January 1, 200917 yr A piece for solo violin I wrote. I know it's repetive and may remind you of 'Jaws' but that was not the inspiration. Feedback will be appreciated. Obscurus.MUS
January 1, 200917 yr To be honest, I was very bored listening to this. I couldn't find any sense of development or progression throughout the entire piece. There wasn't much of a buildup of tension, or a climax really. In fact, there wasn't much of a singable melody to me - it kind of just droned on and on with no movement forward - it kind of stagnated. I think you have some interesting ideas in the piece, but they really need to be developed. Cheers, ~Christian
January 2, 200917 yr What's for sure is that the computer playback doesn't make this piece more interesting to listen to! Your score only consists of notes in it indicating tone and duration. (Except for the few trills and the accel/a-tempo markings). That means the musician has the freedom to do whatever he/she wants with the tempo, dynamics, articulation, phrases, interpretation etc. No accompanying instrument means total tempo control. There's no melody in it, but it shouldn't have any. The excitement and development of the piece must be made by the performer. Try giving the music to a violinist and tell him/her to prepare it and play it! Don't answer any questions on how it should be played, whatsoever. Let it be played on a concert and listen to how it is interpreted. That's the excitement I find in this piece.
January 2, 200917 yr And, BTW, you might want to put all the music on one page. In Finale, do like this: Tools -> Page Layout You now get a new meny to the right of the "Tools" menu, this menu should be called "Page Layout". Page Layout -> Resize Staff Systems (System Reduction) Put "80 %" (or something similar) in the box where it first says "100 %", and press OK. The page is now resized. I would also recommend you delete the last empty bars!
