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hey yeh well i wouldn't use sibelius im against it, it may be easy but it's weak. for contemporary notation i'm using finale, its extremely powerful in that field. i am having fun with the notation its soo cool

Hey, are any of you guys composing really contemporary compositions, like with really extended techniques and stuff. Because im writing one at the moment and im finding it really hard, like despite the huge amounts of stuff we did in class. What are your thoughts on this.. what are your...

i just finished my first draft for my first extension composition over the holidays, its over 3 minutes, but hey i gotta do another 3 composition still, i just started writing my second piece, ya think i should be further along, i have a feeling i should be...hehe

hey what are you people that do ext comp doing for your extension compositions? and how far are you into you compositions, im half way through my second peice and yeah im getting my first piece played by the performers soon, im doing a really comtemporary composition, with like extended trumpet...

1)trumpet 2)music 2 and music extension 3)composition for music 2 and for extension(that's four compositions)

Well, the twelve tone system is composition based on the twelve cromatic notes, put into a particular order(it can be random) to make up a tone row. This tone row can be altered in several ways and you can switch through these rows throughout your composition. Here are the different forms of...

what about the music skills test? what's in that? is it hard?

hey ur_inner_child, thanks heaps that really helps alot. i really hope i get in, must be cool to be doing that course, thanks

i actually just did a viva voce for my half yearly assesment, but it was for my composition(im doing ext. comp) and i sat down for half an hour and talked about my composition, like my intentions and problems and stuff. They mark on stuff like how fluently you can speak music type language/terms...

i think musicology is awesome, if i wasn't doing composition i'd do that, i have a friend doing musicology elective he says its pretty good, easy he said.....

im planning to apply to sydney con for composition, i know that i have to have an interview and hand in like three of my compositions(just the ones from the hsc), but i have know idea what like the expected standard is, or how good everyone else is, i dont know what they expect....anyone know...

what i meant was ALL music extension people are associated with music 2....anyhoo doesnt really matter

8-9 now, but i don't think at all that it should be sub-sectioned into music 1,2,ext. because all the music extension people do music two as well. i personally dont want it to change but if it does it should be into performance, compo and musicology.....oh well......doesn't look good

hey thanks yeh i am doing extension, i just normally right the composition straight out without thinking. I guess it is good practice ! :)

hey, im doing my HSC in '05 and im workin' on my first composition now in the hols, does anyone find that the portfolio gets in the way on composing, its a hasle i tells ya ! besides what am i actually meant to put in there ?