Polaris Posted May 13, 2018 Posted May 13, 2018 Instead of creating a new topic every time I start a composition and want suggestions or feedback on it, I will use this as my sole thread for uploading various past and future works-in-progress. The first two were started half a decade ago when I first got a piano and started learning to compose music (107 is pretty rough just before the middle point; it needs revision there). The second one was started yesterday and, I hope, works well on a harmonic level. It was a test for a certain technique that I invented, a technique that I hope will provide a strong foundation for writing chord progressions. MP3 Play / pause JavaScript is required. 0:00 0:00 volume > next menu 42 107 D > next Quote
Monarcheon Posted May 13, 2018 Posted May 13, 2018 42's main issue is that your melody and harmony don't seem to agree with each other. The main instance of this was in the beginning where your progression resolves to i but your melody still outlines the dominant. 107 starts out with a pretty cool idea, actually. I like it a lot, I just think it could use more instruments and a better soundfont, but I like where it is very much. D sounds like it's trying to follow a Baroque chain of suspensions but doesn't follow the proper formula of preparation, suspension, resolution, where the resolution is the preparation for the next suspension. Just follow the formula and it'll work, even in canon. Quote
Polaris Posted May 13, 2018 Author Posted May 13, 2018 Yes, D is definitely liberal in its treatment of dissonance. The difficulty I had was that getting the voices to move into the desired harmonies required a lot of leaps into dissonances. I didn't want to sacrifice the integrity of the progression to considerations of dissonance treatment. Perhaps I should go back and insert some chords in between the chords that are already there so as to make the flow a bit smoother. Quote
Polaris Posted June 2, 2018 Author Posted June 2, 2018 Here's one I started earlier tonight. MP3 Play / pause JavaScript is required. 0:00 0:00 volume > next menu untitledd_@A > next Quote
Polaris Posted June 4, 2018 Author Posted June 4, 2018 Another one. Actually, it might be done, but it's too short to have its own topic. MP3 Play / pause JavaScript is required. 0:00 0:00 volume > next menu untiy > next Quote
Polaris Posted June 6, 2018 Author Posted June 6, 2018 This one is a short canon. MP3 Play / pause JavaScript is required. 0:00 0:00 volume > next menu utn > next Quote
Polaris Posted June 7, 2018 Author Posted June 7, 2018 I started another canon today. The voice leading proved to be difficult, and it steered me into a high register. I wonder if I ended up going too high. MP3 Play / pause JavaScript is required. 0:00 0:00 volume > next menu h_@Ac > next Quote
Polaris Posted June 7, 2018 Author Posted June 7, 2018 I finished today's canon. There are one or two spots that bother me, but I'm not going to try changing them. MP3 Play / pause JavaScript is required. 0:00 0:00 volume > next menu unntitled > next Quote
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