Beethoven, 5th Symphony

"Download?" and other FAQ for Ludwig van Beethoven's 5th Symphony 5, First mvt., accompanied by a scrolling bar-graph score.

Q: Where can I download this video for my iPhone/iPod/iPad/computer/etc.?
A: You can get it here:
http://musanim.cerizmo.com

Q: Where can I get free sheet music for this piece?
A: Here:
http://tinyurl.com/beetop67

Q: What do the colors in the bar-graph score mean?
A: The colors show which instruments are playing. Here's a chart:
http://www.musanim.com/pdf/Instruments_B5.pdf

Q: Please tell me more about the composer.
A: You can read about Beethoven here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beethoven

Q: Who is playing this?
A: I licensed this recording from
http://www.royalty-free-classical-music.org
It is performed by the Royalty Free Classical Music Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Keith J. Salmon. I don't know anything beyond that about the recording (like, whether it is a real orchestra or synthetic, who are its members, when and where was the recording made, etc.)

Q: Is there a way I could make bar-graph scores like this myself?
A: The Music Animation Machine MIDI file player will generate this display; you can get the (Windows) software here:
http://www.musanim.com/player/
There are lots of places on the web where you can get MIDI files; I usually go to the Classical Archives site first:
http://www.classicalarchives.com/

Q: Could you please do a MAM video of _________?
A: Please read this page:
http://www.musanim.com/all/MAMRequests.html

Q: How did you make this video?
A: There were a lot of steps; here's a short summary. I found a recording I could license and made the arrangements to use it. I found a MIDI file that was fairly complete, and imported that into the notation program Sibelius. I compared it to a printed copy of the score from my library and fixed things that were wrong (b5_fullscore.pdf is a snapshot taken during this process; note that there was a piano part in the MIDI file --- not something in the real score). Then, I listened to the recording and compared that to the score, and modified the score so that the timings were more like what the orchestra was actually playing (see b5_timings_adjusted.pdf). I exported this as a MIDI file and ran it through my custom frame-rendering software. Then, I made a "reduction" of the score (b5_reduction.pdf) and colored it to match the colors I was planning to use in the bar-graph score (b5_reduction_color.pdf). Unfortunately, when I squished the bar-graph score enough to make room for the notation score, too much detail was lost, so I ended up deciding not to use the notation. Then I put all the pieces (rendered frames, audio, titles) together in Adobe Premiere and exported the movie as a QuickTime file. Then, I used On2 Flix to convert the final file into Flash format (so that YouTube's conversion to their Flash format wouldn't change it in unpredictable ways), and uploaded the result. The PDFs mentioned in this description are in this ZIP file:
http://www.musanim.com/pdf/b5_scores.zip
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Category:

Music

Tags:

• beethoven
• 5th
• symphony
• scrolling
• orchestra
• animation
• famous
• allegro
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• brio

[m2inla]

Thanks for using Atari's Pong graphics to bring this music to life. Just in case you suddenly awoke from a 35 year criogenic project, Microsoft os and Apple os are now considered top of the line. I regret to say the Comodore VIC 20, and the Atari 2600 are now considered outdated.

[smalin]

@m2inla I started this project in the 1970s (on long strips of paper) and started on the computer version of it on an Atari 800 in the early 1980s. I've experimented with lots of ways of showing scores, but this format has stood the test of time; videos using this format are used in music education in classrooms around the world. If you have a better way, you should consider making videos yourself.

[impaxNo7]

@chanytube Here is a simple experiment. Plug ears with cotton wool and smear vaseline on top. You are now deaf. Apply head direct to piano and strike key. You will hear the note loudly. Beethoven did not have neural deafness. It was most likely Otosclerosis.

[BelievinSP]

@m2inla This is much better than micro and apple. it's classic bratha

[ellarox28]

@issipap exactly



[issipap]

thanx, mister, i am deeply obliged for your hard work and the fact that you share this wonderful result.

it is the one of the most educative things i ever found in the internet.

tomorrow my students will have an easier life thanx to you!

[ellarox28]

thanks this helped me on my homework assignment and my teacher uses it as a example for the homework every year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[atjnAdfhhjea]

@m2inla You know. If I knew how to read any of this, it would be very informative.

[atjnAdfhhjea]

@koolwalky Debatable. Star Wars happened a long long time ago in a galaxy far far away. It even says so when you watch it.

[scottkube]

@m2inla wooow buzzkill, go jack off onto someone else's video

[warfarelover1]

@m2inla way to be a dick kid