Dance for Cellos

Another little tune inspired by the tropics - a sort of waltz for a cello quartet.....'sort of' in that I threw in an extra beat here and there...well, a kind of bonus I s'pose you could say... a poly-rhythmic waltz*. No references to tropical tunes, just the light-heartedness. 

*my text book defines poly-rhythm as "the ability to dance a quickstep to a waltz" so there must be something to it. 

Many thanks if you can listen and comments are sincerely appreciated.

Your music never goes as my brain planned, and yet it always goes as my subconscious planned. It's like I don't have any idea what's going to happen next, I just know I'm going to like it.

This work is simply delightful, both to listen to and (I'm sure) to play.

It's joyful, it's tuneful. One could listen to this all day without even considering all the little things that make it complex.

Great work.

19 hours ago, Tónskáld said:

Your music never goes as my brain planned, and yet it always goes as my subconscious planned. It's like I don't have any idea what's going to happen next, I just know I'm going to like it.

This work is simply delightful, both to listen to and (I'm sure) to play.

 

Thank you for listening and your generous comment. You are too kind. It was a whimsical piece. There are times when things happen to fall in with 'key' and more traditional harmony and one might as well take advantage of it. It might just do as the backing to a video later on.

Cheers!

17 hours ago, Jean Szulc said:

It's joyful, it's tuneful. One could listen to this all day without even considering all the little things that make it complex.

Great work.

 

Thank you for your valued comment, Jean. I don't often write in this style - key, tonal, etc so it's nice to learn that it works when it happens.  Yes, it'll keep cellists on their toes but a lovely instrument to write for.

Thank you for listening.

Very beautiful harmonically - you seem to have an ear for modal mixture that doubles as modulation (something I noticed you do over and over in this piece).  It's a very joyful and light-hearted piece which is always refreshing to hear.

Ah, what a delightful, quirky piece! Yet its little twists and "extra" beats (definitely a "bonus"!) are underpinned by a well-made structure, and a really very good loose tonality. I love those... flavoursome chords!

aMC

p.s. What soundfont/DAW do you use for those cellos? So much neater than my musescore ones!

On 6/26/2021 at 6:49 AM, PeterthePapercomPoser said:

Very beautiful harmonically - you seem to have an ear for modal mixture that doubles as modulation (something I noticed you do over and over in this piece).  It's a very joyful and light-hearted piece which is always refreshing to hear.

 

Many thanks for that. Although I'm English I have this obsession with the tropics and can't help myself sometimes! I had hoped to get it performed locally as our town orchestra has 4 cellists but only 3 of them could cope with it.

Cheers,

Q

On 6/29/2021 at 12:20 PM, aMusicComposer said:

Ah, what a delightful, quirky piece! Yet its little twists and "extra" beats (definitely a "bonus"!) are underpinned by a well-made structure, and a really very good loose tonality. I love those... flavoursome chords!

aMC

p.s. What soundfont/DAW do you use for those cellos? So much neater than my musescore ones!

 

Thank you indeed for your kind comments and listening. I use Reaper's midi editor then transfer it to notation software.

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Here's the score, by the way, as it stands. It still needs dynamics and other performance instructions added but it's unlikely to be changed notes-wise now.

The modulations are very pleasant. And a light-hearted piece! Well done!

Lots of good music from a finely tuned score ...  lots of texture with lightness!