Melody #1

Just Keyboard, short

Originally posted by J. Lee Graham@Aug 1 2005, 12:36 AM
[b]I may be reaching the point where I will have said all I personally can say in a Classical idiom.* Am I outgrowing it, finally? I never thought that day would come.*

This is total speculation, but well, the dances project of yours was a lot all at once, wasn't it? Maybe you're just in need of a break? * shrugs * I know that when I'm in a period pretty devoid of inspiration I stop feeling like a composer at all, let alone a classicist or whatever the heck it is that I am. * grins *

Either way, it sounds pretty good to me as a fan of your music, though. (As with the others, I really like this sketch here - and of course I like your older work, as well.)

Now, onto my contribution. (This is a really neat project, by the way. I can't believe how differently all these turned out despite being based on the same theme! It's great!) Did this in half an hour at 1 AM last night. I used a string quartet just because that's the ensemble I've been thinking in terms of lately (I'm 3/4 of the way through a piece for it in F). It's really weird listening to this, because I can tell I wrote the harmony, but the melody definitely isn't mine. It must be like having kids.

Anyway:

i am not nearly as experienced as ya'll and can't offer professional critiques, but Tyler_JOhnson and Conqueso i really really like both of ya'lls alot! great job!

I just stuck to the rules and made a simple harp solo out of the melody, nothing special. Used the most cliché 7th chord on the pre-final note, and my mind somehow forced me to add a final bassnote.. it's horrible but sorry, couldn't help it . Let me know what you think of it.

note: The MIDI definately shows how chords do NOT sound on a harp.

EDIT: ... The forum kept telling me that I couldn't upload a file with the .MIDI extenstion , I've renamed it to a .txt. Download it and change the extension back to .MIDI to listen.

hi! liked very much your melody! lovely indeed! regards.

Marisa...I don't know how I missed your variation heretofore, but that's some nice string writing.

I liked rhythmic the countermelody in yours, Franz.

Thanks! I had a really good time coming up with it.

Now, if only I felt as immediately inspired by any of the other melodies...ah well. I'll keep them lying around on my desktop and see whether they randomly evolve at some point.

And yeah - yours is nifty, Frantz. I really like the buildup to the ending.

My attempt including one variation.

Hi! That's me again.
Some testing solution with this melody:

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Yeonil


and with all due respect, i am very impressed with conqueso's and marisa's versions :]

Here is mine, for a sax trio (ATB).

I actually like this one! ^^ haha