Tuesday, March 16, 2010

A Different Approach?

Normally when I compose I like to write out the score by hand before entering it into Finale.  I have been thinking about my approach to orchestrating Night Sky.  I am considering orchestrating this piece into Finale.  If I choose to do so, then I will have a complete sketch score of four to five staves written out before going to the computer.  I believe that the primary reason for this is the size of the ensemble.  With this type of group I would only be able to fit six to eight measures per page.  This would amount to many pages of sketches and I do not know if it is worth it.  It is for this reason that I will most likely orchestrate into Finale.

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