Canon a 3

Hello everyone, wrote this canon, hope you enjoy it and any advice would be appreciated 

Hello @Yoni,

Welcome to the forum!

I open the link but failed to do so. Will you provide a pdf file or update your link? Thanks for joining us!

Henry

Of coursehttps://musescore.com/user/61733869/scores/10968094

Hi @Yoni,

For me I think you have a good attempt on this! However, it's real hard to compose a three part canon since it's not just about strict imitation and conterpoint rule but also smooth voice leading and full harmony. E.g. the C#-G-F#-D in b.2, the unresolved G-C# in harp b.11 will be less smooth voice leading. You have three instruments here so I think you can go for fuller triads in the strong beats, but sometimes you're having triple unison like in b.13 first beat, when the chord is D major but you're having triple F# there.

There are parallel octave in b.11, 12, 18 btw harp and cello, btw b.2 and 3, b.18 btw harp and oboe.

Maybe start out with two part canon first plus a free voice will be easier?

Thanks for sharing!

Henry

Thank you so much! I will try! 

The final result is pleasant, although I also believe that the canon should be started with two voices. There are also other solutions to embellish it, such as the two-voice canon with bass.
And other forms, very old (but difficult) is the canon on a cantus firmus.
Focusing on this work, I think that the rhythm of the notes (and the texture as a whole) is very very uniform and would benefit from some textural changes (which would be successive but clarifying the sound density). I also think that some cadence should be marked, with all the voices.

 

Your piece is technically a canon, but I think it would have been much more interesting if the subject of the canon were made to actually overlap with itself as it's still being exposited.  In fugue form that would be called a stretto, where say a 4-bar-long subject comes in and a bar later the same subject comes again in a different voice, creating interesting counterpoint.  I think this kind of canon writing could really prepare you for writing more advanced contrapuntal pieces such as inventions and fugues!  Thanks for sharing!