Romanian

A little insight into another exotic (traditional) scale.

Very nice! I think you found a really good balance between canons/other counterpoint and homophony. 

Pretty good. A couple places where you seem to intentionally invite strangely resolved harmonies (atypical of the style you're trying to represent), but here it works okay. The ending kind of threw me off, since you had this whole thing worked in what sounded like E minor, but the tonic A was something I should have expected due to the key signature, but didn't. I don't know, it just sounded a bit off.

Cheers!

1 hour ago, Monarcheon said:

Pretty good. A couple places where you seem to intentionally invite strangely resolved harmonies (atypical of the style you're trying to represent), but here it works okay. The ending kind of threw me off, since you had this whole thing worked in what sounded like E minor, but the tonic A was something I should have expected due to the key signature, but didn't. I don't know, it just sounded a bit off.

Cheers!

 

Thanks!

That's the thing with this kind of scales. We suppose them to sound strictly major or minor, but they aren't.

Well done! I really like the Eastern European feel. I agree with Monarcheon in that the end sounded a bit inconclusive, but that added to the sense of mystery in some ways. The scale itself appears to be equivalent to a mode of the harmonic minor scale beginning on the fourth, which may be the source of the inconclusiveness of what should be the tonic note. 

I've thought about using Eastern European scales and rhythms in my own works, but haven't gotten around to it. There are some strange time signatures in some of the traditional dances. I believe the 'bucimis' dance is sometimes played in 15/16, with a sixteenth note omitted in the third beat of the measure!

Again, good work!

1) too darn short. Don't go like Webern on me.

2) don't abbreviate your name.  Unless you are JSB, no one knows who you are. ALWAYS put your full name on your work. (and IF you actually know who JSB is, that proves my point)

3) great piece! MORE!!!!