Trumpet and Piano - Mvt. II "Scherzo"

The process of writing this movement was very frustrating for about 3 months. 3 months for 3-4 minutes of music. That's never happened to me before, so I feel the need to talk about it. Writing a scherzo, and something interesting at that proved to be harder than I would have though. I kept running along problems with how I was approaching form and thematic material, I have so so many pages of sketches and rewrites, that I probably have enough junk material to make a completely new and different piece out of that. Anyway, writing something fast and light with substance proved to be hard, and then I had an ephiphany a couple days ago. And in a few days I finished the movement (so cleaning up to do with the score and some counterpoint, but otherwise it's done). I guess that's just a lesson to anyone, keep working at something until it's perfect, don't settle for crap. So here's a PDF and an MP3...

That should be 1893 by the way, not 1892....

MP3: SoundClick artist: Garrison Fikes - page with MP3 music downloads

i really really enjoyed your piece. light and tense at the same time. very easy and playful yet serious. i would love to hear it performed live with dinamics and tempo changes. well done. this kind of open chord progression is very much my taste. i really like the idea that it has its themes still its very fragile. i get the feeling that it might collapse any second. it could easily be a soundtrack for an art film.
congrats.

one more thing: this piece somehow shows your struggle creating it. this is what i like about it in this case. though i think it's probably better not to struggle. don't try to write the music. let it flow and mirror your brain and soul.

Originally Posted by maaton

one more thing: this piece somehow shows your struggle creating it. this is what i like about it in this case. though i think it's probably better not to struggle. don't try to write the music. let it flow and mirror your brain and soul.

I don't "force" anything, I just don't settle for writing crap. It's the same when you practice your instrument, preparing for a performance. When I'm writing, I'm basically trying to find what I find to be good music. I know what I want. Thank you for your comments.

it's rather interesting how you found yourself offended in comments full of compliments. truly fascinating ego...

Originally Posted by maaton

it's rather interesting how you found yourself offended in comments full of compliments. truly fascinating ego...

Who's offended?

i assume you're not then, so i'm glad