Tango

On a simple harmony, the piano is treated with the concept of linear harmony, and a melody added. Trying to use all these in particular styles.

Some notes might seem odd (Ab on B chord) but it's a matter of coherency to keep the intervals in the dissonances.

#4 tango - SCORE.pdf

Again, I'm confused by the use of your linear harmony, especially since it's inconsistent. In that way it sounds more freely atonal than anything done with a system. In general, it's good though. I would add some slurs to that violin part, but it's a nice little sketch.

@Monarcheon  I agree. 

But the thing is that I never use a tool and that's all. I mean, if I surpass the limits of a traditional linear harmony..., I don't mind. I try to use everything as elements to compose, but not on the contrary, that is to say, I don't want to use a particular system or whatever and not to go away from it. This is why I often mix tonal, atonal, modal, etc... I look for a sound, and if I like it, I don't care how I did it, or what elements I mixed even they may seem contradictory.

Very interesting! The tango is one of my favourite dances next to the gavotte.
The interaction between the violin and piano is nice and the melody sounds wonderful.

My only point of critique is that the work is too short for me. Please give us more music so that we can enjoy more of it!

A nice miniature piece and nice comments!

Please, what is linear harmony? This sounds like a perfectly good tango but for a couple of really badly chosen notes in the melody.

9 hours ago, Ken320 said:

Please, what is linear harmony? This sounds like a perfectly good tango but for a couple of really badly chosen notes in the melody.

 

I suggest the online course by Alan Belkin on youtube, who explains it wonderfully with lots of examples.

I my own words: you start with a strong chord (of the tonality) and finish (the phrase, etc...) with another  one. In the middle you write chords that can be very chromatic. Of course, there are many techniques for this.

On the other hand, it's a question or taste. I don't think the notes are badly chosen..., I put them on purpose and I like the result. I believe anything is possible in music, and there is nothing wrong per se. You like it or not, that's all.

My term "badly chosen" was of itself badly chosen. I was being dim on purpose because I knew there must be a reason.  So, I do these techniques all the time, I just didn't know that someone had codified them into words. I just think of it instinctively. It's a fine line to walk. If I had done the odd notes without preparation, people would dismiss it as being clever. You have done the necessary preparation.  Why not expand this in length?

I have listened to this again and I think I was hasty in my previous comments. So I would like to retract them and say that this is a good piece and I that enjoyed it much more the second time around. All of the dissonances resolved. Even the very last one, though it took longer to get there.