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  1. bryla

    Live transcriptions

    And another favorite:
  2. bryla

    Live transcriptions

    From The Incredibles:
  3. bryla

    Studio Chair Recommendations For Proper Back Support

    I finally took the plunge on an Aeron last year having been sitting on various office chairs in my own studio and trying Aerons when working at other studios. I noticed that on Aeron I could sit through entire double sessions without any discomfort. So yes, it's the most expensive chair I've had...
  4. bryla

    Danish Radio - Koncerthuset - a plethora of live orchestral/choir/BigBand (and other) videos on YouTube.

    Thanks for the mention. Indeed I write a lot of arrangements for their concerts and they have a great platform to showcase lots of great music played by top class players with stunning staging and visuals. If you just want exposure to a broad range of music (film, symphonies, chamber, choir...
  5. bryla

    Show me your desk

    I've been looking in to a big display so I'm curious to know what brand and model this is?
  6. bryla

    Jóhann Jóhannsson sound (libraries recommendation)

    For Orphée we used 10-8-6-6-4 and for some tracks we dubbed it essentially making it twice the size.
  7. bryla

    What Was I Made For x O Holy Night

    Wanted to share this arrangement I was asked to do the Danish National Girls Choirs Christmas concert:
  8. bryla

    Live transcriptions

    Great to hear! Depends – I worked on the sequels to both. I can tell you that the Fantasymphony link is definitely the first one but judging from the information on Galaxymphony it's hard to tell. I joined the production right after Galaxymphony (the first one) and have been working on all of...
  9. bryla

    Live transcriptions

    My latest mock-up to be released:
  10. bryla

    Musical Help

    C minor Ab major 7 Eb Bb Voicing from bottom to top: C C Eb G Ab C Eb G Eb Bb Eb G Bb Bb D F (first notes are doubled an octave below)
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    What's your preferred workflow for transcribing music (for learning purposes)?

    Well.... I learned this from Niels Lan Doky who said: "If you can't hear it, you need help" (aka: slowing it down for example). So if something is too fast for you to grasp or too buried in the mix there can be a point where it doesn't matter how hard you try. Use a tool to guide you and the...
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    What's your preferred workflow for transcribing music (for learning purposes)?

    I'm getting a job done - no one asks if I use aids or care for that matter. They care for accurate transcriptions. Which part of this should be considered cheating anyway? I studied this and I know how to do it without aids. Transcribe! saves me time and guesswork. Also fun thing: If I hadn't...
  13. bryla

    Streamdecks/Loupedecks - what's the benefit, really?

    I find it incredibly useful for commands to an application that is not in the front. So I can be in Sibelius working and controlling the transport and many other commands of Nuendo at the same time. This may sound like a weird problem but if you have ever had the problem of pressing the space...
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    What's your preferred workflow for transcribing music (for learning purposes)?

    Thanks for the mention, @Gil. I also use Transcribe! and have for more than 15 years now. I always load the music into it and start by mapping the measures. That way I can quickly get a feel for the overall structure of the piece and have been informed of good ways to notate certain things...
  15. bryla

    27 Minute Documentary On Williams' Battle Of Hoth (When JW Changes His Mind At The Podium...)

    The courses look great! Will definitely check some out during the holiday.
  16. bryla

    Which special instruments for Lord of the Rings mockups?

    That's an arrangement so not quite the original instrumentation or amount of players.
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    Which special instruments for Lord of the Rings mockups?

    A Hardanger Fiddle yes, but not any special brass. I edited a suite for HS last year and all I saw was horns, trumpets, trombones, tuba. @JJP knows better though. Maybe a boys choir would be handy for some of the pieces.
  18. bryla

    A book on correct fingering of piano scales

    If you know the sequence for C major (123 1234 1/5) you know the basis of many scales. There are two simple rules in addition: - The thumb never takes a black key - When going outwards (up with right; down with left), the thumb takes the first white key after a black key. With these two rules...
  19. bryla

