Very good, thanks. Yes, I didn't mean trilling on one pitch, you are
correct. What I had in mind there was a rapid alternation of strokes
on one bar, say, 32nd notes, or the tremolo between octaves. I've now
had some excellent alternatives proposed, so I shall have to think
them through.
Thanks again,
Dean
On Oct 10, 2005, at 9:55 AM, Andrew Stiller wrote:
On Oct 8, 2005, at 12:04 PM, Dean M. Estabrook wrote:
I'm finishing a piece for Wind Ensemble. I want a bright, intense,
loud shimmering unison (or octaves) in the upper winds on a trill.
In adding some perc. to this sound, I'll have the triangle on a
trill and would like to add a xylophone trilling on the same note
as the winds. Question: Can a xylophone create the sound I want
trilling on one pitch, or would it be more effective on a tremolo
an octave apart? If the later, how do I notate the tremolo on a
whole note?
There's a terminology problem here, because if the xyl. is
"trilling on one pitch," then it is not trilling at all. If the
winds are also doing that, then they are flutter-tonguing--but I
suspect you want real trills in the winds. If so, why not have a
real trill in the xyl. as well?
And if you want a "bright, intense, loud, shimmering" sound, I
would recommend glockenspiel instead of xylophone. Give it a real
trill to play, just like the winds, and if you want you can even
give it two simultaneous trills an octave apart, w. a pair of
sticks in one hand playing the main pitch and a pair in the other
hand playing the auxiliary notes. (You can do the same on the xyl.
if you want.)
tremolo an octave apart? If the later, how do I notate the
tremolo on a whole note?
Should you decide to do this, then you should notate two whole
notes in the place of one with a diagonal triple beam in the space
between them. There is a shape-expression available for the beams.
The whole tremolo can be created in a single step by using the
Tremolos plugin from TGTools.
Andrew Stiller
Kallisti Music Press
http://home.netcom.com/~kallisti/
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