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J Simon van der Walt @tedthetrumpet.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 7h

Volunteering at G20 Community Garden today, bulb planting except bulbs got lost in the post

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J Simon van der Walt @tedthetrumpet.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026

Yes, lovely, thank you, I think we get the general idea.

Music notation: upward rushing woodwind scales to a climactic high note.

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J Simon van der Walt @tedthetrumpet.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2026

Instrument change with change of number of staff lines as well in MuseScore: fiddly, doable.

Music notation, changes from five line vibraphone to two line gankogui

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J Simon van der Walt @tedthetrumpet.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 25/05/2026

Hey internet, what tune is this?!? Maybe Level 42? Or is this just something I made up out of my own head?!?

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J Simon van der Walt @tedthetrumpet.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 30/04/2026

Oh look, my office is crammed full of gamelan instrument again. Must be something to do with the Triwikrama performance on Monday www.jsimonvanderwalt.com/65

Gamelan instruments stacked up in an office

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J Simon van der Walt @tedthetrumpet.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/04/2026

Did I really just write 'weird chords over pedal G' on this chart?

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J Simon van der Walt @tedthetrumpet.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 03/03/2026

Stuck on the dreaded 'score processing' beachball in #musescore again :(

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J Simon van der Walt @tedthetrumpet.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 27/12/2025

Anyone know any good forums etc to post a question like: is this passage better on alto or tenor sax? (Not fb or rddt!)

A melody notated alternatively for alto or tenor saxophone

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J Simon van der Walt @tedthetrumpet.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 20/12/2025

I wonder if these turns are awkward on the tenor sax? Style is medium swing about 170 bpm: that's written pitch, not sounding. Wondering if better on alto…

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J Simon van der Walt @tedthetrumpet.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 19/12/2025

New thoughts on an old piece: make it a trumpet and guitar feature for Henry and Matthew.

Excerpt from big band score with scribbled pencil notes

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J Simon van der Walt @tedthetrumpet.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 12/12/2025

Workshopping 'Triwikrama' with students at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. www.jsimonvanderwalt.com/blog/2025/… towards performance on 4 May next year.

A trombonist and a soprano trombonisg sitting and playing with slides extended in front of a Javanese gamelan.

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J Simon van der Walt @tedthetrumpet.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 18/11/2025

Have I got enough trombone-related clutter on my desk?

Desk cluttered with mouthpieces, mouthpiece cases, a handweight, paracetamol, trombone slide grease etc

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J Simon van der Walt @tedthetrumpet.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2025

Update, although still not sure about 'ireng' – Triwikråmå, Brahålå Irèng, Kresnå, Puntådéwå, Dåsåmukå.

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J Simon van der Walt @tedthetrumpet.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2025

Javanese pronunciation check: Triwikråmå, Brahålå Irèng, Krêsnå, Puntadéwa, Dasamuka?

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J Simon van der Walt @tedthetrumpet.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2025

eternal gamelan composition question, forward or backward notation?

some gamelan drumming written out two ways

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J Simon van der Walt @tedthetrumpet.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 22/08/2025

Long shot: can anyone think of composers/works that explore the sound of slowly sliding from chord to chord? Eg voices, trombone, strings, electronics?

String quartet score, shows each instrument doing a slow gliss, moving from one chord to another.

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J Simon van der Walt @tedthetrumpet.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2025

That's cool, #MuseScore just automatically figured out cautionary clefs on either side of a repeat :)

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J Simon van der Walt @tedthetrumpet.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 22/07/2025

Bike packing adventure part 1 train to Largs

Bike on a train with full panniers and a sleeping bag strapped on

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J Simon van der Walt @tedthetrumpet.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 12/05/2025

Take *three* operating systems into the shower?!

Office desk with three laptops, respectively running Windows, UbuntuStudio and macOS

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J Simon van der Walt @tedthetrumpet.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 14/04/2025

Donnie Deacon has been looking at my new piece for solo violin 'headlong--->]' and tells me it is playable :) Going to get together with soon to check out some bowing ideas he has.

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J Simon van der Walt @tedthetrumpet.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 05/04/2025

view from holiday cottage window rather fine

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J Simon van der Walt @tedthetrumpet.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 03/04/2025

On the blog: revisiting an old piece, with some thoughts about jazz v 'straight' phrasing www.jsimonvanderwalt.com/blog/2025/…

A players-eye view of a rehearsal. We can see the backs of the clarinet players, while the composer and conductor face us. The composer is smiling and talking to the players.

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J Simon van der Walt @tedthetrumpet.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 23/02/2025

Jings, 1st #trombone part for 'Quietude' would be wild enough without having the 2nd trombone trying to play exactly the same thing in parallel a semitone below!

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J Simon van der Walt @tedthetrumpet.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 01/12/2024

Going to try using the original Conn 3 that came with the horn instead of the Bach 12C. Getting a less edgy tone and better access to the low register, but still good upper range. Also looks very space age :) #trombone #mouthpiece

Trombone mouthpiece mounted on the instrument

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J Simon van der Walt @tedthetrumpet.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 26/10/2024

Futura is just the right font for a modernist-looking score :) #composition #notation #font

Incipit from start of music score showing futura font in use.

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J Simon van der Walt @tedthetrumpet.post.lurk.org.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2024

Reorchestrating a favourite old piece of mine, but… for what? Six clarinets, oboe and two percussion? Or accordion, keyboard, electric bass and soprano sax? Decisions, decisions, need to find some players and try some things out.

Couple of bars of music, apparently for oboe, piano and bass clarinet

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