    Basic instinct : jerry goldsmith : omni music publishing

    Yes - I do also have most from Chris Siddall, Neumation, many more from the concert repertoire and I'm also sent unpublished scores. So I look at scores every day both as part of my work and to study. The Matrix is just a book I've had many reasons to look at.
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    Basic instinct : jerry goldsmith : omni music publishing

    I might be biased but The Matrix is one that I've torn apart from use.
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    Basic instinct : jerry goldsmith : omni music publishing

    I put myself on a don't-buy-new-scores-ban last year so I have all from Omni besides: The Mask of Zorro, The Fugitive, The Wrath of Khan and A Streetcar.
  22. bryla

    Dorico: Make the score show me the players, not the instruments

    I've written about this a couple of times before. This is also a problem when dealing with works of 60+ minutes. Would be a very welcomed feature here.
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    Looking for best beginner book to learn music geared towards classical and film music

    I think there's a valid argument for changing the registral numeration and not changing note names. It would make more sense that the Scientific Pitch Notation had the octave 1 going from A to G rather than C to B. This change can still be done without disrupting theory only the labelling of...
  24. bryla

    Do any Hollywood orchestrators actually use Dorico?

    Indeed that's expected but look at my fix in the second example of post #30. Fiber Mutes collide earlier.
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    Do any Hollywood orchestrators actually use Dorico?

    To both lasts posts the answer still is: - Player labels and technical instructions should be same font and size. - They should appear in the same 'text object'. - They should align horizontally with one another. - If stacked they should align left-justified. Gould's examples are pretty clear...
  26. bryla

    Spanish instrument name in score for (Afro-Cuban) timbales

    Thank you for the correction. As I said I'm not a Spanish speaker so good to have the correct version posted.
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    Do any Hollywood orchestrators actually use Dorico?

    1: Yes, I know about the Library Manager. The screenshot below is the same passage with Dorico default: 2: I'm not talking about migrating. I'm inputting all the data myself replicating a manuscript. 3: No, they are not set to Gould's specifications. Partly because in many instances Gould is...
  28. bryla

    Do any Hollywood orchestrators actually use Dorico?

    I'm spending a fair amount of down time engraving existing projects to Dorico to try it out and opening one of them now gave me this: This is the default spacing and unfortunately not the only problem on the page. To fix this I have to: - go to Engraving Mode - move 'senza sord.' to be above the...
  29. bryla

    Do any Hollywood orchestrators actually use Dorico?

    @mducharme I work off the Galley view since page view doesn't allow you to access individual voices. I don't think turning filters on and off is the correct solution since I would constantly be setting different filters. I would prefer a 'Sibelius'-like feature to add an instrument change and...
  30. bryla

    Orchestration tutorials

    I've been through some courses and read a lot of books. From the mentioned courses here I can whole-heartedly recommend ScoreClub. It's built to make you imagine music and make you think about your decisions. No quick tips or secret sauces. Just study the masters. Alain takes you through ways to...
  31. bryla

    Do any Hollywood orchestrators actually use Dorico?

    I have yet failed to see the tight integration with Cubendo we were all hoping for in 2016. The reason I mention AS's orchestrators is because that is what this thread is about and no matter how much a composer works off a notation program before or during the process of managing samples, the...
  32. bryla

    Do any Hollywood orchestrators actually use Dorico?

    I've been thinking a lot about how to reply to this thread. My experience is that every team I've been a part of has assumed Sibelius. Probably Dorico will take a foothold the way Sibelius has but it still has many shortcomings to work quickly. Granted it is very smart in handling tempo and...
  33. bryla

    Spanish instrument name in score for (Afro-Cuban) timbales

    DEVONthink is simply a large-storage database where I keep all my references. Incredibly easy to search and highly recommended.
  34. bryla

    Spanish instrument name in score for (Afro-Cuban) timbales

    Not a Spanish speaker but a quick DEVONthink search resulted in a distinction of Timbales and Timbales Cubane (feminine plural)
  35. bryla

    Abbey Road Orchestra Violins 1 (Just the Basic Info)

    well... it means bouncy. So the technique is to have the bow leave the string for a short note (once the bow leaves it has no means of stopping the sound)
  36. bryla

