June 13, 200916 yr This is a two-part fugue for two nylon guitars in the jazz style with some strange modulations!
June 13, 200916 yr Hey, I like this piece, but i wouldn't call it a fugue, more a two-part invention because the second voice enters in the tonic rather than the dominant as is usual in most fugues. I think fugues with two voices are also quite rare - there is only one in the entire well tempered klavier. I have my doubts as to whether some of the accents are really necessary, and towards the end the first guitar part should really be written in bass cleff just to avoid haveing all those ledger lines. Still, its nice writing :) Ferret
June 13, 200916 yr Not to be mean, but I didn't like it. Don't get me wrong, I liked some of the dissonances, but the overall melody of the piece seemed too... random. The "randomness" of the melody coupled with the dissonances made it seem like you randomly put down notes on a page (which I know you didn't or else the subject wouldn't repeat itself like it does in your piece and there really wouldn't be a counter-subject). I would work on keeping the dissonance (after all, you did dub yourself the "Angel of Dissonance") while losing the "randomness" of the subject and counter-subject (I would also add a little more... rhythm). Keep in mind that this is only my opinion. I'd hate to have someone yell at me for tearing another composer down (which is not my intention).
June 14, 200916 yr It looks like there are a lot of notes, especially toward the end, that are out of range of the guitar. Normally guitar is written in treble clef transposed one octave above the actual pitch. Is your piece transposed or at actual pitch?
June 14, 200916 yr I didn't like it... at all. It just seemed to be like random voices repeating the same thing in different keys, and making them clash with each other.
June 17, 200916 yr Keep in mind that this is VERY hard to perform rythmically. Especially for guitar players :-) Other than that, I kind of like how it starts, but as has been said, it lacks direction. Maybe you should try a different atmosphere by trying a lower tempo, and simplifying some of the rithms, especially in the last section of the piece.
June 18, 200916 yr Author All your points are supremely appreciated, whether + or -. I totally agree with the points on improvement, the piece does need more variety of say for instance more rhythmic complexity, but you know these reviews remind me of a very important phenomenon in music works, there seems to be a simultaneous dualism shall we say two main versions of any given theme. One is very boastfull & showing off while the other one(like mine) tends to be a subtle intricasy rather than a drastic one. I should reoctavise the concluding measures. Thank you!
June 18, 200916 yr Marzique Bordex - I've edited your recent thread titles - please refrain from your " D M M K S E A Q E AS R W TGSA S" style of thread titling in the future.
