{"id":773,"date":"2020-12-08T21:39:49","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T21:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10626680\/?page_id=773"},"modified":"2020-12-12T20:01:16","modified_gmt":"2020-12-12T20:01:16","slug":"week-four-evaluation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10626680\/week-four-evaluation\/","title":{"rendered":"Week Four Evaluation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10626680\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/279\/2020\/12\/composition-ALL-with-extras-Full-Score.pdf\">Composition-FINISHED-with-articulation-<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10626680\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/279\/2020\/12\/composition-ALL-with-extras-Full-Score.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-soundcloud wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Composition FINISHED with articulation by Abigail Swift\" width=\"840\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F946167604&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxwidth=840&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;dnt=1\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This week was very successful as I managed to finish the actual score on Sibelius, meaning I have all the time next week to mix the song on Logic and sync it to the video. This week, I added intro and outro, which are about 30 seconds long each, therefore making the whole composition just under four minutes which I am fairly happy with. The intro is just a build-up of the section A chord progression, in which a note from the chord joins in every four bars. For the outro, the strings drop out, leaving this almost empty sounding piano which I think is really effective and stays true to the temp score. The last chord rings out for 2 bars and this gives it more emotion and almost allows the listner to reflect after they&#8217;ve heard it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As well as adding to the overall structure by adding an intro and outro, I also made some well-needed changes to both section A and B which ultimately extended them by around 4 bars each. These changes consist of melody changes to make the composition much more interesting as now I could add harmonies and different rhythms. An example of this is in section B, where everything gradually changes to quaver notes to make the composition exciting and rhythmically complex. I decided to keep the cello part simple the whole way through as I thought with all instruments playing different melodies and rhythms at the same time, it would quickly become too busy. Sometimes, less is more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After finalising the melodies, rhythm and overall structure, I began on adding articulation and dynamics to the score. This was a slight struggle at first as I didn&#8217;t know where to add articulation\/dynamics and I felt I was just adding things in for the sake of it. After making some notes on where to add these, I started with a simple crescendo for the intro and added dynamic markings <em>p<\/em> and <em>mf<\/em>. I also added staccato notes on the left-hand piano part, a legato marking on the cello, and accents on the first piano chord of every bar to really emphasise the start of the next bar. As well as this, I added a string technique &#8216;pizzicato&#8217; which means the player plucks the strings instead of using a bow; this changed the whole outlook of the song for me and made the articulation much more effective! For section B, I added a &#8216;sul tasto&#8217; marking to the viola so the player bows the strings on the fretboard of the instrument, making a much warmer, soft tone. When I want the articulations to drop out, I use the &#8216;arco&#8217; marking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An important element of music, especially in compositions like this, is harmony. Even though I added this, I was not perfectly happy with some of the harmonies I used on the strings. They sound good but not exactly how I wanted it to reflect. I think some of the notes in the melody lines in the two violins clash too much which creates a quite unpleasant sound compared to the rest of the composition. I think this is a fairly small problem, however, I could quickly change this on Monday by listening to the two violins together and nothing else and figuring out what notes don&#8217;t sound amazing together. After I have done this, I believe it will have an overall positive effect on the whole composition as these clashing notes will now be in greater harmony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After finalising the actual Sibius score, I need to export the track in the form of a midi file into Logic. Because the overall sound of the midi instruments on Sibelius doesn&#8217;t sound great, moving the track to a much more professional DAW will give us access to a plethora of better sounding pianos and strings. As well as this, Logic has a more interactive and significantly better mixing programme. This means we are able to change the volumes and panning of the composition, and we can also add effects like a simple EQ and compressor to make the final work sound much higher quality and professional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Sibelius, I feel like I could have added more dynamic changes to the piece. I did add dynamic markings like <em>mf<\/em> and <em>ff<\/em> and also crescendos and diminuendos however some of the dynamic changes can be quite dramatic and I believe that these could be massively improved by using more crescendos and diminuendos. If I do not have enough time to change the dynamics on the actual score, I could always use the automation feature on Logic when I export it so I can change the volumes there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Targets For Next Week<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-Proofread through my past evaluations to make sure everything reads correctly and make sure I do my final compositional analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-Use Logic to make the composition sound more professional by mixing it and using the instruments on that software instead of the Sibelius ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-Export this final file and sync it to the Temporal Distortion video using the software on our iMac&#8217;s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week was very successful as I managed to finish the actual score on Sibelius, meaning I have all the time next week to mix the song on Logic and sync it to the video. This week, I added intro and outro, which are about 30 seconds long each, therefore making the whole composition just &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10626680\/week-four-evaluation\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Week Four Evaluation&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":273,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-773","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10626680\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10626680\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10626680\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10626680\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/273"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10626680\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=773"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10626680\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":799,"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10626680\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/773\/revisions\/799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk\/10626680\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}