Michael_Rybak

Hello everyone, I'm looking for the score of this piece, or at least for a midi. I've got this mp3 from a friend, and it says "Chopin prelude" and nothing else. It is in D-moll, but the original key could be changed if this is a guitar+flute adaptation. I'd be greatful if someone could save me the time of typing the score from scratch and tell me what is the name of this piece, please?

i think it's nice :) i'd expect more harmonic development, but it's nice already. i think there's a really strange move in the lower voice at 0:53-0:54. sounds out of this piece to me. otherwise, everything is pleasant and clear. also, it's really impressive you can do that in 20 minutes; a piece of this length and density takes me at least 1 hour. i'd love to hear a partita starting with this Allemande :) thanks for posting.

the first one is so sweet and gentle. the second is interesting :)

the prelude sounds sweet to me :)

Euler, thanks for your comment, i'm glad you've enjoyed it :) me too :)

thanks :) this precisely describes the process for me, yes. i have no rules stated or outlined for any particular piece, but each piece has it's own unique essence, or "style" (that's what i call it) - not rock/classical, and not baroque/romantic etc, but it's own style (the internal logic you are talking about), that completely defines the things that may and may not happen in this piece. and i don't know what that style is, but am only able to apply this may/may-not criteria to any particular attempt/experiment. so once i've started, the rest is derivative in a way - to follow that original style.

thanks for your reply :) it sure is in F-minor, i just don't distinguish Db from C# :) i also don't know what's a cadence, but i'll look it up to get your point. i did try going into progressions like those you mention, but eventually found myself quickly getting back to Fm each time. glad you like it :)

this piece only uses notes C, C#, E, F, G and G#. it does sound a bit boring to me, all around the two chords, but overall i think it's nice, and the rythmic variations compensate for the lack of harmonies. and i really loved the challenge. feel free to comment if you wish :)

here's the score. i never put any dynamics/accents/etc, only the notes. that's because i don't know how to do that:), and don't really need to: i don't care much about how exactly the notes are interpreted. i mean, i do care, but i don't have a single particular vision (for each piece) that i think the pianist should adhere to. mr250.pdf

not sure what you mean by asking about where i took the harmonies from :) i took them from my head, at least it seemed so :) the motif was (intuitively) changed towards a melodically unpleasant direction, and the harmonies where chosen appropriately. i use modplug tracker for recording pieces (and even for composing them, sometimes), so there's no score. but creating it in finale-like software is a matter of 10-15 minutes. i'll do that tonight when i come home from work.

hi everyone :), here's a piece of mine posted to the "Musical Challenges and Games" forum, i guess it's ok to post it here as well as it's a keyboard piece. enjoy :) p.s. the name is mr250 because i give no names to my music, only enumerate it.

amazing! i'd never tell there's any restriction beyond this fabulous piece. the whole thing is great, but specifically the main bass theme is absolutely adorable to me. congratulations! it's really great how the rythm sounds broken and, as you say, "jumpy", though it's actually 4/4 or 3/4 or 6/8 most of the time.

if we are so bad in our opinions, and you are so perfectly aware of everything, why post anything and ask for any opinions (and you *do* ask for opinions, that's what a forum for)? sorry, but till now, the only person sounding plebian in this thread is you. no matter if Zetetic's opinion is correct, he was politely pointing it out, nothing more.

i think the performance is just fine :) well, even if there where a couple, i haven't noticed (and wasn't looking for them on purpose, of course) by the way, as it is a song, singing it should also add variety to the sound. you would have to change the right hand in that case though (so that vocal part and right hand are not identical).

it's sweet. you could try varying the harmonies instead of using the same sequence of chords through all the song. only if you feel appropiate, though. is it your opinion or your guess? if you feel it has something wrong, work on it until you feel it's fine. if you only guess that it should have some mistakes because you lack expereince/knowledge - it's ok, just continue composing and you'll improve. listen to the music you like and try to see what exactly you like about it, and maybe what your own lacks in that respect.

hi, i tried, but couldn't hear something fresh and stylishly-specific in this piece. it sounds to me as pure baroque. for a baroque piece, it is great, really. keep up the good work. also, if you feel honored about any kind of approvement (like the one you mention), i think you slightly lessen it's value with your comment on leaving "plebian remarks". i wouldn't like that if i was the one having approved it.

Should you, I'll be happy and pleased :) What an honour it would be, to welcome the grandchild Bach in my modest appartment :) and even leave it in your disposal :) Seriously, would be great to hear about your efforts and achievements in a while.

hello Matthew :) i can't but disagree with your prof :) what i think is you do have to concentrate, but on developing further on (musically), rather than on the first two pages :) i think you have quite some ideas and maybe prefer to drift from one to another rather that picking two or three to form a single-styled piece. i think this is great, i'm sure your continuous search will lead you to a more closed form, without losing the potential for various ideas. the first theme is lovely. i like your balance between expected and unexpected harmonies in measures 13..23 (and later on, too). starting from measure 36 you seem to either become minimalistic on purpose (which i have neither enjoyed nor understood), or maybe lack some techniques that will come with experience. the slow part at 67 sounds very appropriate. and sorry, i can't bear that ending, it's completely out of the mood, at least to me. i wish you returned to where you started from (as i often do myself). the first theme is so soft and beautiful that one feels disappointed not to hear it again anywhere in the piece. just a thought. overall, very lovely and promising piece. keep up the good work :)

really, really fresh and interesting. would love to hear more from you. 2 Matthew: I agree this isn't the easiest piece ever, but why take that into consideration when composing - who cares how many pianists would be able to play the piece? i think those complex passages are fine there, ok with the rest of the music. they don't look like something forced by the author.

Even if it is, I don't think you should force yourself avoid it consciously.

Zetetic, I didn't remember Frederick's name either, but IIRC, these are two different stories, and the one with the quote happened a lot earlier (I've read a large book on Bach's life and work, but that was a long while ago:), and not much is still with me). However, I'm not sure. Regarding the 'Musical Offering', of course, I completely agree with you about how lucky we are about that accident :) Exactly.

I've been rarely lurking around since the YC owner has changed, but I couldn't help registering an account to answer that. Bach said that when some german prince (I didn't remember the name, of course), all amazed after the performance, was very kind to the master (which hadn't happen too often in his life), and asked him how that level of skill was even possible. It is well known that along his lifetime, Bach was a lot more famous as a performer ("the guy with flying legs"), rather than a composer. So, first of all, the statement qouted is mainly about the skill of playing, not creating. And secondly, he was clearly being nice back to someone who was nice to him, and someone he wouldn't like to dissappoint by a more accurate answer :) This form of answer keeps the prince happy, because he thinks to himself - "oh, sure, nothing to worry about, I could be good too, just need practice". +1 to finrod, take my house on your side of the bet, too.