January Waltz

This is more or less the first piece I wrote. I have no idea if it's truly a waltz or not, but that's what it reminds me of. At the time I wrote this, I was missing some one. Anyways, it's just theme and variation. The recording has a few mistakes (timing), but it more or less matches the score. I need to practice with my metro more. (Pay no attention to the tempo on my scores. =p )

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Sounds nice, the start is a waltz. You need to put in some accents/phrasing.

Thanks. I can see how phrasing makes sense, but I'm not sure about accents. Is there anything specifically that needs an accent? Or would adding phrasing suffice?

Hello :)

The whole thing is a waltz. It's in 3/4 and it's meant as a dance form with heavy emphasis on beat 1. If this is your very first piece, then it is very good! You've studied your chord motion, I can see, as the chord progressions are more or less correct. Your phrasing is a bit off, though... try to make it so that the majority of the phrase is in the tonic and predominant phase before moving to the dominant phase at the end... that will allow the necessary tension to build up with a resolution somewhere in sight.

The notation is a bit weird... try doing it in two staves next time. And add articulations such as accents, slurs, and staccatos where you want the music to be played in that manner.

Your theme could certainly be more interesting, though... dotted halves aren't so interesting. For your next pieces you can involve multiple voices and some more complex harmony. Study up on counterpoint.

Keep writing :)

I agree with Maelstrom: multiple voices or even just some more complex harmony would make a really great piece out of this one. Then again, it's lovely as it is and really easy and fun to play.

@Maelstrom: why using two staves when writing for guitar?

@Maelstrom: why using two staves when writing for guitar?

For Guitar?

Eh... forgive my reading... I didn't notice anything that pointed that out! That makes a lot more sense now, though.

My bad :P

Most of the things I write, even though I play them on my guitar, I hear what could be done as a small ensemble. I've been reluctant to try writing them as such because I have no idea how! Even though I like this piece how it is, I'll play around with your suggestions, Maelstrom. Maybe I'll discover something that I like even more. =p I might try rewriting it as a small string ensemble, also.

Well, as I said earlier, it's great. I enjoyed listening to this. It's just the score, is a little bit confusing xD I mean, rather than putting to here, and to there, and brackets 1, brackets 2, it's better to write out the whole score... In this case I think, because it's kind of confusing (needs to think before understanding it completely xD).

Hey, if this is your piece, that's great! A lot of the harmonies/chords you use there is not very basic at all =P You obviously understand voice leading.

So yeah! =D

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