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Hey @gaspard! Nice Saltarellos! I know tennis is listed as one of your hobbies, but why does it always seem like you're dressed in tennis clothes when you record your videos? LoL! First one - I like how quickly you can cycle through different seemingly unrelated keys in this kind of style of writing. I like the timbral change in the second one that you bring about by the change from the very low to the very high register of the instrument. But besides the sudden register change in the beginning all the other changes are done very smoothly. The third one has some cool canonic imitation between the hands. Thanks for sharing!

I don’t have the score for all three of these so bear with me. unfortunately my videography sucks too and i think i often record in a way that makes the instrument sound pingy. anyway, tell me which one you hate the least

listening now and i really dig. I know i’ve said my opinion of the original themes from ff is that they’re rather generic but you make really creative variations out of it.

Hello, sorry, I thought the platform translated, here it is in English: Hello, I'm sharing my piece for string quartet, "Clowns," inspired by a group of killer clowns having fun on Halloween. I'd like to clarify that the audio is MIDI, as the piece wasn't recorded. It should be around 3.30 minutes long, this one a little faster. Best regards!

"Hello, I'm sharing my piece for string quartet, "Clowns," inspired by a group of killer clowns having fun on Halloween. I'd like to clarify that the audio is MIDI, as the piece wasn't recorded. It should be around 3.30 minutes long, this one a little faster. Best regards!"

Can you provide an English version of the programme notes? Thx! Henry

LoL what are all these Spanish!

@sebastian Pafundo has already submitted his piece entitled "Clowns":

Excelente trabajo, ¡sigue así! 😀 (Bienvenido = welcome (singular) | Bienvenidos = welcome (plural)) ¡Genial! Ánimo con ello y bienvenido al foro Sebastián. Si tienes cualquier consulta, no dudes en escribirnos al privado, preguntar por el chat, o en este mismo hilo. ¡Un saludo!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E95RnOKWCMVCMPWCWMqY-9PNRoRQzehM/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/164YfVymnJtBmFQ4EevbzOoUsS0IATGuC/view?usp=sharing Hola comparto mi pieza para cuarteto de cuerdas "Clowns", inspirada en un conjunto de payasos asesinos que se divierten en noche de brujas. Aclaro que el audio es midi ya que la obra no fue grabada. Su duración debería rondar los 3.30 aproximadamente este un poco más rápido. ¡Saludos cordiales! Hello, sorry, I thought the platform translated, here it is in English: Hello, I'm sharing my piece for string quartet, "Clowns," inspired by a group of killer clowns having fun on Halloween. I'd like to clarify that the audio is MIDI, as the piece wasn't recorded. It should be around 3.30 minutes long, this one a little faster. Best regards!

Hola! Bienvenidos a nuestro concurso! Estoy aprendiendo espanol con Duolingo en mi celular!

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fell free to ask any questions!

Double stops These usually cannot be used in quick succession, but if one note stays as a pedal tone, it is usable, either from a 3rd to a 5th or a 5th to a 7th within one position. Although sudden bursts are easier. See Prokofiev Symphony-Concerto 2nd mvmt cadenza for examples (yes, I know it is one of the hardest pieces ever written for cello) Harmonics on cello have the exact range as flute. note that only the distance between the two fingers matter: the range is the same for both touch-4 and touch-5. lowest notes per string C string: B3 G string: F#4 D string: C#5 A string: G#5

@Kvothe thank you for your reply! looking back at this piece, I agree, there's some lack in variance in the melody on m. 21 I wasn't actually trying to imitate chopin in that spesific part if I remember correctly, but yeah I feel you, this would be hard to do

I got the middle-gear version (39 euro/year) since it is said to manage up to 4 tracks, and I am mostly working on SATB choir scores or solo with piano accompaniment, every chord in the piano part is considered a separate track, so you quickly go over 4.... I was willing to update to the pro version (79 euros/year), but there was no way to pay the extra 40 euros. They did honor the cancellation with a full refund optio,n so I decided to explore the trial version since I had other concerns. The trial version is very limited. In particular, there is no saving, no editing, and it woudl play only 20 seconds.... I could not find any software that would perform better, so I pinched my nose and I bought the pro version. It is very cumbersome, in my opinion.

I enjoy the chromatism and dissonance. I have found a wide amount of dynamics used, it is neither so simple. I really enjoyed listening to this piece of music!

I declare my intent to participate in the competition (Copied from @Henry Ng Tsz Kiu hehe)

@PeterthePapercomPoser Reading through his comments, it appears to me that this individual is a sort of "stuck in their ways", "Nonchalant", "idgaf" sort of participant. While I know the personality, and what comes with it, being someone who is much like this himself, I still agree there's a specific mannerism that's requested of all forum participants. Unfortunately, we are not a Garage-Talk forum. We are a music theory, feedback and discussion forum. There are dedicated sub-forums for off-topic conversation, in which I am sure that this sort of mannerism would be acceptable. @Churchcantor

Very few composers really knew how to write for cello. Only a handful of famous composers even composed famous cello pieces. This will be an effort to bring more information to composers and hopefully have more memorable repertoire. Consider the cello as four instruments, the A string is somewhat harsh in the low positions but in the high positions, it soars like a soprano. It's somewhat oboe-like The D string is where most music intended to be played on the A string really is played as the notes are less harsh. The G string is the warmest and most soulful part of the cello, especially in a higher position. The C string is dark in the lower positions and almost comical up in the high positions, although it is scarcely heard. This string is quite like a bassoon along with the G string. This effectively makes the cello the most resonant in G keys. Double stops with open strings are most abundant in keys around G. for example, D is the only key where closed position triple-stops can be used somewhat freely (only major and minor chords are shown)

This is nice. I liked the barcarolle feel, wasn't so sure of the programmatic elements you said you added (like bar 10). I guess it came out of nowhere to me, or maybe it's just the midi. Speaking of... man, why do you use noteflight? And you have 0 dynamics! Your music would really sing and come to life if you would at least put some in. If mf throughout, note it? You could easily copy all your music from noteflight into Musescore or some other, any other notation software. I'm only saying this because you've mentioned you're pretty well off, in your 40's or 50's... if you're adamant about sharing your music with the world, why wouldn't you want to make it sound as good as possible? I mean, no judgement I guess, but Musescore is free. A few afternoons drinking ice cold refreshing thirst quenching brain livening body rejuvenating water along with smoking good old fashioned breathable crystal clear earthly air out of your pipe whilst typing them there notes in... and well, by golly you just might have some way cooler sounding music to share or enjoy yourself. Don't forget the dynamics 😄

Hi @Tunndy! I quite like the loud passage in 0:48. The sound in 1:18 doesn't sound realistic enough, though I love the effect there. The melody is quite memorable. Thx for sharing! Henry