timbloke
Member
We've had the "banders story", the "person before", the "tune association" and "poetry" in the form of keeping the rhyme going.
But it struck me, that we've not started to use our collective musical knowledge and understanding... we are all (or mainly) musicians.
So here goes....................
The TEN rules are quite simple (I hope). But please read them before posting.
1. In your thread you may post a string of up to FOUR notes/rests on upto FOUR instruments or FOUR groups of instruments (each group in unison - eg trombs, front row, or full band), with the following common notation:
ABCDEFG - the notes should be the note name as played on that instrument and written as a CAPITAL letter followed by a number for the octave they are in, 1 being the lowest normal octave A-A on the instrument assuming no 4th valve, 0 for instruments with a 4th valve/trombs with Bb/F trigger or for notes below the bottom A, and minus numbers for lower octaves if applicable (e.g. bass tromb). for tuned percussion C0 is middle C at concert (orchestral) pitch.
# - sharp
b - flat
n - naturalised
R - rest
bv - breve
sb - semibreve
mi - minim
cr - crotchet
qu - quaver
sq - semi-quaver
dq - demi-semi-quaver
hq - hemi-demi-semi-quaver
for dotted or double dotted notes simply put a dot or two - mi. or cr..
triplets or quadruplets should be written with a 3 or 4 infront of the note length, quintuplets or more are not allowed as only 4 notes can be written for each instrument.
2. the instrumentation is standard brass band - i.e 4 x solo cornet, 1 x sop, 1 x rep, 2 x 2nd, 2 x 3rd, 1 x flugel; 1 each of solo, 1st and 2nd horn; 2 x euph, 2 x bari; 1 each of 1st, 2nd and bass tromb; 2 each of EEb and BBb basses; whatever percussion you are likely to find in a band room (see note 10).
3. you can either start your notes inline with the start or end of the previous post, at the next full beat after the previous post, or after the closest preivious note by any of your chosen instruments.
4. you can include up to THREE of the following options, this can include three of the same option, they can either apply to all four instruments or one instrument individually:
a tempo marking (rall, rit, meno mosso etc.)
a dynamic marking (pp, ff, cresc, etc)
an effect (muted, stand up, blow air through, click, clap, speak etc)
a worded expression marking (pesante, morendo etc.)
a notated expression marking (staccato, accent, tenuto etc.)
a break, comma, tramlines or pause
5. you cannot overwrite someone else's part.
6. you can use your thread to change time, or key signature, put in a general pause, but I will only allow one change of either per page of thread.
7. any posts that don't comply with the rules will be ignored.
8. you cannot post again until at least TWO people have submitted a post inbetween
9. you should at least attempt to make it sound good, although copying existing music is not allowed, any suspected attempts will be ignored.
10. I will attempt, occasionally to input this lot into sibelius, and print it out 1 week before pontins, for the tMP to rehearse at least once (if Roger lets us), therefore percussion needs to be limited to whatever is likely to be there.
I dare you to give it a go. Have fun! :twisted:
Tim
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Title: tMP - Web of confusion
Composer/arranger: All of tMP
Time signature: 4/4
Key signature: Concert (orchestral) Bb Major - Bb instruments - no sharps/flats; Eb instruments - 1 sharp; C instruments - 2 flats
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Your post should be set out as follows [bracketed words do not need to be included], my example below will start the whole piece off:
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Start point: start of previous post
Instrument 1: Horns and up in unison notes as Bb inst
Note name 1 & duration: C2# cr. ff dim
Note name 2 & duration: D2 qu
Note name 3 & duration: E2b qu
Note name 4 & duration: C2n cr. molto cresc
Instrument 2: Baritones and down in unison, notes as Bb inst
Note name 1 & duration: D1 cr ff dim
Note name 2 & duration: B1b cr
Note name 3 & duration: G1 cr
Note name 4 & duration: C1n cr molto cresc
Instrument 3: Percussion
Note name 1 & duration: R mi.
Note name 2 & duration: roll on anything cr molto cresc
Optional:
Note 4 general effect [applied to all instruments]: Pause on last note
Special instruction [general pause, key signature change etc.]: Tempo Marking - Pesante cr=60
But it struck me, that we've not started to use our collective musical knowledge and understanding... we are all (or mainly) musicians.
