Classical music
 

Any of you guys into classical music? I recently got very interested in composition and took a couple courses in my highschool for Theory and Jazz Improvization. I've come to develop an appreciation for some of the music that comes out today...especially orchestral music. I'm not advanced enough to sit down and write an orchestral song, but I've started on what they call "4 part choral writing" (with a bass, tenor, alto, and soprano voice). It doesn't have to be soley "chorus music"; I like to write some brass quartet songs. I've worked on this piece for about 1 week.


[url:8d7c3]http://www.cky2k.org/upload/uploads/brasspiano1.MID[/url:8d7c3]

wow man

yeah i have a small appreciation for classical

it reminds me of english trumpet music, i think it has a distinct sound, and you peice has that sound, so i like it

EDIT: im also reeeealy getting into jazz now, i listen to it almost every night on the radio on my way home from work, i love some of these groups theyre playing, have you written any jazz improv setups yet?

Yeah, i've learned this year that jazz really breaks every classical theory rule out there. For example, classical pieces are set in a certain key (D Major or F minor). Jazz is totally opposite. They just put in chords that make some sort of progression.

The easiest jazz progression is the 12 bar blues. If you were to create a G blues it would look like this:


[code:02ab1]4 measures of a G7 chord which would be known as tonic
2 measures of C7 chord which would be called (Submediant or IV [roman numerals for 4])
2 measures of G7 (tonic again)
Then 1 measure of D7 (which is called dominant or V for 5) and then 1 measure of C7.
Finally 2 of G7.

You can insert things called ii-V-I's which are really common in jazz.[/code:02ab1]

The progression is based off of one scale...it's really hard to explain it all in a way. I'm working on a couple jazz pieces though. I'll post some more of my stuff up.

yeah plz do

i think music theory is insane

[url:2e656]http://www.cky2k.org/upload/uploads/Medal_of_Honor_Theme_Music_intro2.MID[/url:2e656] Something I did in 2 mins.




[url:2e656]http://www.cky2k.org/upload/uploads/Miss.MID[/url:2e656] Short little 4 part brass song.



[url:2e656]http://www.cky2k.org/upload/uploads/concerning_hobbits.mid[/url:2e656] For all you Lord of the Rings fans. I made that up in about 4 days.

[url:2e656]http://www.cky2k.org/upload/uploads/concernhob1.MID[/url:2e656] another one I put together quick.


[url:2e656]http://www.cky2k.org/upload/uploads/count.MID[/url:2e656]Purely piano stuff. I don't really like it that much...it's just ...bleh.



[url:2e656]http://www.cky2k.org/upload/uploads/Onward.MID[/url:2e656] Another short 4 part piece.

[quote="Garry Coleman":47e08][url:47e08]http://www.cky2k.org/upload/uploads/concerning_hobbits.mid[/url:47e08] For all you Lord of the Rings fans. I made that up in about 4 days.[/quote:47e08]

You made that eh?
Even though it's exactly the same as this one: [url="http://lotr.hwmc.org/Concerning_Hobbits.mid"]http://lotr.hwmc.org/Concerning_Hobbits.mid[/url]

...which I've had on my computer for over a year.

LOTR oOo:

[quote=Akuma][quote="Garry Coleman":71d01][url:71d01]http://www.cky2k.org/upload/uploads/concerning_hobbits.mid[/url:71d01] For all you Lord of the Rings fans. I made that up in about 4 days.[/quote]

You made that eh?
Even though it's exactly the same as this one: [url="http://lotr.hwmc.org/Concerning_Hobbits.mid"]http://lotr.hwmc.org/Concerning_Hobbits.mid[/url]

...which I've had on my computer for over a year.[/quote:71d01]want to see screen shots of my score? eek:


[img]http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/4179/SNAG-0012.jpg[/img]

Garry,

I love Jazz and Classical music. From Louis Armstrong to Mozart, I also enjoy a variety of "reproductions" of ancient and historic music.
From classic Irish folk music to early American music like Hank Williams and Woody Guthrie.

There is this amazing feeling of antiquity and tradition when listening to music from such histotic sources. Im not certain how old you are, but I find it refreshing and admirable that at least some of todays youth can be moved by such things.

beer:

[quote="Garry Coleman":4d975][quote=Akuma][quote="Garry Coleman":4d975][url:4d975]http://www.cky2k.org/upload/uploads/concerning_hobbits.mid[/url:4d975] For all you Lord of the Rings fans. I made that up in about 4 days.[/quote]

You made that eh?
Even though it's exactly the same as this one: [url="http://lotr.hwmc.org/Concerning_Hobbits.mid"]http://lotr.hwmc.org/Concerning_Hobbits.mid[/url]

...which I've had on my computer for over a year.[/quote:4d975]want to see screen shots of my score? eek:[/quote:4d975]

I never said that you didn't make it... Jus that it's exactly the same as that other one.