    Abbey Road Orchestra Violins 1 (Just the Basic Info)

    Ah just saw the video. Not shorter but with a firmer attack. Sounds like playing at the frog. Still there's no need to invent a new term. Makes composers think there is such a thing.
  37. bryla

    Abbey Road Orchestra Violins 1 (Just the Basic Info)

    Haven't heard of that before so I don't know what they mean.
  38. bryla

    Abbey Road Orchestra Violins 1 (Just the Basic Info)

    Spicattisimo??
  39. bryla

    "The Study of Orchestration" 4th Ed. - differences between "international student" and "normal" edition?

    I can only speak for the ISE: - paperback, but quality print - It came with a code that gave access for a year. The code worked fine from Europe without any college/university login.
  40. bryla

    Jacob Collier

    I can sing five different pitches trying to sing the G alone :D
  41. bryla

    Harp Bisbigliando - use slurs?

    Sample libraries will detune other samples to cover non playable parts of an instruments register. Unfortunately this 'help' doesn't inform composers of how to write for the instruments.
  42. bryla

    Harp Bisbigliando - use slurs?

    You need two adjacent strings to make a bisbigl. D, G and A are the only notes on a harp that can't be played on adjacent strings.
  43. bryla

    Live transcriptions

    Great question and keen eyes! Henrik Dam detuned his D-string down a half step and played it scordatura because he felt it would match the timbre better.
  44. bryla

    Live transcriptions

    Thanks! Xylophone and Marimba doing the obstinate and Glock/Celesta for the melody.
  45. bryla

    Two slurs for divisi, or just one?

    Found a case where the expressive text obscures the start of the hairpin.
  46. bryla

    Two slurs for divisi, or just one?

    Indeed they do. If I can't attach them directly to a dynamic that aligns with a beat I also prefer to place them above the staff. However to distinguish them from technical instructions I'll still use italics. All the examples from literature in this thread shows one voice with one slur...
  47. bryla

    Two slurs for divisi, or just one?

    Actually for film the preference I'm experiencing is writing divisi with two stems. This is because software per default treats accidentals differently and makes sure that any necessary are placed at the correct notes. Regarding italics: General modern convention as per all the books I have on...
  48. bryla

    Two slurs for divisi, or just one?

    Two voices and two slurs. Select the bottom notes and make them voice 2 (via keypad for example). Then press the first G and insert a slur. This way the slur goes below the staff and you have two sets of stems. Technically the first one is correct in this regard since slurs can be amalgamated...
  49. bryla

    Need a audio mastering service company

    Yes, the FAQ is valuable and his YouTube videos on the Studio page as well.
  50. bryla

    Need a audio mastering service company

    My preferred mastering engineer: https://onlinemastering.dk/index-en
  51. bryla

    Roast my Four Part Writing / Melody

    Lots of great points already made. One thing I think about is that it seems you have written it in 4-part choral style (then it has some leaps that are not ideal) but the audio is with a keyboard instrument (then it's not ideal for 2-handed playing - at least I can not keep the top G in bar 1...
  52. bryla

    Horn in D - that's probably easy enough to figure out => Wrong!

    @Henrik B. Jensen I PM'ed you a link to a great theory site in Danish btw
  53. bryla

    Horn in D - that's probably easy enough to figure out => Wrong!

    Not the same. See post #8 https://vi-control.net/community/threads/horn-in-d-thats-probably-easy-enough-to-figure-out-wrong.142023/#post-5377339
  54. bryla

    Orchestral recording on a budget

    Write Miklós Lukacs at http://eastconnection.org/ They offer transcription/orchestration as well and sometimes they ask me to do it.
  55. bryla

    Horn in D - that's probably easy enough to figure out => Wrong!

    I *think* you are confusing the names. The clef you have been calling the 'standard' clef* is called the treble clef. In Danish: G-clef. Because the line that is encircled by the belly of the clef is where the note G is. The bass clef is also called the F-clef because the line between the two...
  56. bryla

    Horn in D - that's probably easy enough to figure out => Wrong!

