Gavin Burt

My very first observation immediately upon seeing your score was the poor notation. Honestly, your score is a jumbled mess and would never be considered for playing or performance. As far as the actual music, I found the piece to be incredibly repetitious. The parallel octaves do not seem to serve a purpose and become redundant quickly. Your harmonic progressions are 200 years old and thus your piece lacks individuality.

My opinion on rock is the same as it is on Western art music... if the music is good, I will listen to it. If I think it's garbage, I will not. My favorite band is Pink Floyd... saw Roger Waters at KeyArena last October. It was loud as hell, great quadraphonic sound system.

Hello, everyone. My name is Gavin Burt. I am 14 years old, and I live in the state of Washington. I've studied guitar since August 2003, piano since January 2005, and theory/composition since April 2006. I've browed this forum, as well as many others, for many months. This is the first time I have posted, however. This is a little composition I wrote for my theory/composition teacher to check out. Perhaps you can critique it too? A little background on this piece? 1. Techniques used None that I know of, as I had no formal training in composition at the time of writing this piece. In fact, I still barely know anything about it. 2. How long it took to compose the piece About five days. 3. Structure of your piece According to my teacher, the "very beginnings of binary form". Although, once again, I truly do not know what strucutre this is in. 4. Obstacles when composing To get it to sound right. Because I am not trained much in the art of theory, I spent many a hour at the piano trying to perfect the rhythm and notes to my liking. The consequent was particularly difficult, and has left me rather unhappy. 5. Summary of overall piece Well, I like it. I guess that's all that matters, but I feel as if there is something more that can be done with it. It feels almost incomplete and rushed. The consequent doesn't quite hold up to the antecedant, and I'd like to make them both of good quality. SIDENOTE: The first attachment is the MIDI, the second the score of the piece. Piano_and_Flute_Practice.MID Piano_and_Flute_Practice.pdf