Vocalise for Piano and Violin

Hey all!

I posted this piece a while back and I thought I would dig it up for you tonight. I did some revision work and made the piano part its own instrument at times instead of the accompaniment (which it is still intended to play).

The musical inspiration comes from Rach's Vocalise for Piano and Violin which I listened to before composing my own. However, there are some technical differences that I need to discuss before you are able to hear the piece. The Rach Vocalise has a form (although subtle) and a melody (also subtle); mine however does not (or is not intended to).

This is one of the few pieces I really think should be performed live (aside my Piano Quintet #1), but I am not in any hurry to get that done... nor do I have the time, money, and/or resources!

Do you have a MIDI file for this? I'd love to hear it, but I don't have Musician!

Sure, one will be up there shortly!

Very interesting, nice piece!

Thank you very much!

hah, the first few piano chords sound like "Appologize" by Timbaland.

Never heard it. Did you enjoy the piece?

nice piece! it suggests wide panoramas with its long & well sustained phrases. midi really sucks, but live it must sound finely. just i think that you might consider refining still further the piano part, making it subtler. the piece would profit from that.

Could you please provide me with any specific examples where I could work on the piano part?

hi! i attached a fragment to show what i meant. the main problem seemed to be the excess of notes. the left hand specially is too much heavy and somewhat obsessed with unnecessary dramaticism. a better effect can be achieved with less notes, but choosing carefully those which are really meaningful, thinking about refining the texture and even providing some subtle linking notes between the chords, enhancing the lines' and progression's grace. if you relieve some weight one can breathe along with you and not keep detached because of the hard mass of sound. i did, just as a sketch, some changes which, of course, pleases my own taste, and surely you will have other ideas and solutions. hope you can grasp what i mean. anyway the piece is fine as is, so keep composing!