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| Sep 28, 2020 at 6:50 | comment | added | Aaron | Another question of interest: As a composer, should I be composing music for an instrument I don't play? | |
| Sep 13, 2020 at 5:22 | comment | added | Aaron | A related question: How do classical composers write music? | |
| Sep 3, 2020 at 5:45 | comment | added | virolino | @No'amNewman: that is a distinction I was not aware of :( I think my question refers to both as one - that is my level, sorry. Thank you for the info, though ;) | |
| Sep 3, 2020 at 5:15 | comment | added | No'am Newman | There is a distinction between composition (simplifying it to melody, harmony and rhythm) and orchestration (aka arranging) which is writing parts for instruments to execute the composition. | |
| Sep 2, 2020 at 21:58 | answer | added | Michael Curtis | timeline score: 2 | |
| Sep 2, 2020 at 5:19 | history | edited | virolino | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 1, 2020 at 19:31 | answer | added | Zaaikort | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 31, 2020 at 15:08 | comment | added | Simon B | Not really an answer, but look up Guy Michelmore on YouTube youtube.com/user/thinkspaceeducation | |
| Aug 31, 2020 at 13:57 | comment | added | Peter | If you compare with programming, you have to keep some in your head, but other parts are written, either finished or awaiting more work. Some composers work at a piano; others write it down and check it later. The genius was Beethoven who wrote so much great music after he was deaf. | |
| Aug 31, 2020 at 12:53 | answer | added | Draakhond | timeline score: 4 | |
| Aug 31, 2020 at 10:07 | comment | added | virolino | @Peter: that is the direction which interests me. It actually partially answers my question. Ideally, you could go a bit into the details of the "orchestration" stage. Not really the part with writing the score, but "branching" the piano part into the various parts for the instruments (to use your example). | |
| Aug 31, 2020 at 7:29 | comment | added | Peter | I think it starts with memorising music - developing from simple to more complex. Imagining follows. Early versions of say a symphony may be written as if for piano and orchestrated later. At the orchestration stage the composer will write the score, which has all the parts for detailed reference. | |
| Aug 31, 2020 at 7:01 | comment | added | virolino | Yes, I tried, but they are quite far from what I am curious about. This answer (music.stackexchange.com/a/11629/71592) is closer to what I want, if I would read the books. I am not interested in strikes of genius, inspiration, or technical stuff (like music notations to store music on paper). I am curious about the "management of information". Different instruments play different notes (almost different "songs"), in order to get the marvel. How does the composer "keep track" of all of that? How do they combine "stupid" sounds (e.g., listening to only one instrument) into works of art? | |
| Aug 31, 2020 at 6:49 | comment | added | Brian Towers | Have you tried using the search function on this site? There are a lot of questions on composing which likely already answer your questions - music.stackexchange.com/questions/71619/…, music.stackexchange.com/questions/11601/…, music.stackexchange.com/questions/51633/…, music.stackexchange.com/questions/12180/… | |
| Aug 31, 2020 at 6:04 | history | asked | virolino | CC BY-SA 4.0 |