Challenge Series #2 (Piano Rhapsody)

I think I might try to write something for this, since I haven't written ANYTHING since the Film Competition. No promises, though - my lack of inspiration lately has been very persistent!

EDIT: Would a piano duet be acceptable? I've been wanting to write another one, and this seems like a good opportunity.

You'll have to PM Matt (CreationArtist) about that. Though he'll most likely just say piano solo only.

Sorry, that'll be for a later competition.

..I really should get started.

Here's mine.

I'm not sure if it's Rhapsody-y enough.

But It's contrasting. So whatever.

It strays away from my usual style which is a good thing.

00PianoRhapsodyX_X.mid

00PianoRhapsodyX_X.nwc

My score.

Ah well, maybe I won't. Maybe I will. Taking all bets! But I do have some vague ideas floating around in my head, and goodness knows it's been forever since THAT happened...

By the way, who can guess the composer I have as my avatar? I don't think I've used this one before; in the past, it was a dragon or a picture of Stravinsky.

Dude, that's an easy one!

I always thought it was Schostakowitch, but I never checked or paid any great attention to it.

Yeah, I figured people would get it.

I'm just beginning mine now.

Here is my entry, it is not particularly Rhapsodic but it should do.

rhap.MUS

rhap.MID

So far I like Mitch's the best.

I think Austin's was better.

I think mine is the best.

I think mine is the best.

Yeah. Me too. I liked yours more than Austin's.

Lol :P Not very much tonal control if any whatsoever.

^ No offense.

I'm not a fan of ''tonal control'', mate. I prefer a different aproach. Idiot.

Anyway, I decided my previous entry wasn't rhapsodic enough and had some time.. So I wrote a new one. Disregard my previous entry, please.

*cough*

"The piece does not have to incorporate atonality/bitonality, but must flow well from idea to idea, incorporate much tonal control (although letting loose with dissonances is allowed and sometimes encouraged), and have a sense of improvisation."

Define ''tonal control''

I mean the piece must make tonal sense. It can't just be a jumble of random dissonance and then a bar or two in actual keys, then right back to nonsense. I'm not putting down atonality (although I'm not a big fan), I'm just stating requirements. Most rhapsodies make tonal sense.

By the way, Alex, your rhapsody sounds like the beginning of Brahms' Op. 119 rhapsody, the one in Eb :unsure:. --Just the first couple bars.

Anders' music NEVER makes me want to kill myself.

That what my music is for.

Killing people.

I edited that little bit out, because it was one notch away from that level. --not quite that absurd.

I mean the piece must make tonal sense.

Again, define ''tonal sense''. My piece makes very much tonal sense to my ears. It sounds like you're judging this from a classical point of view. Are you? How is that fair?

It can't just be a jumble of random dissonance and then a bar or two in actual keys, then right back to nonsense

Idiot. You just lost your credibility.

Most rhapsodies make tonal sense, meaning you can follow them without wanting to commit suicide.

Well, my counteragument to that is... Plz die. :unsure: So there.

Does mine even SOUND like a Rhapsody?

Again, define ''tonal sense''. My piece makes very much tonal sense to my ears. It sounds like you're judging this from a classical point of view. Are you? How is that fair?

No, I'm trying my best to find any way at all to hear this piece as more than just dissonance and pppp-ffff-pppp-ffff.

EDIT: Also, it's not a matter of opinion. A piece either makes tonal sense (as in keys, modulation, and the like) or it just doesn't.

Idiot. I see you fell for the way I formatted the score.

I didn't even look at the score.

Well, my counteragument to that is... Plz die. :unsure: So there.

Well, my counter-counterargument is that you couldn't even think of a counterargument because you knew that most rhapsodies do make tonal sense and if you understood that, you'd understand that yours doesn't, and also how one might have a hard time while listening to your jumble