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| Orchestral Percusion Techniques, Wierd and Exciting required! |
| jonscott14 |
 May 19 2007, 02:38 PM
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Prodigy  Group: Members Posts: 1560 Joined: 14-December 04 From: Bratton, Wiltshire, England, UK Member No.: 2732  |
Hi all percussionists! (and anyone else!)
I have recently been given the go ahead to compose a piece for the schools brass and percusion section. This is full orchestral brass, and orchestral percusion - tuned and untuned. I wan't to create some unusual sounds, and was wandering if anyone could offer some advice and techniques that are effective - it would be great if they were infrequently used. Many thanks, Jon |
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| **Erica** |
Jun 15 2007, 06:37 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 14-June 07 From: Aberdeen, Scotland Member No.: 12089 |
i once saw a german wind band playing a piece where 4 percussionists all with violin bows were using them on the vibes. making a chord by bowing the notes instead of hitting them. they we sticking the bows in the gaps between the notes and pulling them up. it was a pretty awesome effect. (sorry im bad at explaining things...) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)
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| jonscott14 |
Jun 16 2007, 09:47 PM
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Prodigy Group: Members Posts: 1560 Joined: 14-December 04 From: Bratton, Wiltshire, England, UK Member No.: 2732 |
QUOTE(**Erica** @ Jun 15 2007, 07:37 PM)  i once saw a german wind band playing a piece where 4 percussionists all with violin bows were using them on the vibes. making a chord by bowing the notes instead of hitting them. they we sticking the bows in the gaps between the notes and pulling them up. it was a pretty awesome effect. (sorry im bad at explaining things...) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) It is a really great effect! - I've already writting a section with it! - but sibelius doesn't know how to play it - so i'm waiting for the first try out! |
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jonscott14 Orchestral Percusion Techniques May 19 2007, 02:38 PM
Manek You could tell whoever's playing snare to rims... May 19 2007, 04:51 PM flute fanatic
Other than that, all I can think of is playing x... May 19 2007, 04:53 PM chrisgs cymbal balanced on a timp sounds quite interesting... May 19 2007, 04:59 PM sonataform First of all, congratulations on being asked to wr... May 20 2007, 03:38 PM
kenm [...]An alternative to all of this is not to creat... May 21 2007, 08:29 AM DrumKat Scraping a cymbal with a coin always sounds good. ... May 21 2007, 02:30 PM jonscott14 I am able to use for the brass:
Around 8 trumpets ... May 21 2007, 07:47 PM DrumKat Well, in the religious one, tubular bells, susp. c... May 24 2007, 04:36 PM Lizzie2284 Try bowing a vibraphone, it makes an unearthly gla... May 28 2007, 04:48 PM DrumKat Just thought of another thing...a rivet cymbal. D... May 28 2007, 05:40 PM jonscott14
Just thought of another thing...a rivet cymbal. ... May 30 2007, 10:59 AM DrumKat
Just thought of another thing...a rivet cymbal. ... May 30 2007, 12:09 PM jonscott14
[quote name='jonscott14' post='523184' date='May ... May 30 2007, 06:13 PM DrumKat
They do sound nice - just for that extra bit of ... May 30 2007, 07:00 PM molly You could also be inspired by percussion in samba ... Jun 16 2007, 11:46 AM kenm Steve Reich (over)uses bowed vibes in "Tehill... Jun 20 2007, 07:28 PM jonscott14 I listened to that the other day! - I got a 5 ... Jun 20 2007, 09:33 PM |
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