Hello,
I am hoping someone can answer my question on orchestral notation.
I am in the process of recording a piece from Pictures At An Exhibition using the VSL, and I am a little confused as to why some of the instruments in the notation are obviously playing a passage in unison but a few of the notes are flat for some of the instruments while others are natural or sharp. Is this done to create dissonance or is it another reason? I feel a little embarrassed asking this but I never had any formal music training so I'm sure it is my lack of knowledge.
When playing back what I recorded, it simply sounds awful. I've made other recordings before where I saw notes so close to each other but they were within the same instrument family, like the French horns or the Clarinets.
https://www.broadjam.com/songs/johnminardi/raiders-march/Play
These notes in Pictures at an exhibition are spread out between some of the woodwinds and some of the brass.
Sincerely (and frustrated),
John A. Minardi