Online Orchestra

Because Covid-19 prevented us from getting together for our usual Easter camp, we recorded one the songs online! Check out the result right below:

A Massive thanks to all young musicians who have contributed to this project. I will select a Jazz arrangement next to keep you going during the Summer holidays!

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Below were the resources you needed to download in order to record your own audio part to be mixed with our online orchestra recording. The Mix is now done but you can always download the parts and audio to play with your friends.

How does it work?

1. Listen to the Master Midi Mix below to familiarize yourself with the arrangement.

IMPORTANT: This one has a medium-fast introduction in 3/4 before slowing down to the ballad tempo of the tune in 4/4. The click will slow down progressively in between the 2 sections.

2. Download your part by clicking on the link that matches your instrument and abilities. I will update the number of instruments and provide easy parts in due course. Keyboard players can join too by selecting a sound (and hand position) to match.

3. Practice your part with the backing audio files – two slower speeds and one at the regular speed. Do NOT worry about getting it absolutely right. This is to keep us occupied and still have some of the fun that the course usually provides.

Ask your instrument teacher for help and/or fingerings if need be.

Please get in touch if you need the score to be amended (wrong octave, too hard, need a clef change etc…).

4. Record yourself: The best way is to listen to the Master Midi Mix (MMM) with a set of headphones and to record yourself on a phone or laptop. The MMM has TWO BARS of click. Beware, the tune starts on beat 2!

Please remember to tune your instrument before recording….that will save me a lot of tweaking!

5. Save your recording as a .WAV or .MP3 file and email it to me at this address:

richmondmusicacademyuk@gmail.com

6. My little elves will collect all the recordings and sync them together before mixing the lot down to one big orchestral take!

Master Midi Mix

This is what it should sound like once all the parts are recorded. This is only a Midi playback with no real instruments.

Rough Mix (30th April)

Thank you so much for the few musicians who have sent me some parts already. Please send in some more!

Below is a (ROUGH) mix of your efforts so far.

Individual parts

According to your instrument, right-click on the links to download your part as a .PDF and a Midi demo (various speeds available – Regular, 15% slower and 25% slower).

Please get in touch if you need the score to be amended (wrong octave, too hard, need a clef change etc…).

If you are a piano or keyboard player, try to set the sound corresponding to the part you’re downloading or adjust your hand position to a higher/lower octave.