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it's tough to judge whether one is breaking the rules of harmony, or is not educated about it.. For the piece, I'd opt to say that the foundations are there, but the orchestration can use some more work.
It seems there's alot of "background" material, and very little "foreground".. Some basic concepts of strings arrangements that I'm sure is pretty standard. Most of the piece lies in the mid low unison where the theme developes, but never developes into a foreground theme that carries the motif off the ground. It could be by aim, but personally, I'd expect it to happen atleast once in the arrangement.
Anyhow, it's good that you're shooting for diversity. I think the trick to good orchestration is to go back to the good ol' 4 part or 5 part (add the dbl bass) strings arrangement and work your way up from there. It's a good way to learn the "slim" way of doing things, which leaves much little space for unwanted muck that can quickly dirty up the harmonic interaction between the instruments.
<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: kensuguro on 2005-12-22 08:13 ]</font>
thanx for feedback kensuguro.
I made orchestration since a few time and I know that I must learning still again and again. I would give a darkness aspect to this piece in the 'Howard Shore' style.
(Lord of rings)
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