Just like just about everything else I've written in the past year, I wrote this for YC, particularly our New Years Competition. Now that the results are in, I'm posting this publicly.
I am not sure why I decided to use three 'celli and two bassses, maybe it's because they have such warm and somber tones and the violin and viola tend to be be much brighter in comparison. Plus, I just like low notes.
The form is ABA with a short somber and uncertain introduction. The A melody is the Irish traditional Auld Lang Syne, while B is the Chinese new year song, Gung Shi. The melodies are pretty much in tact, but the harmonization is entirely my own. The overall feeling is supposed to be warmth and celebration.
Somebody will probably mention the technical difficulties in this piece, particularly the rapid notes in the basses. I am aware that this is quite difficult, I have seen some pretty amazing things done with basses, I've even seen double bass ensembles, and they did some pretty amazing stuff. I wanted to give some interest to the basses, give them something to do other than quarter notes, bass lines, and occasional eighth notes. So, this is not meant to be
easy to play, just plausible.
I'll give a cookie for the first person to realise what I did after the intro, in the first measures of Auld Lang Syne.
Any comments would be much appreciated, I had a lot of fun writing this.
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MIDI File -> MIDI -> Reflections of New Years - eSnips, share anything
Please listen to the MP3 if you can, the MIDI is not tweaked.
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