Out of This World

[mgj32]

A pleasure, as usual. I have the Merlin Creative sound fonts loaded, and it sounds fine. Did you consider using sound changes to distinguish the vibes from the harp? Just change one or the other to the channel of a staff not playing for the measures when harp and vibes are both in use. I also usually resort to gaining a channel by making the tuba a trombone, but putting tuba in for the instrument name. Not perfect, but workable.

all best,
mgj

[Sherry C]

Howdy Ralph,

Not only is it always a treat to hear your arrangements, but I for one really appreciate the time you take to annotate the score. I learn a lot by comparing (especially now that you're using various performance effects ) the annotations in the score with the performance I'm hearing as it goes along (I have aspirations to someday find time enough to play in our local big band). Great job, and thanks!

In scoring on paper, these notes would be within a set of parentheses to indicate a "swallow", but I don't think Notation has a means for me to show this.

You can use Free Text, enter a left parenthesis, two spaces, and a right parenthesis. I then find it easiest to click outside the box, then select the parentheses so the red "grab" handle shows up, and then position the parentheses around the note you want to "swallow." I've written it up to make this easier (task 2350).

ttfn,
Sherry

[rrayner]

Originally Posted by Sherry C

You can use Free Text, enter a left parenthesis, two spaces, and a right parenthesis. I then find it easiest to click outside the box, then select the parentheses so the red "grab" handle shows up, and then position the parentheses around the note you want to "swallow." I've written it up to make this easier (task 2350).

Aha! Thanks, Sherry! That worked great. I've reposted the file with the changes, in the previous entry. Is there a way to delete the original?

Thanks for your appreciation of my notations.

Ralph

[rrayner]

I meant to mention in my previous post, Sherry, that I received an email notification for MG's post, but I did not receive one for your post. Any ideas? I wouldn't have seen yours if I hadn't been responding to MG's post.

Ralph

[Sherry C]

Howdy Ralph,

Originally Posted by rrayner

I meant to mention in my previous post, Sherry, that I received an email notification for MG's post, but I did not receive one for your post. Any ideas? I wouldn't have seen yours if I hadn't been responding to MG's post.

MG is more well regarded

Semi-seriously, my favorite theory is a black hole.

Seriously, I don't know - if you started a thread, then you're Automagically(tm) subscribed to the thread and should receive notifications of all posts made to that thread unless you unsubscribe from it manually. Perhaps your email app or ISP has something against Irish last names?

ttfn,
Sherry

[mgj32]

Hi Sherry and Ralph,
It could be a cosmic ray. It would certainly fit with the title. I forgot to mention how much I like the two melodic horn passages. Wish I knew why, when the whole arrangement is so good, these stand out for me. It has something to do with the right instruments in the right places, I think.
all best,
mgj

[rrayner]

I've finally joined the "cloud", and have posted my mp3 version of this score on Box.net.


http://www.box.net/shared/xxen38u7ib

As anyone sampling this thread might have a very different listening experience by playing the Composer file and/or the midi file, this mp3 version is very close to what this piece sounds like when I play it on my CVP-405. Again, it's not live musicians, but with my skill levels with electronic tweaking, it's as close as I can get at this time.

Ralph Rayner

[rrayner]

Originally Posted by mgj32

Just change one or the other to the channel of a staff not playing for the measures when harp and vibes are both in use. I also usually resort to gaining a channel by making the tuba a trombone, but putting tuba in for the instrument name.

Thanks for the suggestions, MG. I have the flutes & oboe channel open at the time I'm using both vibes and harp, but I've decided that, in ensemble, it's not necessary to split the vibes and harp apart. It sounds okay for my purposes.

In my previous scores, I had put the tuba on the same channel as the trombones, and it worked to my liking. However, in this score, I was "hoist on my own petard", as the sfzp effect I am using in the trombones was affecting the tuba, so that it no longer sounded like a unison with the bari sax.

Due to your suggestions, and my taking a look at the possibilities, I found two transcription errors in the harp part, so I'm reposting the file to clean it up. Thanks for your help.

Ralph