Samuel_vangogh

Hi! @Henry Ng Tsz Kiu thank you for the feedback! I wanted to demonstrate a more ambiguous and calm atmosphere, but with a deeply strange and dissonant core. It's like lying to yourself: saying that everything is fine just because you're ignoring the bad things in life.

Hi!!! This a different post from the usual, I trieed making collage art and I kinda liked so I decided to translate it to music! Its my first time writing incidental music but I believe I achieved the mood I wanted to express!!! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NKk3dLrDa8q4Rh_rVZ-36o9bmbVITTU3/view?usp=drive_link

Hi!! Thank you for taking the time to review my waltz! I appreciate the feedback. As for the purpose of this assignment: I think this way we learn about melodic embellishment and development. Because we have to do a sonata (practice of form and development), a waltz, and a Brahms (practice of counterpoint and romantic harmonies) As for the bars you mentioned: those bars have a dissonant countermelody or fioraturas, so I thought that adding the seventh was maybe too much, but I shall consider it! Thank you!

Btw, there was a national level blackout in my country so I had all the day to write this!!! lmaoo

Vals I.mp3 Hiii! I had to turn in an assignment for my classic harmony class, my teacher asked for a 'chopinesque' waltz and I wrote this! I tried to pour some of my personal style too. Besides, this style is completely new for me (you'll notice that in the music lolol) and I find some parts of the score to be awkward. What do you think?? See ya! Vals I.pdf

Hi @Henry Ng Tsz Kiu Thank you for your comment! I'm pretty happy with the final result but I think I could have explored further the harmony and sounds of the piano. I wanted the music to sound homogeneous and the main melody to be fragmented so that it would not take up much of the spotlight, which is why I tried to make the counterpoint blend with the melody.

Hiii, this is the final version of one of my excercises for school, as it's in an impressionistic style I decided to give it a french name! It means "arriving boats at the quay" Ejercicio No 13 1.pdf Ejercicio No 13 1.mp3

Hi! @Henry Ng Tsz Kiu Thank you for your reply! But I'm not familiar with some terms, what do yoh mean with "chordal" ?

Well, both «harmony» and «counterpoint» by piston will do you well. As for the A-/E to E7 Its an A minor chord but with an E on the bass (instead of an A) that goes to E7 (e g# b d)

I had my headphones at maximum volume while listening to this.........

Hi @Kvothe Thank you for your feedback and taking the time to listen the piece! Its not finished, that short cadenza is just the second part (which is yet to finish) that acts as a contrast material for the posterior repetition of the first theme!

Hi Jqh! After listening to your piece I must say that the way you explore different rythms is quite good! (p.e: use of duplets and quadruplets or playing the same melody by two instruments but with rythm diferences) also, the key changes are well done, it all makes this piece to sound very modern, like it's from a movie! I think you could improve it a lot by paying attention to voice movements and chord links, some dissonances are not well resolved or prepared. In the other hand, the chromatic movements you used are interesting but I would use a A-/E E7 at b.4 and not only a A-, because the D#dim7 chord you used before wants to resolve to E. Besides, I'd use bass clef for the last bar and no to do those double notes at bar 3 (in the image)

Hi mossy! I really enjoyed this fugue, it's nice to listen to it! In general, it's really good (thera are some fiths reached by direct movement but it really doesn't matter) Like, in b.13 there is a seven interval (B and A) between the second and first voice which is not resolved. Maybe it's an stylistic choice but if you wanted to properly copy baroque style you should resolve that interval. Furthermore, due to tuning limitations, baroque composers didn't modulate to far keys (C# minor to C major). Again, this only matters if you want to fully copy the style. But I really liked this fugue! Thanks for sharing! (Post Scriptum, I hope my poor choice of words didn't make the text ununderstandable, i'm still learning english!)

Hiiii! I'm back!!!!!!!! This time I wanted to share with you a modal practice my teacher asked for!! Hope you like it! Ejercicio No 13 1.mp3 Ejercicio No 13 1.pdf

Thank you! The Fauré Thing is a mistake! It is not suposed to Sound like Fauré!