Re: [Finale] Scoring for Band

2006-02-13 Thread dhbailey
Williams, Jim wrote: Collective Wisdom, I am trying to take the piano accompaniment for a euphonium solo and score it for band/wind ens. I know all the usual stuff about transpositions, ranges, etc., so I am not a total novice. Is there a reference scoring text for BAND only? Most of what

Re: [Finale] Scoring for Band

2006-02-13 Thread John Howell
At 11:15 AM -0500 2/13/06, Williams, Jim wrote: Collective Wisdom, I am trying to take the piano accompaniment for a euphonium solo and score it for band/wind ens. I know all the usual stuff about transpositions, ranges, etc., so I am not a total novice. Is there a reference scoring text

Re: [Finale] Scoring for Band

2006-02-13 Thread Phil Daley
At 2/13/2006 11:41 AM, dhbailey wrote: For advice on doublings, my advice is simply use your imagination. In an accompanying situation making sure that the band's tone color doesn't overpower the soloist is the primary concern, and along with that is being sure that the accompanying lines are

Re: [Finale] Scoring for Band

2006-02-13 Thread Christopher Smith
On Feb 13, 2006, at 11:15 AM, Williams, Jim wrote: Collective Wisdom, I am trying to take the piano accompaniment for a euphonium solo and score it for band/wind ens. I know all the usual stuff about transpositions, ranges, etc., so I am not a total novice. Is there a reference scoring

Re: [Finale] Scoring for Band

2006-02-13 Thread Chuck Israels
On Feb 13, 2006, at 10:20 AM, Christopher Smith wrote: It was also hard not to make everything REALLY BIG AND LOUD, which is my weakness. This just reminds me of an old recording I heard a few times (cannot find it now - though I haven't searched extensively) of Sousa Marches - played

Re: [Finale] Scoring for Band

2006-02-13 Thread Carolyn Bremer
Jim: If you are coming at this from the point of view of an orchestral person, then my guess is that you'd benefit from some generalizations in the differences bewteen the ensembles. Clarity of lines is the biggest difference, I've noticed. When all looks equal, the low voices are weaker than in

RE: [Finale] Scoring for Band

2006-02-13 Thread Williams, Jim
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Chuck Israels Sent: Mon 13-Feb-06 14:30 To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] Scoring for Band On Feb 13, 2006, at 10:20 AM, Christopher Smith wrote: It was also hard not to make everything REALLY BIG AND LOUD

Re: [Finale] Scoring for Band - now overplaying brass, more

2006-02-13 Thread Raymond Horton
This just reminds me of an old recording I heard a few times (cannot find it now - though I haven't searched extensively) of Sousa Marches - played under the direction of his descendants. It was so much lighter and more transparent than the versions with which we are familiar that it

Re: [Finale] Scoring for Band

2006-02-13 Thread Christopher Smith
On Feb 13, 2006, at 4:39 PM, Williams, Jim wrote: I would also talk about bass trombones, but Louisville is not far from Indianapolis, and Mr. Horton might wrap his triple-trigger bi-valve low BBB XL-bore nitro-cylindrical confabulator around my size 16.5 neck seven or eight times. Jim W.

RE: [Finale] Scoring for Band - now overplaying brass, more

2006-02-13 Thread Williams, Jim
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Raymond Horton Sent: Mon 13-Feb-06 21:19 To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] Scoring for Band - now overplaying brass, more This just reminds me of an old recording I heard a few times (cannot find it now - though

RE: [Finale] Scoring for Band--Public Thanks

2006-02-13 Thread Williams, Jim
and will indeed trust my instinct and experience [to some extent anyway ;-) ] Jim W. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Christopher Smith Sent: Mon 13-Feb-06 22:07 To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] Scoring for Band On Feb 13, 2006, at 4:39 PM, Williams, Jim