Dancing Mad arranged for Brass Quintet
370This is my first arrangement, so comments and criticism are appreciated.
Been working on this for a while, hoping to perform this at a school or something. I can hope.
A couple things that I know people are going to ask:
"Why did you change/remove certain parts of the melody?"
I'm very sorry about that, but I had to. Thing is, what works for a concert band or sounds good doesn't exactly make it playable for a brass quintet. There are rules, many of which I'm sure I haven't followed.
"Can I see the .mus or .pdf's for the individual parts?"
.mus: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_pXyYjszWhYYjZUNG9kcUVyYXM/edit
Tuba: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_pXyYjszWhYSnhqQ21wUnIzZkU/edit
Trombone: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_pXyYjszWhYaG9CUmtybFk2eFE/edit
French Horn: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_pXyYjszWhYd1pFdzVhNTlGblE/edit
Trumpet 2: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_pXyYjszWhYNlZ1YUNvUEFnbDA/edit
Trumpet 1: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_pXyYjszWhYeE1kMGtDeUp5ckU/edit
"How hard is this to play?"
I'm not sure, but according to Military scoring, I'd have to give the parts a difficulty rating of:
Trumpet 1: 2.95
Trumpet 2: 2.8
French Horn: 2.75
Trombone: 2.85
Tuba: 2.8
"What programs did you use to make this?"
Finale for the composition, Magix Video Pro X5 for editing, and Bandicam for the recording (because FRAPS refused to work...)
"It's off sync."
Yeah... hindsight is 20-20.
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