Ideas Coming Easily

I had a productive day today, musically-speaking: four new short piano pieces; in duration, 2:38, 3:20, 1:32, and 1:54. They have a family resemblance, but don't all sound alike. I use a great many 1/32nd notes, and at 60 to 66 beats per minute, they really move along. Some (not those today) move at 80 bpm, and they're even quicker. Not unplayable, for someone who's really fast and good--certainly, if "Flight of the Bumblebee" is playable, these are--but fast. I'm probably a bit arpeggio-happy, but since I don't have to physically play these to compose them (I use Anvil MIDI software), it's no extra effort to make them zip up and down scales (my favorite tends to be the Phrygian) like a band of mad gypsies trying to start fires with the sawing of their fiddles.

I think four in one day is my current record, so I now have a certain sense of accomplishment. Hope everyone's creative output is likewise in top gear.

Walter Rhoads

This isn't a blog. But good job.

Originally Posted by Walter Rhoads

I think four in one day is my current record, so I now have a certain sense of accomplishment.

Walter Rhoads

Remember, quality over quantity.

Some days, I find and change one note that is bothering me in the second theme of my String Quartet I am writing and that feels like significant accomplishment for one day.