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Hello, I've written an arrangement for the widely known Top Gun (1986) theme, "Take My Breath Away". I wrote the score for a large orchestra and I rendered it with a sampler (very time-demanding process, must say!). I'm a novice at this, but I'm studying hard on my free time (since it's just a...

AFAIK the bass drum is not pitched, it's more "booom" than the timpani, which can be rolled and etc. So, what advice do you give me when orchestrating for the bass drum? Never blend with the timpani? Blend with the timpani to have a stronger effect? Use only rarely? Use only with cymbals...

(This discussion started here.) Hi Corno Dolce, I don't know how to test it (maybe using some computer program), but do you think 3 cents make a noticeable difference? I thought the human perception was about 5-6 cents. Well, maybe there is a difference on a combo of three close strings. Also...

Hey, there are some interesting emoticons on the forum... But no one for "LoL" (Laughing out Loud)... ? There is a "Laugh" one, but it's too static. If it's possible to add new emoticons to the pallete, I found some ones:

I'm writing an arrangement to a popular folk melody. Should I assign an opus number to this arrangement? Also, if I write two different arrangements, say, one to full orchestra and other to flute and piano, should I assign one opus number to each arrangement? One more question: am I right in...

Sorry for the newbie question. :o I wonder what's on the conductor score. Usually they take a lot of time to turn the page, so I suppose it's not the full score (otherwise they'd have to turn the pages frenetically). Also, sometimes I have the impression of a big paper size (far larger than...

What instrument you don't play (either because you don't have it, or because you don't have time to learn, etc.), but you would like to learn to play? I'd like to learn piano... hope I can play one before I die.

I'm a self-taught student of composition, and I wrote this passage: It's a 4/4 Moderato. Is it possible to be played? Is it notated correctly (including the slur)? Thanks.

I'm listening to Somewhere in Time soundtrack, a solo piano song (5:23). I've heard about Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, but I found absolutely no similarities, except by the 18th variation, which is the second part of the Barry's song. So, John Barry just added the 18th...

Hi, I am from Natal, Brazil. I play classical & electrical guitar for about 11 years; I've played on several local bands (blues, hard rock, pop rock, heavy metal, thrash metal, etc.) and I really enjoy to be on stage. Some months ago I started to study (self-taught) orchestration and...