"puppet march" in Am

Your welcome. And, yes, soon I hope.

Michael

... Also, give me a "shout" when you post something new. I'd like to listen again.

Michael

you got it michael

Um i love this piece. So quirky and fun and like Ron said, very Disney's Fantasia, which is not a bad thing. Really enjoyable.

Quite nice, I really enjoyed it,

there is nothing really to add seems like everyone else have taken my words...

tenor and virtual: thank you for the kind words. im glad you enjoyed it. is there anything anyone would have done different or didnt like?

Finally, someone whose piece i can listen to and have to wonder whether it belongs to a composer of past. This is such an awesome piece. What is best is how tension is built with the dynamics. I'm not sure where the climax was, but the whole piece got me waiting for something to happen. I think that 'something' was the end. I love endings. And you have created a masterpiece my friend. The score is a bit messy, as you said, but thats not even entirely your fault. i think the engraving on that program itself is dodgy.

Otherwise...i would love to hear more. Its great to see a composer who doesnt stick with I IV V VI chords...like myself (but hey, im trying to understand diminished and augmented chords yet) lol.

excellent job, and keep the work up. Ive saved this piece to my computer so i can listen to it when i am feeling cheeky lol.

thanks

thanks again for your critique goodridge i truly am flattered by your comments.

p.s. there are a ton of I-V7 progressions in this piece

danny elfman all the way.

// when can i view the score though?

Yes, he seems to have removed the score ...

The thing from Disney's Fantasia that people keep mentioning is actually a piece called "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" by Paul Dukas inspired by the poem of Goethe of the same name, Zauberlehrling. I think the reason people are making this connection, is because the stylistic resemblance and characteristic use of the bassoon and pizzicatos.

About that bassoon and other stuff, very effective use. This is a very mature composition. Like Ron, I am listening more than once. I absolutely love how you use all of the instruments equally, some people have a hard time maintaining that balance. Either way, it sounds like an old BGM cartoon, maybe even Bugs Bunny, and I love music that reminds me of old cartoons, it is so classic.

I noticed the absence of brass, why so? I don't criticize your decision to omit them, but I'm curious why you did. Are they too heavy for depicting the idea? Maybe you could make this one movement and write more movements about the different events in this little daydream of yours.