Saturday, March 08, 2008
xmsb~believe;

9:45 PM


Goodbye My Love

General:
- ensemble sound
- section sound

Those people having the melody, please take note of the rhythm.

bar 24:
(people with quavers)
- staccato

bar 25:
(trombones, french horns, euphoniums)
- fortepiano on 3rd beat

Prince of Egypt

bar 16:
(2nd trombone)
- slur through

bar 16 to 19:
(tubas and others who have quaver on-beats)
- drive sound through to make it sound like slaves working

bar 58:
(1st clarinet)
- push air to slur to low notes
(clarinets)
- no need to decrescendo since low register will naturally decrescendo already

bar 59:
(flutes)
- dont rush semiquavers
(oboes, 1st & 2nd trumpets, clarinets, aloto saxophones, flutes french horns)
- 1st group mf, 2nd group f, 3rd group ff
(whole band)
- remember to accelerando to bar 61!

bar 68:
(percussion)
- add suspended cymbals for 3rd and 4th beat

bar 82:
(those playing)
- mezzo piano
- not to powerful

bar 87:
(double bass)
- forte piano last beat

bar 88:
(melody people)
- dont cut off the last note suddenly

bar 96:
- not the climax yet

bar 108:
- ACCELRANDO!

bar 118:
- RITARD!

Noah's Ark

bar 14:
(french horns)
- support saxophones when they come in

bar 173:
(whole band)
- Bb major chord tuning
(clarinets)
- more low Cs

bar 179:
(flutes and mallets)
- piano

bar 181:
(flutes and mallets)
- play softer than the solo
(solo clarinet)
- 4-bars phrasing

bar 188:
(double bass, bassoon, bass clarinet)
- rhythm
- bass clarinet dont slow down
- 1st and 2nd beat accent

bar 197:
(tubas)
- dont drag the slur
- breathe one note before the slur
- play as a section
(flutes, alto saxophones, oboes)
- semiquavers!
- have sectionals with each other
- drag the ending of the note a little longer
- ensemble sound
- last note of each note should be gentle and nice, dont end off suddenly
- a little louder at bar 203
(clarinets)
- triplets
- accent 1st note of each set
- 1st clarinet dont cover the rest
- softer on higher register
- dont go sharp
- section sound
(trumpets)
- articulation
- dont accent

bar 199:
(trumpets)
- changing of notes need to be clearer

bar 207:
(flutes, alto saxophones, oboes)
- continuous semiquavers
(trombones)
- semiquavers
- same articulation
- dont come in early
(those playing semiquavers)
- softer than the melody and base line

bar 216:
(woodwinds)
- running notes

bar 217:
(trombones and french horns)
- forte

bar 221:
(trombones and french horns)
- climax
- fff

bar 229:
(trumpets and mallets)
- rhythm
- tongue and slur faster
(timpani)
- fff
- piano on 2nd quaver
- stop vibration for crotchet
(french horns)
- gliss
- more notes in between, use chromatic

bar 231:
(clarinets)
- pp

bar 232:
(bassoons, flutes, oboes, horns)
- solos
- ensemble sound
- bassoon more air
- rhythm pull back a little, dont rush(dont play as demisemiquavers)

i hope you guys will really work very very hard during this holidays.
not much time left as all of you know.
and i know all of you want this concert to be a success.
remember to tag on the second tagboard when you have finished reading it.

it is JUST 25 days to xinfony VIII.