New and Improved "Sanctus Parvulus"

Hi,

Nice stuff, it sounds very extremely tonal, so there are some things which you could work on which made the work not as strong as it possibly could be. First of all, there didn't seem to be any modulation (I don't know bc there's no score), but modulation is really good for keeping listener interest and taking the ideas to new directions and textures. Even a simple modulation to the dominant can make the same melodic lines and textures seem fresh and new. Another thing is that the textures seem pretty constant, so perhaps cutting a few voices out, adding contrapunctal lines, or paralellism would greatly improve the interest in that area. A good rule of thumb is to never repeat the same texture in the same key throughout the whole piece until the very end, and this will cause a great rise and fall in tension, which will sound amazing.

Another small thing is that I noticed you had parallel major seventh lines, which sounded really weird to me in the tonal context. I don't know if you want that sound, but if you do, cool. It just sticks out and seems out of place.

These are just nitpicky things, the actual music is pretty awesome.

Good work!

Thank you very much for the comment. I took your advice and put a modulation in to make the piece a lot more interesting.

the sound is good, but i agree with the other comment, its a bit too static.
modulations help to give intensity and drama to music.
ok, you want peace and calm, but without changes in tension, all music quickly becomes uninteresting.

Thank you very much for the comment! I am working modulations into it. I am meeting with my comp prof to go over the rough draft of it and I sent it out to a friend of mine who is fairly successful in composing to take a look at it. I'm hoping both can help me out with that problem