Did it sound like the instruments it replaced? I recall hearing my daughter's youth orchestra, with a keyboard synth replacing harp, in which the latter sound seemed to be uncomfortably coming from all over the room, while the real instruments were heard from where they were being played.
Raymond Horton Bass Trombonist, Louisville Orchestra Minister of Music, Edwardsville (IN) UMC Composer, Arranger VISIT US AT rayhortonmusic.com On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 10:17 AM, David H. Bailey < dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com> wrote: > Funny you should ask that -- I played one this past weekend, sharing it > with another percussionist. The man who owned it had programmed the > bottom 2 octaves to be chimes (written treble clef) and had programmed > the top two octaves to be orchestra bells in the same octave. > > So it can be notated however you wish -- it is a four octave range but > you can have multiple zones, each set in its own octave and with its own > sounds. > > David H. Bailey > > On 1/13/2014 6:46 AM, SN jef chippewa wrote: > > > > anyone know how this instrument is supposed to be notated? the > > performer is using the 4-octave model and has assigned sounds that > > need to be triggered mainly in the centre and avoiding the extreme > > keys, so it fits well on treble clef (G3-Bb7) without having to > > resort to clef changes or 8va markings. > > > > note this is NOT being used as an electronic marimba, the performer > > triggers sound files that are often not "pitched" and has mapped out > > the sounds across the instrument range for ease of playing, so it > > doesn't really have to reflect the range of the marimba in this > > piece; it is "just" a keyboard here. > > > > http://www.alternatemode.com/articles/aug4.shtml > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Finale mailing list > > Finale@shsu.edu > > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > > > > > > > -- > David H. Bailey > dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com > http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
