As far as the google days have gone, this was probably the most productive in-class day yet. That is due mostly to the fact that I was able to use a computer in the Bandroom with Finale Notepad. I've also got Notepad at home, so I just continued to work on adding the different instrument parts. At this point, I pretty much know where the music is going, so the more difficult tasks will arise when I'm done with the initial transcribing/arranging. I'll have to both add more parts (using Finale), such as percussion, possibly baritone, bass clarinet, etc., and I'll also have to switch key signatures and move the notes around so that they are in easy-to-play registers for each instrument.
The music is coming along nicely. I've given the trumpets the melody line and the root of the chords (and I may leave the fifth in, in a divisi, as well), the flutes and clarinets the fifth and upper notes of the chords, and the saxophones the thirds, in most cases. I had initially written the tuba and trombone parts in the wrong key, so I'll have to go back and fix that. Otherwise, I'm feeling pretty good about the progression of my project thus far.
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