An Orchestration Duel

**FredProgGH** · 03-31-2005, 10:22 PM

I'd just like it to be known that my lack of participation is strictly because I'm so snowed under you can't imagine- I'm suppose to have a double disk album done in one month with about 32 people playing on it!! In addition to all the other studio projects...

I really wanted to get in on this. Maybe the next one, hopefully.

**Richard N.** · 04-01-2005, 11:00 AM

So what's the call?

Do I spend the next couple of hours finishing off my mp3, or take a break and try to crack the last licence test in GT4 ?

**jesshmusic** · 04-01-2005, 11:30 AM

I appear to have missed the boat on this one. And I was so ready to practice my pitch set theory on that theme of yours!!!!

**southportJim** · 04-01-2005, 12:50 PM

Originally Posted by jesshmusic

I appear to have missed the boat on this one. And I was so ready to practice my pitch set theory on that theme of yours!!!!

Jess,

This is OT, but this sounds like the beginnings of a good assignment stemming from your pitch set posting over in the GPO Academy. I played around with trying to make the theme "12-tone tonal" before giving up and going back to a diatonic setting.

Just a thought...

**jesshmusic** · 04-01-2005, 01:12 PM

What makes Sean's them extra challenging is that it is just so diatonic!

I haven't even attempted to do all the math yet, but I bet it will reveal a really cool pitch set in prime form. I may just do it anyway! Do we have enough votes to extend this a little?

**southportJim** · 04-01-2005, 02:41 PM

Originally Posted by jesshmusic

Do we have enough votes to extend this a little?

I would vote for extending over the weekend at least, but like I said earlier, I don't want to hold up the group...and as it has been pointed out, we have had four weeks!

I guess it depends on how many submissions Sean has received so far...any word on that?

**cptexas** · 04-01-2005, 03:14 PM

Originally Posted by southportJim

and as it has been pointed out, we have had four weeks!

The theme's been posted for four weeks already?

How time flies!!!!

Again, I vote this should be a two-month contest. One month is a bit short. For me, at least.

-Chris

EDIT: Darnit! There it is yet AGAIN!! I ALWAYS start new pages!!!!

**SeanHannifin** · 04-01-2005, 05:30 PM

Still just one entry!

Okay, let's extend this for two weeks to the 16th, does that work? That should give a good amount of time!

Yep, I'm a diatonic guy. That comes from not being able to play an instrument, I guess . . .

**southportJim** · 04-01-2005, 06:48 PM

Originally Posted by SeanHannifin

Still just one entry!

Okay, let's extend this for two weeks to the 16th, does that work? That should give a good amount of time!

Yep, I'm a diatonic guy. That comes from not being able to play an instrument, I guess . . .

Originally Posted by jesshmusic

I appear to have missed the boat on this one. And I was so ready to practice my pitch set theory on that theme of yours!!!!

Knife fight!!! Forget about your tax returns...everybody pile on!

Seriously...

Jess,

If you have time to submit an entry I would be very interested to see how you apply pitch set theory to Sean's theme. Back when I was in school (early 70's) they didn't teach us much beyond making a row and then doing the standard mods (Prime, Retrograde, Inversion, and RI). I've read thru the material at
http://www.jaytomlin.com/music/settheory/help.html and am interested to see how it works.

My own entry will be stupefyingly diatonic!

**jesshmusic** · 04-01-2005, 07:09 PM

Funny thing is, when apply the theory to it, I think it actually becomes more diatonic! It has been awhile since I worked with this stuff, so we will see what happens.