Arrangement Competition - Shimomura ~ Links to entries posted

**AS90** · 11-11-2009, 09:09 AM

I liked some of those arrangements a lot! Especially SeaBass's Legend of Mana - Title theme, it is way better than mine would have been. Sad I couldn't participate, I kinda lost motivation to arranging.

**Joseph Perkins** · 11-11-2009, 12:45 PM

Originally Posted by Il_Ritrattista

Don't worry! For me, counts especially what you wrote on the comments! Anyway, for the notation of the drums, I used the standard notation for the drum parts (I downloaded a small manual with all the percussions notation, for drums and orchestral percussions)

. Anyway thank you all very much for the comments. It's a great thing that every competition you put even a commentary for each work. I think it helps a lot the arrangers/composers/performers to improve them. See ya soon for the next competition then xD.

Usually the bass drum is written on the first space (F) or the D below the staff. If I'm reading correctly, you also want the snare and high tom playing at the same time in the beginning. Is measure 2 a roll on the hi-hat or a suspended cymbal? At measure 3, what instruments are signified by the D on the line and the F on the line? What does the B above the staff signify at measure 13? Also, the X on the space (c), do you what a rimshot or cross stick?

When you listen to the recording I can clearly understand your notation, but from a performers standpoint it is very unclear. I understand that notation is one of the most confusing parts of percussion, but as a percussionist it is also confusing when you aren't sure what the composer/arranger was trying to notate. The general rule with percussion notation is this:

As long as you give a notation key or put text next to the note each time it is introduced, there is no real wrong way. Normally the bass drum is on the first space (F), but after that everything else is up to the composer. Even if it is considered standard, it would still help to write it out in text because I have come across very different ways of notating drumset. Sometimes even whats considered standard drum notation by some composers is contradicted by other composers. The general rule is that it should be clear from a performers standpoint exactly what the composer wants. Everything else really isn't important. You did good with the standard notation though.

**Joseph Perkins** · 11-11-2009, 12:48 PM

Originally Posted by Sebe

Thank you guys for the work, i appreciate your comments. Joseph, you have been hard on evaluation for me altough your comments were not so bad..
I look forward doing another competition soon. I didn't know miss Shimomura so I discovered her great work for the first time, she's amazing!
thanx
Sebastien Belleudy(Sebe)

Once again, my scores were based on a lower limit compared to the other judges. I really liked your arrangement though. It was one of the few pieces I listened to over and over again.

**Joseph Perkins** · 11-11-2009, 12:53 PM

Originally Posted by Lundquist

oh man, I'm not sure my entry deserves the praise it got - I really appreciate it though. Joseph, you are absolutely right about the ending - at measure 100 I didn't know where to take it, so I just put that ending together pretty fast.

reading the comments, I'm looking forward to hearing the other entries.

Going into 114 was a nice transition, it just felt like something should have happened right before the last chord. The clarinet was going somewhere......and then it just stopped. The rest of it was wonderful though

**The-Real-Link** · 11-14-2009, 08:50 PM

I have now posted the links to the entries. I apologize for the strange format. I would have attatched the files directly to the thread, but the file manager was not working for some reason. So please excuse the format. It shouldn't be too difficult to access the files, however, because I placed them in a single downloadable file using mediafire. Thanks again to everyone who participated, I really enjoyed running this competition, and I hope to people to do another one in the near future!