sustaining a ‘big picture’ type design

English translation: " Out of Africa" Music score

07:41 May 15, 2009
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Music / reflection of a music student about his/her own composition
English term or phrase: sustaining a ‘big picture’ type design
I knew that a nocturne is in one movement but decided by way of contrast to have a more moody, unsettled central section (ABA). So the opening (and closing) melody is calm and expansive, whereas the second melody is more restricted in pitch. I also gave the second more silences so that it ‘stuttered’ more. [...]
One of the musical outcomes was that I realized it is difficult ***sustaining a ‘big picture’ type design***. I think that it is why breaking it down into sections and working on links helped put it back together, so making a coherent piece.
Ana Juliá
Spain
Local time: 23:31
Selected answer:" Out of Africa" Music score
Explanation:
Big picture type of design, a music score which gives you the big picture type of feeling and will also be remembered well after as the score from the movie.

If you think of the music from "Out of Africa" or "Gone with the Wind" and how it made you feel, and the way the music fitted the picture. A more recent one would be the music from "Australia"

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The ebb and flow of the music has to begin slowly, calmly and build up, but not up to much that it becomes over pitched (as it is in "Jaws" ) The music has to flow in and out, have silent periods and maintain motion and occurrence of scene structure building and easing, then slowing and calming to a sedate finale while in essence maintaining a full flowing coherent piece (score)

I could sit and listen to the Beethovens 5th Symphony all day. You can hear the calming and then the silence and how it flows with grace and structure.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4IRMYuE1hI

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And this is the opposite http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7Yc2cp6ekM&feature=related

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And this will take you to the moon and back :-) Big picture designed music close your eyes and the music will take you to the mountains and the valleys, to cafe's and candle lit dinners, train rides through the countryside....
Enjoy... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aoUxKfHS9I&feature=related
This is exactly what your text is talking about.

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No problem... I hope you enjoyed the music..

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# D Vachliotis
I think spending 10 minutes listing to this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4IRMYuE1hI
makes it clearer than any amount of words. It is clear you only read my headline.

Beethoven would have pulled, prodded and pushed sections and spent hours linking, including silent periods, all manner of manipulation of tone, and not once did he over pitch any part of this exceptional piece, and it is the classical "Big Picture type of music design" Full of imagination, as is the music score to Out of Africa. You only have to listen to the music as they fly over the Savannah and the mountains, and you "don't have to see the movie" to be taken-a-back by the wonderful music, and its construction.
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Gary D
Local time: 08:31
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explanation


Explanation:
I saw the question earlier, but I thought I should let a native speaker answer it. Anyway, what it means is that it is very difficult to compose a piece of music with a view of the whole in mind. That's why it then goes on to explain that he/she "broke it into sections", before putting it all back together.

d_vachliot (X)
Local time: 00:31
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Native speaker of: Native in GreekGreek
PRO pts in category: 15

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Samantha Payn
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Samantha.

agree  Gary D: But isn't it exactly what Beethoven's 5th Symphony is, it is in sections with links and silent sections but they all go into make up the big picture type of piece as they are discussing, In effect your answer is a copy of mine.
9 hrs
  -> No, it's not.

agree  Deborah Workman: I agree with you. This has nothing to do with the expansiveness of the landscape. It has to do with approaching the task with a single vision for it rather than taking the component parts and then seeing how they fit together. A, B, A rather than ABA.
12 hrs
  -> Yes, exactly. Thank you.

agree  Tony M: I rather have to agree with you: I don't think this is anything to do with movies, but 'big picture' in the sense of 'wider vision'
2 days 5 hrs
  -> Thank you, Tony.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
" Out of Africa" Music score


Explanation:
Big picture type of design, a music score which gives you the big picture type of feeling and will also be remembered well after as the score from the movie.

If you think of the music from "Out of Africa" or "Gone with the Wind" and how it made you feel, and the way the music fitted the picture. A more recent one would be the music from "Australia"

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2 hrs (2009-05-15 10:18:30 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

The ebb and flow of the music has to begin slowly, calmly and build up, but not up to much that it becomes over pitched (as it is in "Jaws" ) The music has to flow in and out, have silent periods and maintain motion and occurrence of scene structure building and easing, then slowing and calming to a sedate finale while in essence maintaining a full flowing coherent piece (score)

I could sit and listen to the Beethovens 5th Symphony all day. You can hear the calming and then the silence and how it flows with grace and structure.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4IRMYuE1hI

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2 hrs (2009-05-15 10:29:52 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

And this is the opposite http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7Yc2cp6ekM&feature=related

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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-05-15 10:39:08 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

And this will take you to the moon and back :-) Big picture designed music close your eyes and the music will take you to the mountains and the valleys, to cafe's and candle lit dinners, train rides through the countryside....
Enjoy... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aoUxKfHS9I&feature=related
This is exactly what your text is talking about.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2009-05-15 10:48:09 GMT) Post-grading
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No problem... I hope you enjoyed the music..

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Note added at 13 hrs (2009-05-15 21:30:27 GMT) Post-grading
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# D Vachliotis
I think spending 10 minutes listing to this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4IRMYuE1hI
makes it clearer than any amount of words. It is clear you only read my headline.

Beethoven would have pulled, prodded and pushed sections and spent hours linking, including silent periods, all manner of manipulation of tone, and not once did he over pitch any part of this exceptional piece, and it is the classical "Big Picture type of music design" Full of imagination, as is the music score to Out of Africa. You only have to listen to the music as they fly over the Savannah and the mountains, and you "don't have to see the movie" to be taken-a-back by the wonderful music, and its construction.

Gary D
Local time: 08:31
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  d_vachliot (X): That is not what it means here.
2 hrs
  -> But isn't it exactly what Beethoven's 5th Symphony is, it is in sections with links and silent sections but they all go into make up the big picture type of piece as they are discussing, In effect your answer is a copy of mine. with no references.
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