Mountain Call

Why hello there!

It's been a verrrry long time.

Here is a piece I have just finished, but it is not nearly polished enough. My folio at the conservatorium is due...on...monday...and well, as most composer's stories go: I procrastinated most of the term, and am trying to write half an hour of music in...oh...2 days.

However, I had started this a long while back so its not dodgy material.

Take a looksy and listen if you want and let me know what you think.

Technical advice would be great, but i really hope there is not too much to correct lol...I still have 10 minutes of music left to write.

This piece is in a style i am actually moving away from (consonant tonal) but nevertheless i don't disown it haha.

Thanks guys:

Here's the links:

Finale 2007c - [Mountain Call.pdf - File Shared from Box.net - Free Online File Storage

Mountain Call.mp3 - File Shared from Box.net - Free Online File Storage

The first obvious comment I'm going to make is to transpose the score when you're done, but you probably know that. Overall I actually enjoyed the piece a lot. The trumpet part is pretty low in most of the piece. I don't know if you intentionally doing that for a more closed voice of the chords or if it was unintentional. I maybe would raise the trumpet part in a few places to get a more open spacing. You don't have that very much in the piece. I liked the section starting at m. 23 with the sixteenth notes. I would look into the tie in the horn part in m. 32 it kind of breaks down the flow of the part. Also look at the end. It wasn't very convincing. If you spend sometime on it I'm sure you can find something more convincing.

Hey!

Thanks for the comments.

Yep i forgot to mention a few things: i left it untransposed just because it saves time if people prefer to just read it rather than listen to the crappy recording.

Dynamics are very sparse coz, although i shouldnt, im leaving them til last.

Score collision...again...not necessary until the end :)

So in response: thanks for the comments. Yep i wanted to keep the trumpet low and the chords are meant to be close together a fair bit...its just the way i want it to sound. The midi is hardly convincing and i really hate it...destroys the clusters of harmonies and yes, i see what u mean about the tie :) sometimes however, it is intentional, just to confuse the timing and beat stresses.

And yes haha, darn, i was hoping it wouldn't be noticed...sigh, i better fix up my ending :P it could probably go for about 4 more bars i think. Ill look tomorrow...its 1245am now lol.

Thanks!

Why does it begin on a 6/4 chord? It doesn't even resolve! That's not how we do things!

Hey, from my first listening, I quite like it. Although, obviously it doesn't sound as if it's finished yet.

I thought the semiquaver bit was enjoyable and energetic, etc. I like the hocketing thing you did there.

About it starting on a 6/4 chord, that's fine xD

I'm a bit surprised, however, because when I met you you told me that you don't like pieces that has no development. That's actually what I get from listening to this piece. There is some, but not enough. I think there's only one type of development, and it's kinda making the piece slightly dull. I mean, the idea and a lot of the parts are really well written, it's just lacks that development that I think you were thinking of but not yet doing yet.

But hey, you've finisehd this piece I assume? xD It's passed your deadline hasn't it? xD

haha should have written in parallel fifths too, that would have caused a riot -_-

Yea i know what you mean :) See, I would have loved to spend more time on it, but because of my deadline, i went onto Finale...and well, we all know that finale can really take away from the musicianship of a piece. So I will definately be revising it, don't you worry! And thanks for being honest too steven :) Mucho appreciato. I really do want this piece to be a better piece, so ill take into account what you said. The development at the end with the figures was a teensy tiny exploration into minimalism too...not overly, and you'll probably go 'T_T' , but it was the inspiration.

Hehe and yes its past my deadline, its already submitted and look, ill pass, thats fine by me. I can't expect a distinction of composition when I work on my 25 minutes...48 hours before the due date -_- hence i have also been very reluctant to add my other pieces. I know what needs to be done, so i don't want other people to tell me what that is haha.

So until that time, thank you :)