Piano 266

Not my best score but i plan on improving on it as soon as I get better

I like the character of this one.  But have you ever considered taking some of these works and critically judging them and trimming them down to essential good ideas that you could develop to sustain more interest?  Like if this were my composition I would get rid of everything after measure 16 and pick up composing this piece at a later time when my mind is fresh.  Because I think up to measure 17 you create a pretty good logical and motivically-tight piece.  The dynamic changes create interest, although I'm puzzled as to why you used terraced dynamics instead of a crescendo from measures 3 - 6.  Was this originally a harpsichord piece?  If so, some harpsichords are capable of terraced dynamics, but they only have two dynamic levels available - loud and soft.  Thanks for sharing!

16 minutes ago, PeterthePapercomPoser said:

I like the character of this one.  But have you ever considered taking some of these works and critically judging them and trimming them down to essential good ideas that you could develop to sustain more interest?  Like if this were my composition I would get rid of everything after measure 16 and pick up composing this piece at a later time when my mind is fresh.  Because I think up to measure 17 you create a pretty good logical and motivically-tight piece.  The dynamic changes create interest, although I'm puzzled as to why you used terraced dynamics instead of a crescendo from measures 3 - 6.  Was this originally a harpsichord piece?  If so, some harpsichords are capable of terraced dynamics, but they only have two dynamic levels available - loud and soft.  Thanks for sharing!

 

Thanks for the review, these piano scores are not my best as I am in a rut and due to this they dont show my true ability. As soon as I improve ill come straight to these scores and fix them. Ill probably leave everything up to measure 16 as you suggest and fix the rest.

47 minutes ago, hw1234 said:

Not my best score but i plan on improving on it as soon as I get better

Don't wait. Just try some stuff out. You have no shortage of ideas, you're one of the most prolific posters I've seen. Take little tidbits from the themes you create and manipulate them. You seem to favor the classical era with your music. Fine, so what do those composers do? I would study their scores. Emulate what they do, and when you feel confident enough in your own abilities, you'll find ways to make it your own. But I think a good way to start understanding development of material is to copy what the greats have done, and when you feel like you've learned from their techniques, you can come up with your own.

I CHALLENGE you to do this. I would love to see you just take one theme, and create ideas based off of that theme into music that has been developed from a single idea. Don't worry about how long it is, or how many sections you have, or changing key, etc. Just finish an idea and give it a cadence, then create something either contrasting that or building later phrases that stem from the original idea. Think small but smart. 

I'm excited to see your next posts, to see if you take my advice into consideration. If I see a simple binary or tertiary form from you in a future post, I'll be happy. If I see something called piano idea 523454235234 then I'll be sad, because it would seem like you're not growing, but rather shelling out another idea with the intent of it becoming something someday. 

Keep COMPOSING my friend. Any mouth-breathing meat robot can come up with ideas, but what do YOU as a composer want to do with it? You have lots of potential, and I'm excited to see and hear you continue to grow.