Marc Deflin

Hi @MJFOBOE I enjoyed your march. This instrumentation reminded me of the Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary by Purcell, though your work is of course in a happier - more glorious mood. This work might be see as not complicated, but it's surely efficient and pleasing. Best regards, Marc

Hi @Henry Ng Tsz Kiu Thanks for reviewing 🙂 Well, I guess the bare chords in the A section are indeed intentional, they give a strong, rigorous - bare - tone to this first part, aimed at evolving towards a more flourished, lyrical part when switching to D Major for the main theme. You're right about the harmonisation errors in b.16 and b26, I missed that. Your last remark about the transition towards the end in D Major makes sense ; I had wondered a little bit about it must admit, but finally let it like it is. Best regards, Marc

Hi forum 🙂 Here's the second movement - adagio - of my first string quartet. It's a quite even piece, structured A B C A' D C. The A' is the first A theme replayed lower in a clear G Major tone, whereas the original A is more thought about as in a B minor b9+6 (written in a G Major key for commodity). The main theme of the first movement is hinted at on bar 28 (beginning of C theme) : That's all ; hope you'll enjoy 🙂 Best regards Marc

Nice and joyful work 🙂

Great work @Fugax Contrapunctus, counterpoint master 🙂 You set a nice drama mood here not devoid of hope as I feel it. Would be a great opening - though rather short - for a larger, epic opus. Thanks 🙂

Hi @Willibald I enjoyed your work. It's pleasant to hear some - nice - music in this demanding style 🙂 I'm a fan of harpsichord, which you handle well here. Regards 🙂 Marc

Hi @Fugax Contrapunctus I loved this work ; this is both a cool technical exercise and a well written theme 🙂 Thanks for sharing

Hi @Henry Ng Tsz Kiu and thanks for your kind comment ! I'm really glad you enjoyed this first movement. You're right about the motivic themes ; I might have been influenced by a short menuet for string quartet that I had written just before as a training in order to learn to use Dorico which i recently acquired. Have a nice day !

Hi folks, I'm back to composing after an inspiration drought of several months, that I attempted to break this week 🙂 This is an allegro moderato, first movement of a string quartet that will have three of them. It's not aimed at being technical or something, just pleasant to one's ears. Regarding the structure, I wrote 2 main themes A and B, which you'll find in A B A C B A structure Regards Marc

@Thatguy v2.0 great piece ! Did you end up with this girl ? 😉

@Henry Ng Tsz Kiu @Thatguy v2.0 I checked it out : it's a great piece indeed, very peaceful and inspiring 🙂

Hi @Thatguy v2.0 Unfortunately I dont compose for flamenco guitar, I just improvise 🙂 If you're in the mood you can check my Youtube Channel here (only improvisations up there) : Marc Deflin's Youtube guitar channel Have a nice day 🙂 Marc

Hi @PeterthePapercomPoser 🙂 You're right, this piece hasn't a structured thematic writing. It's more a flaw surging out of my head (heart ?) along writing. My favorite piece for orchestra, I'd say Beethoven's violin concerto (very thematic piece 😉). Regarding symphonies, the first that cames to my mind is Beethoven's 2nd movement of the 7th. But I wouldn't aim to write a similar piece. Thanks for your thoughts, it's useful. Best regards 🙂 Marc

Hi 🙂 I present you here my 7th study for string quartet. There are more obvious theme structure in it, but also, and I hope that @PeterthePapercomPoser won't resent me to much for this, you'll see parallel octaves in it (see other post Study for string quartet #6). It's rather gentle and composed in a happy mood 🙂 Also, you'll see playback marks on the score (for audio) : I hope this won't bother you to much if you read it. Regards, Marc

Hi all 🙂 Thanks for your constructive replies, it's always a pleasure to see that some people do take time to review your music. The dissonance between A and Ab at measure 4 is a bare mistake, didn't even see it... My bad 🙂 I'm mostly an improvisator (on my flamenco guitar) and developed this skill in order not to became too much cerebral while composing. This means I want my music to stay connected to emotion (without it to be too much untamed). But I recognize I might lack some theory basis sometimes, hearing what I'll compose more than thinking about it. Maybe analyzing more scores or something would be of use, I don't know 🙂 Just finished my 7th study for string quartet. I wrote it before reading your reviews, so I hope you won't resent seeing some... parallel octaves in it 😄 Once again thank you very much. Regards, Marc