David Sprouse Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 (edited) This is a sarabande written for solo guitar that I arr. for five brass instruments. I like it because it shows how inventive poulenc is with such a limited harmonic palette. It's only 5 or six notes total, but shows remarkable invention. https://davidsprouse.bandcamp.com/track/sarabande-poulenc Edited October 9, 2019 by David Sprouse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amiller Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Very nice...”love the horn.?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Sprouse Posted October 8, 2019 Author Share Posted October 8, 2019 Thank you for listening amiller! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FJ Lamela Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Very nice,sounds very cinematic,and realistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hidden Symmetry Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Sounds good David. Being a horn player I enjoyed the piece, good use of dynamics too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas Kirby Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Sounded pretty good to my ears - nice job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Sprouse Posted October 9, 2019 Author Share Posted October 9, 2019 (edited) Hidden can you give me a couple things in this piece as recorded that would be impossible for a real brass player to replicate? I'm not an expert at all on orchestral instruments and sometimes write impossible things. Thank you so much for listening. Douglas, long time no see! Thanks for taking the time to listen to this. Edited October 9, 2019 by David Sprouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hidden Symmetry Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 3 hours ago, David Sprouse said: Hidden can you give me a couple things in this piece as recorded that would be impossible for a real brass player to replicate? I'm not an expert at all on orchestral instruments and sometimes write impossible things. Thank you so much for listening. I would just think in terms of breathing, phrasing & dynamics. Try sliding notes of different instruments or tracks, or lines a few ticks +/-. Same with velocities or using expression wheel. Weave lines together until they blend naturally. This can help stop that synthy sound when notes are played together all at once, at the same time & at the same velocities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookiee Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 I enjoyed this thanks David. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Sprouse Posted October 13, 2019 Author Share Posted October 13, 2019 Good to see you wookie! How are your furry paws? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookiee Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 4 hours ago, David Sprouse said: Good to see you wookie! How are your furry paws? The paws are OK but the damp is playing havoc with the joints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeringAmps Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 As a guitar player it’s really hard for me to get wind and brass “right”. Thanks to Hidden for the tips. And thanks to David, interesting piece and approach. These are generally “classical” guitar pieces? Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddy j Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Please add me to the complements above. Not being a horn player, nor having much in the way of orchestral knowledge it sounded as if the lead horn was a French horn. Am I close? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Sprouse Posted October 13, 2019 Author Share Posted October 13, 2019 11 hours ago, DeeringAmps said: As a guitar player it’s really hard for me to get wind and brass “right”. Thanks to Hidden for the tips. And thanks to David, interesting piece and approach. These are generally “classical” guitar pieces? Tom Hi Tom, This is a classical guitar piece by Francis Poulenc. It's nowhere near the greatness of de Falla's venture into guitar writing, but I like it . I took a lot of liberty with timing. Thanks for listening and thank you hidden for the advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjornpdx Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 David The horns sound really good, like the real thing to my ears. I thought you got the dynamics and expressiveness down. Hard to do with brass (I've tried) Well I don't understand how the piece is inventive but I'm just the listener. If I were the composer and really into classical I'd likely appreciate all the nuances. Wondering how it would sound as a guitar solo which you say it was originally. You're probably aware of websites where you can download public domain classical mid files. Here's one I've used: kunstderfuge.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daryl1968 Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 Very nice David. I agree with all of the above - I would add that the reverb is also spot on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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