Samuel Francis 傅经鸿

@PeterthePapercomPoserWhoa, do you have your version for the tune up anywhere? I would be interested to listen to the tune with tritone substitution, because I could never quite imagine the tune sounding so jazzy. And thanks for giving my arrangements a listen. 🙂

Been taking a break from composing, but mostly because I wanted to arrange a couple of these beauties. I love me some Irish airs from time to time and these are the first three that I have sat down to arrange for the piano for myself. Y'alls can have a listen. The links are down below. And I got the PDF file for the score. 😋 1. Inisheer: https://soundcloud.com/user-563317711/inisheer-inis-oirr-thomas-walsh-mini-piano-arrangement 2. Sheebeg, Sheemore: https://soundcloud.com/user-563317711/sheebeg-sheemore-si-bheag-si-mor-turlough-ocarolan-attributed-mini-piano-arrangement 3. Slane: https://soundcloud.com/user-563317711/slane-be-thou-my-visionlord-of-all-hopefulness-mini-piano-arrangement

I must say that what you have started off with is very representative of the novel's atmosphere, tone & story, and I wish you all the best in realizing this piece. At least after where you stopped, i felt like there could be a burst of notes (something quite diminished and dissonant) with *sfp* and slowly fades away before reinstating the opening again... but then maybe followed with a bit of development? Either that, or you could just let the piece slowly die off... ending as a sort of prelude before going into another section with different themes/subjects, this being a suite and all.

@Thatguy v2.0Thank you so much for your feedback and your notes! - for the 3/8 section, I realise now that I wasn't thinking much about the time signature at the time, and that when the subject of the 3/8 section, it just felt like a triple time thing, so I went with it first... it was only until I reached the transition point to return back to the main subject that I realised... it wasn't so different at all, and probably didn't need to be. I will be cleaning up that section after this. - Yeah, I agree, upon looking at page 9 again. I'll probably be shifting the measures around too for the rest, for easy flipping XD - Bar 238 - 253 --> I am of the same opinion with you here... I may consider at least just spicing it up a little at that area, but I'll see how it will feel once i've tried it out. - Bar 53-64 --> ngeheheheeh, I feel you here, but I will most likely keep this section as is. I have thought several times before about spicing it up, but decided to let things drop there. 😛 - The B section (2/4 section) definitely was something that I had qualms with earlier on when I started, but it was definitely something that I eventually decided on keeping in, because it was the first thing that popped into my head as soon as I finished the A section. All in all, thank you so so so so much, man! I really appreciate your feedback, and I will take some of these into consideration. 🙂

@PeterthePapercomPoser Thank you so much for your kind feedback. Regarding the lonesome notes, yeah, they do get kinda lonely. Hmmm, I'll try to see what it would be like on the piano itself, when I pull the damper pedal sustain from the previous bar over. The middle march-like section, I had some qualms about initially. Like it felt like the most natural thing to go into, but I didn't know if I should keep it because at the same time, I also had the 3/8 section subject in mind and I thought it was either or. I decided both after that. XP And thanks for taking note on the transition, and also on the melodies --> now that you have mentioned it, I had that thought too when I wrote it, because the tunes just feel like they keep on going in the moment itself. Anyways, thanks so much for your kind feedback, again! 🙂

Hi there, It has been a while since I have written any music, until recently when I have finally gotten the inspiration and motivation to continue. Here is a fifth piece in a collection of piano pieces that I am working on right now, and this is the first draft. Do let me know what you think of it. The first half was mostly written on the piano, but the second half was mostly written on MuseScore3 and I haven't played it out just yet -- will possibly need some tweaking once I have actually played it out.

Whoa, this is pretty epic. Although I will agree with bryla about the drums. Maybe not so big on that, but otherwise, everything else is pretty cool.

Thank you :)

This is the first completed draft of the fourth piece in a collection of piano pieces I am currently working on. The inspiration for this one came directly after I have finished writing the third piece for this collection.

I have finally completed this piece - No. 3 of 'Pieces for Pianoforte' Op. 21 - after months of composer's block. I initially intended to write an upbeat piece in the key of C major that continues the East-meets-West theme (a Scandinavian halling dance with a Chinese-style tune). However, due to the development of recent global events, I have found myself sinking into short (but intense) episodes of despair. And so, I shelved that piece, finding myself unable to sincerely work on the piece. And I wrote this: a prelude in the key of A minor (ending on its parallel major, A major). Stay safe and healthy, guys! Take care! Attached: PDF score & MP3 rendition from MuseScore. YouTube link for live performance here. The YouTube video is accompanied with the score as well.

Hey, there. Interesting piece. it has enchanting melodies all the way from start to finish, that weaves into each other almost seamlessly. The 3-against-2 rhythm, I feel, is especially instrumental to achieving the 'Nocturne' feel of the piece; it makes the piece feel very relaxing, dream-like and almost meandering. Reading the previous comments, while I agree it's rhapsodic, I will say that it feels more nocturne than rhapsody, but that's my humble opinion. Overall, beautiful piece!

Hi, Alex. This is a delightful, enchanting waltz! The sections flow so seamlessly into each other, that it's hard to notice when the piece enters a new section, unless one is paying really close attention -- which in itself is difficult when the piece is this hypnotic. There are parts where the hand-span requirements seem pretty jaw-dropping. The span is huge. Especially in the parallel octaves section, where occasionally notes in the right hand need to play notes much greater than an octave apart. Possible, but extremely difficult, it seems. But that's about my only... 'gripe' shall we say. Anyways, keep up the good work. B.R. Sam

Hey, Luis! Thank you very much for your feedback. For the case of the oriental sounds, yes, I would probably get a stronger oriental sound if I leaned deeper into those devices, but as you have mentioned - and I agree - the mildly oriental style suitably blends with the more Western polonaise part, and that was my intention. I only fear that leaning in too strongly on the oriental sound might create a jarring contrast, though. What do you think? For your point on the excess of arpeggiated chords, I think I see what you mean. Upon multiple listens, I felt the parts in question didn't come off as cohesive with the rest of the piece. I have since played it out, experimenting between arpeggiation and just plain chords (some with additional embellishments) and found possibly other more cohesive sounds for these parts. I'll probably take some time in the coming weeks to look into these. Once again, thank you for your feedback 🙂

Thanks! Asiatic influence in the melody. Yeah, the middle was more reminiscent of the classical polonaise. The start and end are the experimental bits with the Asiatic melody.

This is a new revision of the first composition for solo pianoforte from a collection that I am currently writing slowly. I have written the second one a while back. This was my first attempt at a sort of East-meets-West theme. The A section features a great deal of change in time signatures, with an Asian-style melody in G minor. This then bleeds into the B section that is mostly a regular polonaise in E-flat major, before returning to the A section. This is only a rendering using MuseScore3. I plan to record myself playing this piece again soon and upload a video of it as well. Enjoy.