"Duende" for Piano

It's been a while since I posted here.

Here is a improved piece from before, "Duende"

-Katrina

TangoDuende.mid

This sounds actually pretty nice, very fast paced..I can almost picture it as back round music for some dramatic dance scene on a movie. Cool, keep up the good work..

Thanks!

-Katrina

can you post a score? i really like it and would love to study it carefully. :)

I'd like to. But I don't know how to save as .pdf from the notation software (Finale Printmusic 2007) I use.

-Katrina

You may have to use a pdf convertor.... they're free ones all over the internet..

here..

http://www.youngcomposers.com/forum/converting-notation-into-pdf-mus-sib-pdf-15157.html

Wow, a piece for the virtuoso! I really like the bit from 1:44 onwards. I also liked some of the rhythms you gave the left hand throughout the piece. I'll be honest however and say that I didn't really like the section from 1:10 to 1:21.

Overall though, I want to say well done!

I finally figured out how to create a score .pdf.

Here it is.

-Katrina

Tango.pdf

It was pretty enjoyable.

There were a few parts that I thought the harmony was too thin, that for as fast paced as it was, there wasn't enough oomph.

It was a bit repetitive in theme, both melodically and rhythmically, but I feel that was the point.

The midpoint break takes away from the cohesiveness, but gives the mind a bit of a break to rest, so its not too bad.

The contrasting section really gives a nice break from the monotony.

Nice job :)

Thanks, I'm still working on this one.

Hi. I am actually new to this forum, and perhaps I should have introduced myself first, but

I liked your piece sooooooo much that I can't wait to express my delight!!! You have a very strong sense of tension. The whole piece is very dynamic, mostly because of the minor third up modulations, I suppose. The more such music, the better. I can't wait for your coming posts!!

I loved this piece. But I just don't think it's playable! I don't think even Hamelin could pull this one off. Maybe you could arrange it for 2 pianos

After looking at the score there are some parts where not only do you need to be super fast you also need to have super big hands to play. Arranging it for two pianos is a good idea and it makes it much more likely that someone would want to play it.

Bars 37 to 44 are impossible to play (bar 42 WOAH!!!). Most hands can reach 11-16 semi-tones. Somewhere in-between is the average hand-span for most people.

Yeah. I've been told this. I'll have to modify it.

-Katrina

Oh, and thanks, everyone!

-Katrina

I've been told (by a person who really likes the piece) that "Duende" is "unpianistic". Aside from difficult to play, could anyone tell me what this means, and/or how I could fix it? Thanks...

-Katrina

As you've already said, the word means difficult (if not impossible) to play. It usually also means piano writing which makes effective use of it's powers and abilities.

A piano is able to create immense power but it helps if the piece falls nicely under the fingers. By that I mean piano writing which doesn't force the pianist to loads and laods of massive jumps (some massive jumps are fine but it is difficult to do). Also when playing a group of notes, arpeggios, chords, etc. it helps if the hand doesn't have to change it's shape. This is very important when writing fast piano music. I guess it's going to be pretty hard to write well for the piano without playing it or understanding it.

I said before that it's probably a good idea to arrange it for two pianos. I think actually it's better if you try and cut back what you have. You have some chords that are impossible to play (a pianist only has ten fingers!) but chords with that many notes rarely sound good anyway in such a fast piece. Let's say for example that you have a chord C E G B C E. This is impossible for most people to play without spreading the chord (playing one note after another very quickly - I doubt spreading is possible in this piece because the tempo is so fast). Instead you could try E B, B E, C B or any combination that doesn't involve an interval bigger than a 10th.

This is all I can think of at the moment. It's 1:30 in the morning right now and I'm really tired. Hopefully other people will be able to help as well. There really is loads to learn about piano writing (or writing for any instrument). Good luck, though. It'd be a waste if you gave up now 'cos you do have something good there.

i love this!

I loved this piece. But I just don't think it's playable! I don't think even Hamelin could pull this one off. Maybe you could arrange it for 2 pianos

I agree. If you want to make it easy on yourself, just assign player 1 the right hand and player 2 the left.

I just may do this.

-Katrina