So here goes....................
The TEN rules are quite simple (I hope). But please read them before posting.
1. In your thread you may post a string of up to FOUR notes/rests on upto FOUR instruments or FOUR groups of instruments (each group in unison - eg trombs, front row, or full band), with the following common notation:
ABCDEFG - the notes should be the note name as played on that instrument and written as a CAPITAL letter followed by a number for the octave they are in, 1 being the lowest normal octave A-A on the instrument assuming no 4th valve, 0 for instruments with a 4th valve/trombs with Bb/F trigger or for notes below the bottom A, and minus numbers for lower octaves if applicable (e.g. bass tromb). for tuned percussion C0 is middle C at concert (orchestral) pitch.
# - sharp
b - flat
n - naturalised
R - rest
bv - breve
sb - semibreve
mi - minim
cr - crotchet
qu - quaver
sq - semi-quaver
dq - demi-semi-quaver
hq - hemi-demi-semi-quaver
for dotted or double dotted notes simply put a dot or two - mi. or cr..
triplets or quadruplets should be written with a 3 or 4 infront of the note length, quintuplets or more are not allowed as only 4 notes can be written for each instrument.
2. the instrumentation is standard brass band - i.e 4 x solo cornet, 1 x sop, 1 x rep, 2 x 2nd, 2 x 3rd, 1 x flugel; 1 each of solo, 1st and 2nd horn; 2 x euph, 2 x bari; 1 each of 1st, 2nd and bass tromb; 2 each of EEb and BBb basses; whatever percussion you are likely to find in a band room (see note 10).
3. you can either start your notes inline with the start or end of the previous post, at the next full beat after the previous post, or after the closest preivious note by any of your chosen instruments.
4. you can include up to THREE of the following options, this can include three of the same option, they can either apply to all four instruments or one instrument individually:
a tempo marking (rall, rit, meno mosso etc.)
a dynamic marking (pp, ff, cresc, etc)
an effect (muted, stand up, blow air through, click, clap, speak etc)
a worded expression marking (pesante, morendo etc.)
a notated expression marking (staccato, accent, tenuto etc.)
a break, comma, tramlines or pause
5. you cannot overwrite someone else's part.
6. you can use your thread to change time, or key signature, put in a general pause, but I will only allow one change of either per page of thread.
7. any posts that don't comply with the rules will be ignored.
8. you cannot post again until at least TWO people have submitted a post inbetween
9. you should at least attempt to make it sound good, although copying existing music is not allowed, any suspected attempts will be ignored.
10. I will attempt, occasionally to input this lot into sibelius, and print it out 1 week before pontins, for the tMP to rehearse at least once (if Roger lets us), therefore percussion needs to be limited to whatever is likely to be there.
I dare you to give it a go. Have fun! :twisted:
Tim
--------------------
Title: tMP - Web of confusion
Composer/arranger: All of tMP
Time signature: 4/4
Key signature: Concert (orchestral) Bb Major - Bb instruments - no sharps/flats; Eb instruments - 1 sharp; C instruments - 2 flats
---------------------
Your post should be set out as follows [bracketed words do not need to be included], my example below will start the whole piece off:
---------------------
Start point: start of previous post
Instrument 1: Horns and up in unison notes as Bb inst
Note name 1 & duration: C2# cr. ff dim
Note name 2 & duration: D2 qu
Note name 3 & duration: E2b qu
Note name 4 & duration: C2n cr. molto cresc
Instrument 2: Baritones and down in unison, notes as Bb inst
Note name 1 & duration: D1 cr ff dim
Note name 2 & duration: B1b cr
Note name 3 & duration: G1 cr
Note name 4 & duration: C1n cr molto cresc
Instrument 3: Percussion
Note name 1 & duration: R mi.
Note name 2 & duration: roll on anything cr molto cresc
Optional:
Note 4 general effect [applied to all instruments]: Pause on last note
Special instruction [general pause, key signature change etc.]: Tempo Marking - Pesante cr=60
