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Originally Posted by bryanholmes
Hey Emmanouel!
Congratulations, I loved the emotional stuff involved here. I think there is no better present than a musical work. Once I wanted to present a friend's son that was going to born, but I'm very bad about deadlines.... though I made an electroacoustic music for my girlfriend, using her voice (she's a soprano, but I used the first telephonic message she let in my cell phone... romantic, isn't it?).
However, your piece seems well constructed, I think I have to listen to it more. I just didn't hear any clusters as you said.
As Nikolas commented, it can be easily felt a "love" ambience in the air.
I liked a lot the ending too. It suggests to me a second movement, kind of "atacca" for a more passionate face of love (this one in fact seems a passive love, even when you say it tries to depict the bright/dark sides of your relationship).
I also did feel the floyd-ish thing, the melancoly. Didn't you try to put justified in any harmonic context the "Us and them" chord? Hehe, I just love it...
Ok, I'll try to find some time to listen to all your music posted here.
Congrats again,
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I agree that there's no better present than music...that's the second time I undertake such a feat (the first was for a past girlfriend) and I find it very rewarding! Using the telephone message for writing music...
that's romantic and passionate!
You couldn't hear the clusters? That's good, because I feel they stand out a lot in such a 'pretty' harmonic setting. I am very relieved they didn't stick out too much!
I will post the score (it's ready but out of reach) these days so you can see them, they're 2 discreet piano chords, right before the violoncello singing the minor melody.
A second movement...now, that would be a great idea! Thanks! I haven't thought of developing a 'full' piano trio...however, there's no passion involved, so we'll have to expand on other manifestations of the feelings.
The Floydish thing...I am so glad it got through to you! And, yes, the harmony is full of references to Pink Floyd! 'Us and them', but also 'nobody home', 'final cut'...songs that base their true melancholy in the irony of major keys!
There is another harmonic reference from (shoegazing) rock, to be found in Slowdive, but...that's another story!
Unfortunately I haven't posted much music yet.
Thank you for reviewing! Cheers!