Piano Sonata in E-Flat Major

This was written by me. I am not even sure if I would call this a piano sonata. But I am happy with it. This was my first piece written in the program Sibelius. It is just over 10 minutes in length. Also, it should be noted that I am not a pianist. I am a Tubist. So I am not quite sure it would be possible to play on the piano. So if someone who IS a pianist could say "yea or nay" if it is possible. So I hope you like. Thanks for listening. Any comment / critiques will be welcome.

Sonata_e_flat_major_Op_1.mid

Sonata_e_flat_major_Op_1.pdf

Firstly, this is extremely difficult for any pianist. Doing thirds and fifths in the right hand like that is very very hard. Specifically:

The 32nd triplets with CHORDS around mm. 72, near impossible.

The two parts for the right hand around mm. 44 are impossible and in the left hand very hard at that speed.

The piece is simply overwhelmingly difficult. I would advise rewriting it for piano four-hands. Even then it would be quite hard for both players.

I liked your themes though, and the rhythm always kept me on my feet; surprises around every corner :P

Nice job :)

Edgar

hey, thanks for the comments edgar. I very much appreciate them. Do you think that slowing it down would help? I thought that in some sections it seemed a little to quick. Maybe swaping out the 32nd triplets would help? I will look into rewriting it like you said as well. It never occured to me to do so.

Anymore comment / critiques are welcome. :thumbsup:

Maybe, those measures would help, but it would still be very hard. I would still suggest rewriting for four-hands though. If you're going to do so, don't make long runs with chords; that's the main problem with the piece right now.

Good luck :)

Edgar

Very... cool I guess would be the word :P I like your theme a lot... however it didn't really seem to vary much if any until around the six minute mark which was way overdue... my focus started to drift about three minutes earlier. I agree with Edgar; I am proficient on piano (not a master by far, but proficient) - those sections do look difficult, if not impossible to play by anyone other than a master pianist.

You said you were unsure if you could call this a sonata - you could call it the first movement to a sonata I suppose, it did seem to have sort of an ABA format... loosely. I don't know if you were going for a "classical" sonata or not. Piano sonatas are usually 3 or 4 movements ranging from about 4-7 minutes for each movement - the first movement allegro, second moderato/lento/adagio... slower, and the third either another allegro, presto or rondo (it varies). This is just what I have observed... I am a newbie composer, someone else could probably elaborate more.

All in all, good job, I enjoyed listening :D

Someone I sent this to also commented on the "sonata" thing. They said it was more of a Sonatina. I am looking into rewriting it for four hands. I think I may take a repeat or two out as well. Again thanks for the comments :thumbsup:.

interesting rhythms. :D

but theres something about the harmony that bothers me. O_O not sure what. actually nvm.

As has been said, some good rhythms but I found it lacked direction both structurally and in terms of the harmonic progressions.