Lavender Hands

When we would take walks at night, she would always run her hands through the lavender bushes and inhale them deeply. Her face always lit up with bliss from the aroma. 

I don't see her anymore, but it's a memory I'll never forget.

Hope you enjoy!

This is a beautiful piece. What a journey! I especially love the a tempo at measure 20 and the resolution in the last measure. Are you playing in the recording?

15 hours ago, Mason M said:

Are you playing in the recording?

Hey thanks! Yeah, but I cut my nails off recently and it was kinda hard to fingerpick an electric without them lol

Thanks for listening

Hey Vince,

I really enjoy the bittersweet and nostalgic mood here, it’s beautiful with slight sadness but it’s the sadness and imperfection which makes the memory more beautiful, just like te smell of lavender will be more fragrant than a real lavender. I really love the much more positive mood throughout the piece which focuses on the good and beauty of a past love rather than the sadness of it, which for sure reflects your attitude towards love. Weirdly even though this piece has a more rubato tempo, it reminds me of your prelude no.4 with the rhythmic pattern and very smooth voice leading. I love your playing very much, that’s obviously much better than a computer rendition!

17 hours ago, Thatguy v2.0 said:

Yeah, but I cut my nails off recently and it was kinda hard to fingerpick an electric without them lol

Looks like it’s mutually exclusive to be a guitarist and a pianist LoL!

Henry

10 hours ago, Henry Ng Tsz Kiu said:

I really love the much more positive mood throughout the piece which focuses on the good and beauty of a past love rather than the sadness of it, which for sure reflects your attitude towards love.

❤️

10 hours ago, Henry Ng Tsz Kiu said:

Looks like it’s mutually exclusive to be a guitarist and a pianist LoL!

It's my fallacy as a musician. I grow my nails a bit for fingerpicking, but then I don't have the feel at piano anymore. Plus, most of the time I play guitar with a pick, and if my nails are a bit longer I'm constantly breaking the index nail since I'm a bit rough with a pick. So it goes.

Thanks for the listen buddy, I always love to hear your thoughts on my music. 

P.S. Thanks for viewing my piece 5.2k times, I didn't know it would have that much of an impact on you 🤣

6 hours ago, Thatguy v2.0 said:

P.S. Thanks for viewing my piece 5.2k times, I didn't know it would have that much of an impact on you 🤣

Your impact on me is ENORMOUS. I am sure I will view your piece ntk times.

Very cool guitar instrumental!  I think this piece typifies a certain union between melody and accompaniment that's common in this genre.  Like... you almost can't just isolate the melody and have it make sense without the accompaniment.  It's a very beautiful performance and the sheet music is great... maybe I should try to learn this piece to perform for my guitar group instead of the standard fare pop songs and Bach lute pieces?  My only complaint is that the sheet doesn't seem to specify when to barre on a certain fret which seems like a technique that might make this easier to play at certain spots.  Idk... did you barre certain chords when you played this?  Thanks for sharing this bittersweet piece!  Now if only the people searching for lavender hand soap stopped bombarding this topic!  LoL (then again who else in the history of Young Composers Forum can say that their topic got 5.2k views in just 11 days!?) Haha

39 minutes ago, PeterthePapercomPoser said:

maybe I should try to learn this piece to perform for my guitar group instead of the standard fare pop songs and Bach lute pieces?

YES! But...

39 minutes ago, PeterthePapercomPoser said:

My only complaint is that the sheet doesn't seem to specify when to barre on a certain fret which seems like a technique that might make this easier to play at certain spots.  Idk... did you barre certain chords when you played this? 

There are barre chords, can you play them? Measure 3 has a C chord that might be tricky unless you bar with the ring finger like I do. The sheet music will sometimes have fingering, I don't know about showing which chord shape to use however. A lot of it is standard and easy though. Barre chords are extremely important anyways, so I'd play as much as I can with them if I were you regardless. 

I also thumb some of the shapes, as it would be hard to play without doing so (like measure 15)

Thanks for the listen Peter, I'm always hopeful you share a few words about anything I post. I'm glad you enjoyed this, L did too. 🙂 

I really enjoyed this, and least expected to hear an electric guitar on this forum! 
 

I can imagine parts of this in a film, following a protagonist bumbling along (maybe a kid at school walking home to his family) - You know, a feel good time of film? 
 

I’m a guitarist myself, and I found the comments regarding finger nails especially relatable!! 

@Markus Boyd thanks Markus!

Just came here to say that this is absolutely lovely. I've already listened to it too much in the last two days; maybe it's my adoration for melancholic music, or fingerstyle guitar, or just the song, but along with being enjoyable to listen to, it's thought-provoking and sent me into some odd contemplations (which of course happens only during my final exams, but I indulge anyway).
I also listened to Dandelions (which is super clean, ahh, maybe I'll try it on the guitar after, let's say, 20 years?) and I can't help but wonder if these two songs are related. If they are, they contrast each other well; I feel like the first one is happy and excited, while this is grateful(?) and a little sad. I liked both of course, but this one is especially nice. 

Oh, and for some reason, I really, really like bar 11. Technical details aside, it's a perfect moment after the introduction, as if it's punctuating that grateful feeling, perhaps.

Thank you very much for sharing!

On 11/26/2024 at 5:57 AM, piajo said:

and I can't help but wonder if these two songs are related. If they are, they contrast each other well; I feel like the first one is happy and excited, while this is grateful(?) and a little sad.

Your intuition is legendary. They are related, the subject matter is the same. Spot on with how I felt writing these. Thank you for listening!