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By Thatguy v2.0 · Posted
Dang how did I miss this one I know every midi rendition of a piano piece could be enhanced with a live performance, but this especially could. I found myself wanting to hear so much rubato, it would definitely give this piece added life. I forget, do you play? I hear a lot of pain and despair in this, broken up by little rays of sun here and there. I think when you have writer's block, something improvisational is a good move to get out of it, where you kind of forego form and just write. I like the story-arch of this, because it was hard to "expect" anything, and I was just forced to listen. Bar 72 was probably my favorite moment, the high register was a lovely touch in color to your theme. Reminded me of some of Liszt's stuff. 106-108 was really cool too. But I think my favorite thing overall was the fact that nothing really felt forced. If you wanted to be simple, you were. If you wanted to added dynamic depth, you did. Nothing felt like you were trying to break boundaries, you just wrote good music. I took a lesson from a jazz piano player one time, and he asked me how I play my C chord. Not how to play C, but how to play MY C chord. Did I like to add a 6th, or omit the 5th, or whatever. I didn't care for that, because sometimes a plain old C chord is just fine as it is, it just depends on what you're going for. The language in your music is simple yet elegant, and it sounds like you're a wise and mature composer from it. I like Henry's suggestion of small pieces, they are helpful when in a rut. The act of starting something but COMPLETING it too can't be understated for your compositional well-being, and might be an avenue worth pursuing in the future when stuck in your musical ways. Great music as always, it's good to hear something from you again. Excited for more! -
By SergeOfArniVillage · Posted
@Luis Hernández thank you for your thoughts! I actually thought it was going to be a nocturne at first, but it ended up going a different direction. @Henry Ng Tsz Kiu I agree, I love and appreciate short and sweet. Maybe one if these days, I’ll try my hand at writing a series if preludes, too 🤷🏻♂️ but no promises, LOL -
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By PeterthePapercomPoser · Posted
Hi @Gwendolyn Przyjazna! I love the modal colors of this piece! I would have made a few different harmonic choices myself though. My ear just yearns for a C# major chord instead of the C# minor you have in measure 5 but I don't know how well it would loop back around if you made that change. But if it doesn't loop well with the major chord in bar 5 you could just write out the second repeat of the material with the minor version and there'd be some unexpected variety. I also really like the mood of the piece - it's melancholic and hopeful at the same time, perhaps contemplative of both good and bad memories. I think the rhythms of the right hand in measure 13 - 15 are as clear as they should be. Since you're using a variety of different durations for the 2nd voice of the right hand it makes sense that you'd display the half note in bar 13 as such since you use a quadruplet dotted quarter note in measure 14 followed by a quadruplet 8th note. And a regular quarter in bar 15. Thanks for sharing this reflective piece! It really is a shame you don't post more often but I remember that when I was in school I didn't compose very much either unless it was for an assignment because I just didn't have the time or mental/emotional resources for creative pursuits. -
By Henry Ng Tsz Kiu · Posted
@PeterthePapercomPoser help me with that!! 🥶 You know how bad my notation was and is right! -
By Gwendolyn Przyjazna · Posted
Thank you so much, Henry! 🙂 I trust your judgement on the notation. I will be making my final draft in a week and will post it here.
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