Range of the Bb Clarinet and characteristics of different registers. Low register called the Chalumeau octave. More information on Clarinet construction and use in the orchestra available at: http://www.mti.dmu.ac.uk/%7Eahugill/manual/clarinet/construction.html
I had not realized before how flexible and nimble the oboe is. Here is an excerpt of the oboe score from Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante, K. 297, third movement. So this is just a note to myself to remember to score more interesting and diverse parts when I write for oboe. We want to keep the oboe [...]
PDF Download: Guide to Drum and Percussion Notation PDF Download: drums-percussion-notation From: http://web.mit.edu/merolish/Public/drums.pdf Congas, woodblock, gong, and individual drum kit (toms, cymbals, etc.) Also this information on notation and performance for Concert Band Percussion Instruments: by Staff Sergeant Bill Elliott and Staff Sergeant Steven Hearn CONTENTS: Triangles; Tambourine; Concert Bass Drum; Cymbals From: http://bands.army.mil/masterclass/tusafb/mar2001/perc.htm Download PDF: [...]
This 10-part series takes an in-depth look at the process of bringing Shrek to Broadway through interviews with the Tony Award-winning creative team and cast, behind-the-scenes footage and exclusive content.
Where do Musicals come from? Also on my blog you can find related clips from “Broadway: The Golden Age”. I own this movie and it’s fantastic for giving an understanding of the roots and development of the American Broadway Musical. This short clip here is from the same producers. (In fact I did a glowing [...]
Maybe I’ve been hanging out with too many ladybodys in Macau, but this is pretty damn cool. Lin Yu sings Dolly Parton classic on Taiwanese talent show Super Star Avenue, giving his all for the $1 Million prize. (Parton wrote and first recorded the song, which Whitney Houston later recorded.)
Leonard Bernstein. Young people’s concerts. What is Orchestration?. March 8, 1958 Bernstein discusses orchestration beginning with Rimsky-Korsakov live performance examples. He also plays examples of bad orchestration.
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Introduction to Orchestration by Thomas Goss. See my “Orchestration” category here on my blog for more music orchestration study tips.
Gustav Holst — The Planets Op.32 Mercury, the Winged Messenger Here is an example of the full score and following that is a two piano reduction. I have been racking my brain in several futile attempts to find the most economical and free way to do orchestral sketches on the computer — and I think [...]
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Information on music orchestrators; the geniuses behind the scenes of film music and Broadway musicals. Orchestrators receive music from composers in the form of handwritten or computer printed scores, MIDI files, or a combination of these. The primary role of an orchestrator is to assist the composer in delivering a fully orchestrated score from the [...]
Piano sketches by Aaron Copland of his Fanfare for the Common Man orchestra work. A look into how the composer prepares an orchestral sketch before full orchestration.
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Insight into how Aaron Copland would sketch his music before full orchestration. Appalachian Spring rough sketch page 15 by Aaron Copland. Copland wrote his orchestra sketches at the piano at a slow pace, often at night. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Copland Aaron Copland sketches can be found here: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/copland/index.html Appalachian Spring second sketch, a little cleaner with more notes [...]
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Compare the two conducting and performance styles for Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture. Top video is concluding part two of Tchaikovsky’s famous 1812 Overture performed by the Hallé Orchestra, conducted by Mark Elder at the Royal Albert Hall during the Nations Favourite Prom 2004 Bottom video is the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra.
A young man with no disabilities and many abilities! This should inspire most people to be thankful for what we’re given and to realize most of our limitations are decided by ourselves. And I think his Claire De Lune sounds pretty good!
Damn the internet for always teaching me new things. I am very happy to think that I already know everything. I stand corrected once again; this time on the use of the word “flutist” vs. “flautist”. I’m still getting used to the French Horn being referred to as just “Horn” – will the changes never [...]
Leonard Bernstein: MASS — GloriaTibi — John Cashmore as Celebrant Germany 2009 I had a friend recently remind me of the Bernstein Mass so I’ve been listening to it. There are many more clips on YouTube of the different movements. Here is more information on the instrumentation, movements and performance:
Patch list for General Midi sounds. Piano Chromatic Percussion Organ 1.Acoustic Grand Piano 2.Bright Acoustic Piano 3.Electric Grand Piano 4.Honky-tonk Piano 5.Electric Piano 1 6.Electric Piano 2 7.Harpsicord 8.Clavi 9.Celesta 10.Glockenspiel 11.Music Box 12.Vibraphone 13.Marimba 14.Xylophone 15.Tubular Bells 16.Dulcimer 17.Drawbar Organ 18.Percussive Organ 19.Rock Organ 20.Church Organ 21.Reed Organ 22.Accordion 23.Harmonica 24.Tango Accordion Guitar Brass [...]
Singers: Francois-Nicolas Geslot (ten) Arnaud Marzorati (bar) Claire Lefilliâtre (sop) Conductor: Vincent Dumestre Ensemble: Le Poème Harmonique Director: Benjamin Lazar “Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme”, comédie-ballet in five acts, text by Molière, music by Jean-Baptiste Lully, first performed at the château of Chambord on October 14, 1670, before the court of Louis XIV. Molière played Monsieur Jourdain, [...]
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Leoš Janáček – String Quartet No. 2, ‘Intimate Letters’ (1 of 4)
I did not like this piece on first listen — then I read about it’s background: the description of Janacek’s unrequited love and pining. And now the piece is very powerful to me. Janacek once wrote: “I maintain that a pure musical note means nothing unless it is pinned down in life, blood and locale; [...]
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