Prelude & Invention in A Major

Hi @Cafebabe!

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Prelude - this piece is quite unidiomatic for a Baroque piece since the instruments of the era did not have a quick enough action for the players to be able to repeat notes as quickly as you require here.  The harmony and melodic lines are also quite haphazard and illogical.  I think this is a result of the piece being conceived in the sequencer/DAW/notation program which grants it a certain artificiality.

Invention - I think that this is the better of the two pieces in the set.  Up to measure 63 the invention is very well conceived both harmonically and melodically!  After that you seem to default to a chordal/harmonic approach that isn't very suited towards writing an invention.  Those are my thoughts.  Thanks for sharing!

21 hours ago, PeterthePapercomPoser said:

Hi @Cafebabe!

Please note that some of your previous YT video submissions to the forum can't be reviewed because the video is private and can't be viewed by our members!

Prelude - this piece is quite unidiomatic for a Baroque piece since the instruments of the era did not have a quick enough action for the players to be able to repeat notes as quickly as you require here.  The harmony and melodic lines are also quite haphazard and illogical.  I think this is a result of the piece being conceived in the sequencer/DAW/notation program which grants it a certain artificiality.

Invention - I think that this is the better of the two pieces in the set.  Up to measure 63 the invention is very well conceived both harmonically and melodically!  After that you seem to default to a chordal/harmonic approach that isn't very suited towards writing an invention.  Those are my thoughts.  Thanks for sharing

Thanks for the feedback 🙂

It was not my objective to make an full imitation of the baroque style, although the piece is obviously inspired by it. This piece is only for modern pianos and not meant for baroque instruments, observe that it has pedalling markings.



 

Hello

I understand that one can, of course, write modern or contemporary style pieces inspired by baroque formats. So, even if it is titled Prelude and Invention (or fugatto), you can do something else different.
However, for my taste, the prelude lacks almost no counterpoint, since the bass is almost always giving a simple bass. And certainly, it can be contemporary, but without a solid counterpoint, I don't know....
The second part has the peculiarity that it starts in a contrapuntal way and very close to baroque and, suddenly, it starts with chords that seem to come out of Stravinsky. That's why it sounds a bit inconsistent, given that it's a very short piece.

25 minutes ago, Luis Hernández said:

Hello

I understand that one can, of course, write modern or contemporary style pieces inspired by baroque formats. So, even if it is titled Prelude and Invention (or fugatto), you can do something else different.
However, for my taste, the prelude lacks almost no counterpoint, since the bass is almost always giving a simple bass. And certainly, it can be contemporary, but without a solid counterpoint, I don't know....
The second part has the peculiarity that it starts in a contrapuntal way and very close to baroque and, suddenly, it starts with chords that seem to come out of Stravinsky. That's why it sounds a bit inconsistent, given that it's a very short piece.

 

 

There's a lot of WTC Preludes that have little or no counterpoint at all, for example the No. 5 or No. 1. I don't think this is a problem as this is the idea of the Prelude. I tried to make something interesting with only a melodic line in the right hand and a very simple bass.

I wouldn't say the Invention is in baroque style (not even the prelude). The Invention is in my opinion more close in style to classical period contrapuntal works. Also I wouldn't say the chords sound like Stravinsky, but I agree it sounds inconsistent and I'll probably remake that entire part of the invention.

Hi

You can do whatever you want in music. 

Another question is whether the result sounds coherent, or fluid, or etc....
By definition, an invention must have a baroque essence. From my point of view, an invention that sounds like classicism is something else. 

very unique, a tip. when composing a prelude it is expected to repeat the subject once you finish.

the prelude you wrote is clearly not baroque, it doesn't sound even romantic. however, that does not mean that its not good, its very very good. well done!