sned Posted Friday at 10:08 PM Share Posted Friday at 10:08 PM (edited) as the title suggests, for 4 months (pretty much exactly) since july 1st to yesterday, ive been working pretty non-stop on this scherzo. it has been a crazy ride, full of adventure and auto-pilot composing. many times where i just composed without thinking, and somehow it resulted in something good, maybe i should hone in on that... anyways, this was a lot of exploring uncharted territory for me. for starters, this is the first time ive ever composed something this fast, in terms of tempo (ideal tempo is ♩. = 210). used to sticking to my slow tempos, always found them easy to write in, but i thought i would use this opportunity to push myself. the other thing is ive never written a piece so non-linearly. i started the piece by writing the first 46 measures of the tempo primo after the slower trio-esque section (which i will from now call the trio). then i moved to the first fast scherzo section, in the middle of which i began writing the beginning and the final climax of the trio. sort of near the end of the first fast section, i wrote the final 21 measures of the piece. after that it was completely linear work. im definitely warming up to that process, it's the second time ive used it for a major piece of mine. all being said and done, 4 months, 1096 measures, and 17 minutes later, ive finished my scherzo (my longest purely developmental piece yet)! a big inspiration came from suk's scherzo fantastique and the scherzos from shostakovich's 6th (i think the 2nd mvmt counts as a scherzo) and 9th symphonies. generally, the point of this scherzo was to have lots of completely unexpected but natural things, and a lot of jokes, and to never take itself too seriously. even the slow section is, at least the way i look it, light-hearted, not deeply emotional or intense. i am EXTREMELY proud of this piece, though this is before any cleanup and editing, still have that adrenaline rush and love eyes/ears that come from finishing a piece lol (though im open to feedback of course). would love if you could take 20 minutes to listen to it, i hope you enjoy it as much as i enjoyed writing it! Edited Saturday at 12:57 AM by sned added further description of piece, added tag MP3 Play / pause JavaScript is required. 0:00 0:00 volume > next menu scherzo > next PDF scherzo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barko Posted Saturday at 01:48 AM Share Posted Saturday at 01:48 AM This is a bit over my head musically, so I can't offer any suggestions, though to my ears it doesn't need any. This a tremendous undertaking and a really powerful piece. Well done! Excellent textures, beautiful melodies and plenty of power. Dug it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sned Posted 5 hours ago Author Share Posted 5 hours ago On 11/1/2024 at 6:48 PM, barko said: This is a bit over my head musically, so I can't offer any suggestions, though to my ears it doesn't need any. This a tremendous undertaking and a really powerful piece. Well done! Excellent textures, beautiful melodies and plenty of power. Dug it. thank you for your response, it means a lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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