Re: [Finale] Non-linear melodies

2010-08-20 Thread GERALD BERG
Gerald Berg From: dershem ders...@cox.net To: finale list finale@shsu.edu Sent: Tue, August 17, 2010 11:30:09 PM Subject: [Finale] Non-linear melodies I was recently given a copy of Willie Maiden's Kaleidoscope.  It is ... unique. No one part has the melody

RE: [Finale] Non-linear melodies

2010-08-19 Thread Gary Griffiths
[mailto:finale-boun...@shsu.edu] On Behalf Of Horace Brock Sent: 19 August 2010 02:53 To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] Non-linear melodies I haven't written anything like that, but I know of a piece. Eldon Rathburn's Canadian Brass Rag is like that. My quintet couldn't play it. Horace Brock

Re: [Finale] Non-linear melodies

2010-08-19 Thread Lawrence Yates
I once played a professional muddy field gig. When we came to Pomp and Stomp (Land of Hope and Glory) the principal horn asked me if I knew the one note version. I said no. Just listen a while, then join in. The section played the tune hocket style, one note each, and after a few bars I was in.

Re: [Finale] Non-linear melodies

2010-08-18 Thread Barbara Touburg
On 18-8-2010 5:30, dershem wrote: I was recently given a copy of Willie Maiden's Kaleidoscope. It is ... unique. No one part has the melody line. It's all just notes spread across the band in varying rhythms, and you have to have the whole band playing in precise rhythm to allow the

Re: [Finale] Non-linear melodies

2010-08-18 Thread Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
On Wed, August 18, 2010 8:39 am, Barbara Touburg wrote: It was first done in the Middle Ages. It was called Hoketus. Traditional Central African hocket as well -- sung by children! Dennis ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu

Re: [Finale] Non-linear melodies

2010-08-18 Thread Christopher Smith
On Tue Aug 17, at TuesdayAug 17 11:30 PM, dershem wrote: I was recently given a copy of Willie Maiden's Kaleidoscope. It is ... unique. No one part has the melody line. It's all just notes spread across the band in varying rhythms, and you have to have the whole band playing in

Re: [Finale] Non-linear melodies

2010-08-18 Thread Chris Bell
I was recently given a copy of Willie Maiden's Kaleidoscope. It is ... unique. No one part has the melody line. It's all just notes spread across the band in varying rhythms, and you have to have the whole band playing in precise rhythm to allow the audience to be able to hear the

Re: [Finale] Non-linear melodies

2010-08-18 Thread Dean M. Estabrook
Ah, hocketing at its best ... Dean On Aug 18, 2010, at 8:16 AM, Chris Bell wrote: I was recently given a copy of Willie Maiden's Kaleidoscope. It is ... unique. No one part has the melody line. It's all just notes spread across the band in varying rhythms, and you have to have the

Re: [Finale] Non-linear melodies

2010-08-18 Thread David W. Fenton
On 18 Aug 2010 at 7:54, Chuck Israels wrote: Klangfarbenmelodie (sp?) melody made of bells - Schoenberg. That's not what the term means. It means tone-color melody and Schoenberg's Five Pieces (Op. 16) are the textbook example, where orchestration and tone color are the metaphorical melody of

Re: [Finale] Non-linear melodies

2010-08-18 Thread Chuck Israels
Thanks, David. My German's not so good, and I misunderstood the musical meaning too. Learn things here. Chuck Sent from my iPhone On Aug 18, 2010, at 9:49 AM, David W. Fenton lists.fin...@dfenton.com wrote: On 18 Aug 2010 at 7:54, Chuck Israels wrote: Klangfarbenmelodie (sp?) melody made

Re: [Finale] Non-linear melodies

2010-08-18 Thread John Howell
At 8:30 PM -0700 8/17/10, dershem wrote: I was recently given a copy of Willie Maiden's Kaleidoscope. It is ... unique. No one part has the melody line. It's all just notes spread across the band in varying rhythms, and you have to have the whole band playing in precise rhythm to allow the

Re: [Finale] Non-linear melodies

2010-08-18 Thread Horace Brock
I haven't written anything like that, but I know of a piece. Eldon Rathburn's Canadian Brass Rag is like that. My quintet couldn't play it. Horace Brock On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:30:09 -0700, you wrote: I was recently given a copy of Willie Maiden's Kaleidoscope. It is ... unique. No one part

[Finale] Non-linear melodies

2010-08-17 Thread dershem
I was recently given a copy of Willie Maiden's Kaleidoscope. It is ... unique. No one part has the melody line. It's all just notes spread across the band in varying rhythms, and you have to have the whole band playing in precise rhythm to allow the audience to be able to hear the melody

Re: [Finale] Non-linear melodies

2010-08-17 Thread Aaron Rabushka
Yep. It's called pointillism--Anton Webern was a wiz at it. Aaron J. Rabushka arabus...@austin.rr.com - Original Message - From: dershem ders...@cox.net To: finale list finale@shsu.edu Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 10:30 PM Subject: [Finale] Non-linear melodies I was recently given