Twenty-five.

For English horn and vibraphone.

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These vibraphones sound like crap. Real ones, as notated, would be played with softer mallets and with the motors on. Use of the pedal would really blur all the tones together, creating a very ethereal sound.

Real vibes are cool. Fake vibes? Not cool.

Five.

Making up for yesterday. Got home pretty late from the Commencement ceremony and just crashed.

This is a short melody for English Horn, probably one of my favorite instruments. It lies in this weird place between the oboe and bassoon and has this sort of haunting sound to it. (Honestly, the recording I put up doesn't do this wonderful instrument justice.)

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In Music Inspired by the Wheel of Time, the opening theme in the first movement is played by the English horn. Follow the link if you want to hear how a real one sounds.

And, if anyone was wondering, the software I use is Finale 2006c with the Garritan Personal Orchestra for the notation and audio work, GIMP for creating the images, and RazorLAME for converting to mp3s.