ptram
Senior Member
Hi,
I've been trying, recently, to sketch and compose with Dorico. I completed a first sketch of the incipit of Prokofiev's Third Symphony, used as a drive test for the abundance of orchestral situations in a few bars.
Dorico is a notation and a DAW-like program at once. DAW features are still under development, but are already offering a way to 'humanize' music entered by typing, or just to record it on a keyboard. In this case, I typed the music, and drew some automation.
Instead of entering the full score, I condensed it, and used only ensemble libraries (VSL BBO), as if I was sketching my own composition. The piece then grew, while I was adding instruments and separating lines.
This is what I did with VSL BBO Andromeda (Tutti), Dorado (Drums and Cymbals), Hercules (Trbn/Tuba), Lyra+Musca (Strings):
Third Symphony (incipit) - BBO ensembles
This one introduced some more sections separated from the full ensemble; the additional sections are Fornax (Timpani and Bells), Jupiter (French Horns), Orion (Woodwind sections):
Third Symphony (incipit) - BBO with more separate sections
This one was the same piece performed by VSL's Synchronized Special Editions:
Third Symphony (incipit) - SynSE
This one was the same piece performed by NotePerformer:
Third Symphony (incipit) - NotePerformer
Very different results, that I hope may help understanding how one can sketch and grow a composition directly in Dorico.
Paolo
I've been trying, recently, to sketch and compose with Dorico. I completed a first sketch of the incipit of Prokofiev's Third Symphony, used as a drive test for the abundance of orchestral situations in a few bars.
Dorico is a notation and a DAW-like program at once. DAW features are still under development, but are already offering a way to 'humanize' music entered by typing, or just to record it on a keyboard. In this case, I typed the music, and drew some automation.
Instead of entering the full score, I condensed it, and used only ensemble libraries (VSL BBO), as if I was sketching my own composition. The piece then grew, while I was adding instruments and separating lines.
This is what I did with VSL BBO Andromeda (Tutti), Dorado (Drums and Cymbals), Hercules (Trbn/Tuba), Lyra+Musca (Strings):
Third Symphony (incipit) - BBO ensembles
This one introduced some more sections separated from the full ensemble; the additional sections are Fornax (Timpani and Bells), Jupiter (French Horns), Orion (Woodwind sections):
Third Symphony (incipit) - BBO with more separate sections
This one was the same piece performed by VSL's Synchronized Special Editions:
Third Symphony (incipit) - SynSE
This one was the same piece performed by NotePerformer:
Third Symphony (incipit) - NotePerformer
Very different results, that I hope may help understanding how one can sketch and grow a composition directly in Dorico.
Paolo
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