Piano Suite In C Minor

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I would like to stress that i'm asking for impressions of the whole collection, but you may listen to individual works if you wish to.

1 - Scherzo Cmajor
2 - Reverie Dminor
3 - Elegy Cminor
4 - Passepied Dminor
5 - Waltz Cminor

I hope you can get through it all!

Aha! Letehn, you are back with these awesome pieces.

Starting off with Scherzo, I really like this opening motive. It's jumpy and 'cute', for lack of a better term, and it returns later at about 1:41. The middle section, to me, doesn't seem to go anywhere, and I am trying to recall it, but all I remember is that you pedaled. Though I can distinctly remember the A section. I like the staccato feel.

For Reverie, I like the opening. For that, I like the whole piece. The opening has deep chords and clearly defines this melodic structure.
Something that I've noticed, 2 pieces in to the collection is that you need more force. This is found occasionally in the first piece, but harmonic 'oomph' is found by more than simple dynamic change. I really like the ending ten seconds, and that is full of body, although it lacks bass notes a little.

Elegy might work better orchestrated for strings, or a wind instrument solo. Held out, or even embellished chords must keep moving when placed on the non-resonating soundboard of the piano. Once you hit a note, it immediately decays, and when an entire piece is full of these notes, there must be either cascading or different notes. I see you opted for the latter, since this piece clearly lacks motion (only the best can compose like this, so congratulations), but when doing it like this, you need to add more significant melodic change. Try radical accidentals you don't usually use, or try to semi-modulate. I hear the tonic too much in this piece, and that isn't good for the listener's attention.

The Passipied is great. After the drones of Reverie and Elegy, the ear needs a rest with lighter music. You provide this in full with accelerating rhythms and a unique motive opening the first sequence.

I feel that your Waltz was a bit of an anti-climactic ending, but that is because I am used to endings being huge and bombastic. Perhaps you were going for the calm-after-the-storm feel, and if it is interpreted like that, then great. I don't have much to say about these last two, because they seem so similar to pieces already mentioned.

Well, to me, your pieces are great. You've arranged them in complementing order, with just enough of each. I know you are just a never-ending conglomeration of new and improved ideas, so I can't wait until the next Opus comes up for publishing.

Ah, thank you. You've made me realize that a painter can have all the ambitions in the world to paint a masterpiece, but he won't get anywhere without the proper brush and less than 3 different colours.

Thanks for the inspiration. I'll buy quality brushes and work really hard on expanding my palette from here on.

like that one time on Family Guy with that one painter dude. "don't you tell ANYONE that that bush is there. If you do, I will come to your house and CUT YOU."


erm...heh....great pieces letehn.

Great pieces, Letehn! I specially loved the Reverie. These are great works, keep it up!