terminology - What is the name for a group of five? - Music: …
2014年6月22日 · A quintet. For example, the Miles Davis Quintet or the Charlie Parker Quintet with Dizzy Gillespie. Johannes Brahms wrote a Piano Quintet in F minor, but no, it's not a piece for five pianos (it's for piano plus string quartet). According to Merriam-Webster, the etymology of the word is Latin by way of Italian, from the Italian word "quintetto."
composition - Composing/Arranging for a String Quartet - Music ...
2014年10月27日 · 11. I've been taking arranging and composing classes at the college I'm attending and I have recently been tasked with writing a piece for a string quartet. I would like to know in general, what should someone be aware of while composing/arranging a piece for a string quartet? moar funz for the cello! (signed, a cellist) :-) .
Why are conductors required at orchestra performances?
2016年7月3日 · A symphonic orchestra is much bigger than a band, and being in perfect sync with the player at the other side of the stage or pit can be hard without visual cues. In smaller ensemble, such as a quartet, quintet, or even chamber orchestra, there might be no conductor or the conductor might be a musician among others.
How to write a string quartet - Music: Practice & Theory Stack …
2021年1月15日 · Write fugues. Write "divisions on a ground." Write in four parts but allowing no more than three to be playing at any given moment. Give the melody to the viola ("you'll gain a friend for life!"). Copy the quartets of everyone from Haydn to George Crumb. Mash them up (do Mozart's theme in Debussy's style).
composition - Key choice for brass instruments - Music: Practice ...
2015年12月5日 · Since the open, resonant frequency of the instrument is set in a "flat" key, music written in flat keys will sound more resonant than music written in keys that doesn't naturally resonant with the instrument (E major), thus, brass players see more music written in flat keys, thus, brass players favor flat keys. Sharp keys are harder to tune also.
terminology - How to technically differentiate between wind …
2014年1月27日 · I don't believe so. Some have parallel tube shapes inside, some conical. Most have a bell, but the sound of a flute comes from the mouthpiece area.Generally a brass instrument will sound harsher than one made from wood- the french horn being an exception - that's why it's 'allowed' into the woodwind (wind) quintet. –
Woodwind v brass instruments - what is the defining characteristic?
2018年6月25日 · The French Horn is an honorary Woodwind when a Woodwind Quintet is assembled. – Carl Witthoft.
engraving - Rest Collision Error on in lilypond - Music: Practice ...
Just remove the first occurence to make it. \new Staff = "up" { \clef "treble^8" \scoreARight } and everything should be all right. The "cannot set rest direction" warning comes (I would guess) from the fact that the two rests were colliding (one being exactly on the top of the other), and Lilypond couldn't figure a way to resolve the collision ...
composition - Name for ensemble of the same instrument - Music ...
2018年6月18日 · A piano quintet is more probably a piano combined with a string quartet than five pianos. A clarinet quartet may address four clarinets as well as a clarinet combined with a string trio. So you won't get much more precise than piece for two clarinets (which would still leave open, whether both are of the same variant as "clarinet in a", or ...
brass - Can a baritone be used for a trombone part? - Music: …
2017年6月16日 · Brass Quintet trombone parts are notated at concert pitch using a variety of clefs. Baritone players (in British Brass band at least) expect treble-clef Bb parts. So unless your baritone player is already a trombonist and used to the idea of clefs and transposition, you'll either have to write out some transposed parts