Writing for concert band has been a very interesting experience so far. Previously I had only written something as large as six performers, so the jump to a full band was pretty daunting. One thing I found very interesting was that your mind set doesn't necessarily change because there are so many more parts. I discovered that everything sounded much better when you thought as if writing for a smaller group because no matter how many parts there are there are still only melody, and accompaniment.
Last week, what I played in class was a very rough kinda sketch of what I really wanted, that being said all the comments helped bring my piece to where it is now, which I am extremely happy with. One comment was to have more rhythmic features in the brass that don't have the melody. So i went ahead and added some rhythm, and it really added to the piece, also I am using the rhythm as a kind of theme or motif. Another comment was about having the melody line and stuff in the french horn, and even though I really like the sound of horn I moved the melody and counter-melody to other instruments, which I am equally as happy with especially if it will be played much more accurately.
