thesnareguy Posted December 28, 2005 Report Share Posted December 28, 2005 i am barely getting started into composing full band music. i have made many percussion features, but they are started but unfinished. when making music for band, do u make parts for percussion or not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinHorn Posted December 28, 2005 Report Share Posted December 28, 2005 i am barely getting started into composing full band music. i have made many percussion features, but they are started but unfinished. when making music for band, do u make parts for percussion or not? Depends if you want to or not, its really up to you. I know Key Poulan doesn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidpowell Posted December 29, 2005 Report Share Posted December 29, 2005 Depends. I tend to use percussion more as effects kind of stuff, I.E. impacts, flourishes, whatnot. One guy who uses percussion really well is Daniel Montoya Jr. http://www.danielmontoyajr.com check it out. Danse Moods is amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortisimo Posted December 29, 2005 Report Share Posted December 29, 2005 Yeah, that's basically all I use it for now-a-days. But that's only because I don't have a vsti synthesizer for battery percussion, so I just do the pit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesnareguy Posted December 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 i have another ?. wuts an ideal score to write? brass only? or with wws?. note: i am about to write my first show. how many parts of each instrument? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortisimo Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 Hmmm Well, the usual would be like 1 or 2 piccolo parts 2 or 3 flute 2 or 3 clarinet maaaybe 1 bass clarinet, but probably not 1 or 2 alto sax parts no double reeds.. probably no bari, maybe 1 tenor (I don't ever write one though) 3 trumpet 2 or 3 french horn 2 trombone 2 euphonium 1 or 2 tuba battery parts pit parts I think that about covers it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson07 Posted January 27, 2006 Report Share Posted January 27, 2006 also, if you want to get really into it, you could write some solos for instruments that arent usually present in a marching band, i.e. english horn, oboe, bassoon, piano/keyboard parts, etc. That usually works out okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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