    Well... yes and no. We say C is a fifth above F or a fourth below. This is true in the C-major scale, F-major scale, Bb-major scale or any other situation we might find these notes in. We say that an F-major chord is composed of the root note F, the third: A, and the fifth: C. A is a third...
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    Horn in D - that's probably easy enough to figure out => Wrong!

    We are steering away from horn transposition to general interval knowledge: When you go from one note to the one next to it, we go a 'second'. If we go from the first note to the one two over (skipping a note) we are going to the 'third' note. A scale is built up of stepwise intervals that are...
  58. bryla

    Horn in D - that's probably easy enough to figure out => Wrong!

    Yes. But: you wouldn't find D2 in an old score since below middle C they can only play G and another C.
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    Horn in D - that's probably easy enough to figure out => Wrong!

    As I said Trumpets are another matter and didn't want to digress the thread with it. Eb trumpets are more equivalent to how Eb clarinets are to Bb clarinets - considered 'soprano'. But again: Story for another time.
  60. bryla

    Horn in D - that's probably easy enough to figure out => Wrong!

    Yes! BUT: down an octave. Also F# -> G#
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    Horn in D - that's probably easy enough to figure out => Wrong!

    Most horn players play on their double horn. Trumpet players are another matter. Many play all their parts on a C trumpet and also need to transpose on sight.
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    Horn in D - that's probably easy enough to figure out => Wrong!

    To make matters easier: These historical horn parts are only playing the harmonic series up to around the 12th partial. This means you are most like only looking at a C major triad, G major triad (because of some slight tuning) and the first five notes of a C major scale. So you only really need...
  63. bryla

    Horn in D - that's probably easy enough to figure out => Wrong!

    The other way around. When the score says D it sounds an E a seventh lower.
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    Horn in D - that's probably easy enough to figure out => Wrong!

    Not at all! This chart is not for reading transposed scores. To make matters extra confusing lets start with this: all players today play on a double horn in F. They play all historically crooked parts on their one horn. This means that THEY transpose Horn in D to the equivalent Horn in F...
  65. bryla

    Live transcriptions

    Not a transcription but thought it might be of interest: Last year Don Davis asked me to arrange his music from The Matrix Reloaded for a performance with Juno Reactor. The music was performed on Tenerife and features Ben Watkins (JR) El Amir (guitar) and Greg Ellis (drums). (it's only...
  66. bryla

    What instrument is this?

    I'm pretty sure it's a metal quena. I auditioned several flutes with the player for this and I think that was the one. EDIT: Will double check the score when I get to the studio.
  67. bryla

    9 Orchestration Methods to learn Orchestration

    I see my comment is a bit misunderstood. I was talking about three different adjacent dynamic planes for three separate functions in the same register. The Mission Theme: Strings carry melody with elaboration marked with two different dynamics. Chords and bass is marked with one. Across The...
  68. bryla

    9 Orchestration Methods to learn Orchestration

    Since this thread is not in the commercial announcements I will guide you towards ScoreClub. Alain Mayrand indeed teaches effective and clear composition, arrangement and orchestration whilst also studying the masters. Try it for a month. You can get a sense of his methods in this interview...
  69. bryla

    9 Orchestration Methods to learn Orchestration

    I don't see how your examples contradict what R.G. says on arps. No instruction and they will be rolled. I will consider John Williams a master of orchestration but not necessarily harp notation. I've seen much redundant information in his scores. Whether it is from his hand or the editor I...
  70. bryla

    How did you get started as a composer for Film/TV/Documentaries?

    The misconception to me is that you go to a reception or industry event with a 'for hire' sign. Everyone know that people are there to network. Go into it with the mindset of meeting interesting people and have fun chats. Talk about your pets instead of talking about your music.
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    Is the piccolo above the flute or below in score layout?

    My experience is the same with concert music.
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    Is the piccolo above the flute or below in score layout?

    The 4 years since the thread was created I've had this discussion many times. The reason I always end up choosing to put piccolo below fl1-2 is that it then has the same setup as the rest of the woodwind section. Flutes, oboes, clarinets and bassoons are all on 2 staves. Top staff of each...
  73. bryla

    Is the piccolo above the flute or below in score layout?

