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 Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 8:00 am
What's one instrument that you'd choose to have the melody the most? I don't really like giving the melody line to the violins only, but they can most of the notes and a flute is pretty quiet. How can I fix that problem?
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Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 5:32 pm
Either try thining the texture so the flutes will be audible, or try doubling flutes with other instrument(s). Of course, with the latter, the resulting sound will be different than solo flute melody, but it depends on the context of the music and what you're trying to do.
I'd highly recommend that you pick up a book on orchestration.
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Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 8:13 pm
We don't have one in our library, or bookstore. gonk
I guess I'll go to amazon or eBay.
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Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 5:03 am
Wings Either try thining the texture so the flutes will be audible, or try doubling flutes with other instrument(s). Of course, with the latter, the resulting sound will be different than solo flute melody, but it depends on the context of the music and what you're trying to do. I'd highly recommend that you pick up a book on orchestration. I agree. You'll need a very good book on orchestration to compose a symphony. I'm having to get a load for my Piano Concerto.
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Le Aristocrat Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 9:17 pm
I recommend Samuel Adler's textbook on orchestration. :3
Also, don't be afraid to give melody parts to lower instruments. Violins and flutes aren't the only ones that can play beautiful melodies. Cellos, bassoons, french horns, oboes, the whole brass section, anything that you think sounds good, really. Experiment! You never know what you might come up with. :3
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Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 9:46 pm
Cobalt I recommend Samuel Adler's textbook on orchestration. :3 I second the rec--it's my textbook for orchestration class, in fact. And yes, the melody doesn't have to be in the top voices only. I particularly love assigning melodies to cellos and bassoons <3 Orchestration is the art of painting with sounds, so don't be afraid to play around. For my orchestration assignments, I've often spent way too much time on them (they're usually short excerpts) because I'd always end up doing several versions. XD
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Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 1:59 pm
Clarinets should get it- only because I'm biased. However, bassoons do lovely solo lines but it depends the style and "theme-as-such" of the piece. Pick an instrument(s) with the appropriate timbre to the feelings you're trying to create with the music.
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Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 6:08 am
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Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 3:04 pm
Piccolos are supposed to cut through the orchestra real easy, but being so high up, they're not my favorite instrument >.> Though giving the melody to the cellos could be nice. Or even to the basses razz Beethoven did it in the Ode to Joy symphony, didn't he? razz It works. It's kinda funny, but it works wink
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