Lesson with Ceresz

My friend, during our sessions, I have noticed that you are not putting all of your effort to write this piece. Whenever I ask you to do something you work on it so fast and you present me something with little effort and little progress. I must say I am not so happy with the way we are going.

remember, even if you have little knowledge of composition or harmony this doesn't mean that you can't compose. You should compose music with all the information and knowledge you have. Work harder my friend . .

I think I need to put more pressure on you this time. Thats the only way !
I give you time until tomorrow evening to do the following questions. Go to your piano, take music paper and a pencil. There are 10 guys at your back all with guns at hand, they will shoot you if you fail to do this ! don't look back !

-Listen to the chord progression and ask yourself: Did you like it ? was there something inside that you thought was not nice. If you didn't like it, what was it that you didn't like

- Now that we have our chords, create an arpeggio pattern that you will apply to the chords. (Remember we took Bach's prelude 1 as an example)
Will you use only arpeggios chords or will you introduce a melodic line ?
Create a file in finale using your arpeggio pattern to show me. You can use only the first two chords of your piece

-Start to write a melodic line using the chord sounds. You don't have to finish this until tomorrow

and here is your chords, I did a little adjustment at the ending.

Trust me, I will work harder. I will try to play this piece, and work it out. I don't know why I did this before. It works on guitar so why shouldn't it on piano? I have become to reliable on my computer and finale I totally forgot what it's like to play and write. Just play something, a melody, a chord progression. It's quite hard to explain but I hope you do.
Thanks for reminding me of something I forgot
This will help me tons!!!

From now on, do not use finale for composition. At least not for this class. Using a music software as a tool for composition surely limits your imagination and creativity. You should always use an instrument to compose. Get over a piano and improvise ! You wouldn't image how good material will come out, make some sketches and keep on improvising. Trust me, I never use computer to compose and whenever I try to do it (for example if I am in a rush) I feel that I am limited somehow. this is because you put unnecessary effort on putting those notes on the staff using your mouse and then listening it over and over again trying to get it done. whereas on piano, you just play it and hear at the first place and there is nothing that slows you down.

You might say, I am not a good pianist to perform some of the difficult things on my mind and then write it on the paper. Thats why some people use finale, to compose. Because they want to write difficult stuff which they can't play. I can't play piano either, how come I write compositions then ? Believe me you can.

Ok we will get back to this topic again if necessary, now you go back to work.

You read my mind
From now on I will only work with my keyboard or my guitar to compose, and I will use some sheet music to write the basics down so I won't forget them. Then I will use finale to notate them a bit more... professionally and so that you can here my piece.