    Players are likely to figure stuff out themselves. Many errors go unnoticed by the composer because the players guess what is meant and likely they are right because they have a huge experience playing all sorts of music.
  74. bryla

    Question about orchestral instrument order in score

    Unfortunately Dorico doesn't do this automatically. Tenor sax and timpani are correct. Harp and piano there are no rules for although I do it like you have it. Percussion is in between timpani and harp/piano. There are no rules except: key each player in the same place. Whatever instruments...
  75. bryla

    Passing 64 Chord Progression

    Try: - using the dominant major chord in minor - bringing down the bass an octave from bar 7 - fixing the tonality of the last two bars. I suppose you are going for the same chords as the previous two measures.
  76. bryla

    When writing for wind/brass instruments including whole notes, do you need to add rests or is it obvious?

    I always write it in. Otherwise the leader might make a decision that's contrary to your idea. Make the decision yourself and use it to your advantage.
  77. bryla

    3 Trumpets and 2 trumpets - double one when there are two notes?

    Can you post the horns and trumpets (and anything else) as well?
  78. bryla

    Mozart's first piece (5 y.o.) Game Changer Basics of Musical Composition - Live Analysis Lesson

    Well... The only thing we know today is that his father wrote it in a letter to his wife (Leopolds wife) saying that it's good they left Rome after that. It is true that in general he was praised by the courts and churches for his gifts and that extraction of holy music had negative...
  79. bryla

    Three lines on a staff - what do they mean?

    Those are trills in specific directions and intervals with varying sizes, no matter how short and conclusive the posts of people who think otherwise ;) @NoamL put it precisely: A tremolo is a right hand technique (strings) or a tongue articulation (winds). A trill is a left hand technique...
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    Three lines on a staff - what do they mean?

    Not opera but a madrigal: Also next page is the first use of orchestral pizzicato. In OP's example some of the notes are seconds some are thirds - some are upward some are downward. This looks to be a way to write it uniformly across the sections. The third system is by all intents and...
  81. bryla

    Best online courses for composing and orchestration?

    ScoreClub changed the way I compose and arrange for the better. It's also the only course that I don't get the feeling of 'unlocking secrets' and 'this course really is the holy grail' but simply showing and analysing what the greats have done and how to apply it to simple exercises. And with...
  82. bryla

    When reading a study score - are "transposing instruments" needed to be transposed first to be within "concert pitch"?

    @wing I use this book for my students: It gradually has you play two voice exercises in progressively difficulty of clefs and introduces more voices and transposing instruments.
  83. bryla

    When reading a study score - are "transposing instruments" needed to be transposed first to be within "concert pitch"?

    Both these transpose down. Instruments that transpose up are the small E-flat clarinet and trumpets D to F. You can remember that trumpets transpose the closest way from C. R.G. makes a point about missing key signatures and my preference that most conductors/players I work with prefer is to...
  84. bryla

    Need help determining a meter on this song (complicated)

    Everything in the song is 4/4 without simplifying anything. I mean it's fun that the forum can get so many answers on this question but Rob answered correctly in the first reply :)
  85. bryla

    Question about transcription rates

    Hi Vanessa, This is part of my job so it is with great experience that I say to you: the price varies! For me I work with various rates depending on the customer or the team that I work in. I charge more now compared to when I began. I charge less than in some countries and more than in other...
  86. bryla

    Live transcriptions

    New arrangement up on the channel:
  87. bryla

    Is Adler's Study of Orchestration a must-have?

    Each one takes me a couple of hours. I've had the book for 20 months and done about 30 of the exercises. When I get home from work 'more orchestration' is not always the thing I crave. But I like to have copied the next exercise on paper and look it over from time to time and when I'm ready to...
  88. bryla

    Is Adler's Study of Orchestration a must-have?

    Then you'll certainly like this:
  89. bryla

    Chromatic trills in Dorico

    Anyway just set them in the properties panel below to the specified interval.
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