. You have everybody way out of range at places. Bb trumpet can only go up to Bb above the staff. Piccolo can't go any higher, only really good trumpet players can go higher, and I would say F fourth space above staff is a limit to piccolo trumpets. Piccolo trumpet can only go down to E, bottom line of stave. Never take baritone or euphonium above G above bass clef unless its inteded for a really good player. Only write ONE line for tuba. There is no such thing as a bass tuba. Tuba is a bass. If Jesus played tuba, there's no way in Hell he could play that fast. Same goes for bass clarinet. Think simpler. NEVER take a cornet that high. Your performers would turn ugly colors before the second page of the score. Okay, I could go forever on this, so I think I'll just end it here: Why don't you write this for a latin ensemble? I'm not exactly sure what constitutes one, but they are a heck of a lot smaller and you won't get lost in the multitude of instruments. How about just a piano solo? Piano duet?
