Rhyncocephalian Waltz

I originally wrote this piece for Harp, but decided it worked better for piano. The performer is a friend of mine from another forum. I got him to do it for two reasons: 1) I don't have the recording software he does, and 2) my favorite thing about composing is when you get to hear someone else's interpretation of your work.

I think this piece works best as what Saite called "Furniture Music." It works well in the background. It's ocasionally nice to drop in and listen to a melody line, but it doesn't have a lot of force by itself.

Tell me what you think:

http://media.putfile.com/Rhynchocephalian-Waltz

Good stuff, let's have an attachment to go with the post though so we can take a look; I'm intrigued!

I just put a link. The attachment wouldn't work.

Quite nice indeed! That's really all I've got for you here... I won't throw an criticism at you because I, well, don't have anything negative to say. So peace, much love, and cheers!

Ah, it does remind me of Satie. He wrote those strange Gnomissiens (sp) and Gymnopiedes, no?

However, I think there is too much motion to be aptly called ambience. If you put this notion beside you and really put work into this being a solo piece, I can see ane awesome polonaise or scherzo manifesting.
For example, around 1:26 you have an interesting motive in the upper register with an accompanying melody that is deep and sensual. This commands the attention of the listener and puts your music in the hotspot, so you can't be lazy on rhythm and harmonies.

I am interested in the name. What is that R word? And how do you think it applies?

Yeah, and also the syncopation makes it un-ambient.

"Rhynchocephalian" means "like a reptile." A friend of mine gave me a book of weird and wonderful words. "Rhynchocephalian" was one of them. Also, I've taken to giving all my pieces ridiculous titles. That is a ridiculous title.

EDIT:
For more examples of ridiculous titles, see my "Songs for a Hormonal Teenager" in the Chamber Music forum.

Well, I like it very much. And thank you for providing us with a larger vocabulary. :]

I will take some time out to listen to these.