I'm only 17 (soon to be 18). I really never liked any rock music, grindcore, pop, or any of that crap. I always liked jazz and classical...since I play trumpet in an orchestra and a jazz band I have more of a sense of appreciation than the average person.

um, i have over 100 cds of jazz and classical...its my mainstay

rock:

It's weird how I look at music now that I actually understand it. Classical and Jazz seem to be so much more complex compared to some of that stupid pop and heavy metal crap (yeah, i called them stupid). hellfire:

my dad has some cole porter cd's. They are pretty good

i´ve always listened to jazz, but then not the early swing pieces, more like miles davis, chick corea,joushaa redman, wayne shorter etc. still, i listen to a lot of types of music, all from classsical to hardrock. right now im really in to this fusion guy, john scofield.

and pieces sounds good, keep it up. get some programs : Reason (2) Recycle and Cubase.

I'm starting to get into playing classical guitar pieces. There so intricate. Then again, I try to play some of everything from Bach to Hendrix.

I like jazz A LOT. But not really classical.

Not a big fan of jazz myself, but then I could be thinking about the wrong kind of jazz (ie Kenng G). I do like classical music though, I like Howard Shore, John Williams rock: , and Mozart. I listen to KMZT in La when I drive around at night. About half of my cds are soundtracks too.

Haha, kenny g blows ass. Download some Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and chet baker.

I like Joe Satriani, but that isnt jazz is it, prolly rock.

yeah, Kenny G is nothing without his circular breathing....he can't do anything else. [sarcasm]I've got breathing down, so maybe I should make a CD[/sarcasm] On a serious note, listen to some Miles Davis, some good stuff by Louis Armstrong at the later part of his career (probably more appealing to the masses), Chuck Mangione (he's a latin trumpet player that plays in small groups), Arturo Sandoval, Wynton Marsalis, and even Frank Sinatra.



EVERYONE must download stuff by the "GRP All-Star Big Band"....just amazing skill ed:








As for classical guitar, that stuff is amazing. I wish i could play guitar for that reason. I wish more people looked into playing classical guitar--it'll help with technique and maybe it could carry over into some of the other styles that the musician plays.

blow me the_finger:

ive been to a few classical guitar concerts, and its amazing the range of tones that instrument can display..

[quote="Garry Coleman":f1c3e]As for classical guitar, that stuff is amazing. I wish i could play guitar for that reason. I wish more people looked into playing classical guitar--it'll help with technique and maybe it could carry over into some of the other styles that the musician plays.[/quote:f1c3e]

Your right, it does help with technique. It helps you work on speed and accruacy. And even some of the simplest pieces (like Borree) sound really intricate and complex.

Here's a Classical guitar piece, an invention by Bach.

[url:8541c]http://www.cky2k.org/upload/uploads/bachinvent.113.mid[/url:8541c]

I didn't make this, I just exported it from Power Tab (a great free program, by the way) The midi track sounds better in Power tab, so, if you have the editor, here it is.

[url:8541c]http://www.cky2k.org/upload/uploads/bach_johann_sebastian-intervention_no13_bwv_7842.ptb[/url:8541c]

(you've got to right click/save on the last one for some reason.)

miles davis is great

I love classical music. Inever really listen to much Jazz. However i love using jazz chords while playing guitar. You have to stretch your hand out so far for many of the chords, pain in the ass.

I like some classical music.

Some can be really boring to me, but others can really get me thinking.

I really like the music on most soundtracks...I don't know the conductors by name but some soundtracks I really like are SPR and BOB, and the soundtracks for MOH; things like that are where my heart for classical lies.

Funny you should say that. My good friend's brother did the soundtrack for a few Medal of Honor titles. HIs name is Christopher Lennertz. I'm not sure if his website it up again, last i checked, it was down for construction:


[url:15590]http://www.christopherlennertz.com[/url:15590]

What program did you use to make those?

It looks like Finale to me

I love jazz, well all music, but rap, and that’s not music it’s talking in rhymes over samples.

Listen to some John Zorn, or Estradasphere great jazz.

True classical guitarists have long finger nails and finger pick exclusively. And believe it or not the metal has a lot of classical influence. Listen to deep purples Ritchie Blackmore.

Ps don’t get me wrong on rap/hiphop if they use real bands I like it. I just hate samples and the same damn bass beat in every damn song. Well I am sure its not the same beat but they are close.

[quote="Garry Coleman":d05db]Funny you should say that. My good friend's brother did the soundtrack for a few Medal of Honor titles. HIs name is Christopher Lennertz. I'm not sure if his website it up again, last i checked, it was down for construction:


[url:d05db]http://www.christopherlennertz.com[/url:d05db][/quote:d05db]

Oh yeah, he did the soundtrack for Rising Sun right? Good Stuff. And I hear he's doing the music for Pacific Assault as well.

Franz Liszt beer:

[quote=snipes]Oh yeah, he did the soundtrack for Rising Sun right? Good Stuff. And I hear he's doing the music for Pacific Assault as well.[/quote:18633]Yeah, he's doing some really good stuff now. It's weird how he went to my same highschool and had alll of my music teachers. The sky's the limit.


And yeah, geforce, I did use Finale. It's a professional program that costs around $600....::cough:: warez :::cough::: I used to use another pro program called Sibelius. It was pretty good, but my friend and I wanted to swap music files all the time so we could listen and see eachothers compositions. So, now i'm using Finale; I heard that most pros use that program though (comparable to Microsoft and Apple)