Atonal Piano Piece Op. 1 - 1

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it that much! If you're going to learn the piece, record it ;-) I'm still seeking a professional pianist for a performance *g*

I'll start by saying congratulations, this is a very enjoyable piece of music. I really liked the A parts. However, and I hope I'm not just re-iterating what others have said, but I find the middle section a little lost. When it comes to writing highly chromatic music that doesn't always have a strong tonal base, I find its easiest to write well when you are writing either rhythmically or melodically. Your middle section lacks the rhythm of the A. Besides, I sort of felt that some of the melodies in the B section were perhaps a little "faked", by this I mean, did you really hear the melodies in your head or did you "find" them on the piano or whatever instrument? I think an even more lyrical and perhaps faster than your current B section but still calmer than A would be more appropriate for your middle section. Anyhow, a job well done.

Writing highly chromatic music is extremely difficult I find. I've been studying Schoenberg's first quartet in D minor because I really like atonal music especially expressionist music. I'm trying to write something too, it's almost done, it's a Violin Sonata in E minor with piano accompaniment that uses a lot of chromatism. Maybe I'll post it when it's done. First I have to buy Finale PrintMusic or whatever though...

yay great music! Sounded like the dissonant stuff you hear on the classical radio channel. A professionally made score. I liked the flow.

WOW. I was impressed when I listened to this piece. I especially liked the interplay between the left hand and right hand parts, and the energy put into this piece.

Yes, it's quite a bit improper to label this atonal. Unless you used a system like dodecaphony in the similar manners of Alban Berg, then I'd give you the respect.

Other than that, it's a nice piece because it evokes thoughts on a later Prokofiev and Shostakovich, but this may be just because of your rhythmic vivaciousness.

:-P

i really hate atonal and music that doesnt have like a theme to listen to.
(A lot of pieces on sibeliusmusic.com are like that)
but.
yours does not. I liked it a lot. As atonal as it was. it was like jumpy.
congrats.

Hehe, I'm no professional pianist! I'm 17 and playing for like six years. Yeah, I can play a few of Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies, well, but this cacaphonetical disaster? I love how it sounds, but I couldn't play for a good few more years. I just tried playing, 'try' being the operative word because 'doomed failure' seems a little to degrading. I barely got the first three lines up to eight note=90bpm, let alone Allegrissimo! Btw, the title on the .pdf for this is "Atonaleklavierstück", but at the top of every other page it read "Tanz Dissonanc" or something of the sort in German. You might want to change that. I prefer Tanz Dissonance (or how ever you said 'dissonance dance') to Atonalklavierstück, as as mentioned earlier in this thread, the piece is not really atonal. Not to say that it's tonal or anything.

Who cares if this is atonal or not! It's just great... really. Don't stop composing in this style!! If this is just your number 1, imagine how will be the number 10, and then number 100!!! Congrats!

Very nicely done. Like the others, I usually don't like atonal music either... So when I see that there's no real melody (I apologize if there's supposed to be, but it's all notes to me) my mind immediately searches for other aspects: rhythm, interplay, emotions, pleasant complexities... all of which I find in this piece.

Originally Posted by MusicManJ4

Hehe, I'm no professional pianist! I'm 17 and playing for like six years. Yeah, I can play a few of Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies, well, but this cacaphonetical disaster? I love how it sounds, but I couldn't play for a good few more years. I just tried playing, 'try' being the operative word because 'doomed failure' seems a little to degrading. I barely got the first three lines up to eight note=90bpm, let alone Allegrissimo!

It looks playable to me according to my skill level. I haven't tried it yet, but looks like it would fun/challenging. I'll print it and try it out. It's a shame I have absolutely nothing to record with... maybe I could borrow someone's camera with video. Of course I would never put a recording up without your permission. Would you mind (if I ever got the chance) if I did my own interpretation of it? Such as adjusting tempo, dynamics, basically subtleties...

Anyways, again it's very rare I like a piece like this, so it's definitely fantastic. Makes me wanna see what other stuff you have up your sleeve.

Hello! Of course I would never mind - I would be very happy actually if somebody recorded my composition.
You might want to check out my trombone sonata, it's in traditional language and a little bit longer ;-)