Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Finishing Touches (POST 9)

Today I finished my concert band piece... now its jsut the down to the fine details...

I would like to

- Add more tuba.... there really is not much playing for the tuba player at the moment
- Add more articulations.
- Put in rit markings
- Come up with a name!!!
- Print off some of the parts to see how they look
- Maybe tinker with the ending...

Monday, March 8, 2010

Composition (POST 8)

I have been working on my piece for concert band for several weeks now. It has been going very well. I have about 3 minutes of music.

Some goals for this week

- Fill in texture. Try orchestrating some of the parts that are played by only one type of instrument.

- Develop the theme more. Right now my piece is sort of repetitive. I could take some of the material I have and really write some counter subjects that would contrast well with the themes that are present.

- Try and graph out my levels of tension. On a scale of one to ten, so far the piece only reaches about a 5 in tensions levels. This could be something that I could use to give the music more direction