September 1, 200916 yr my favorite christmas poem... with plenty of time left for rehearsal! www.c7music.net/littletree.pdf www.c7music.net/littletree.mp3
September 1, 200916 yr I thought stringing the word "noel" throughout was a good motivic idea, but aside from that I feel the execution here is all wrong. The feel of the harmony was very dark and unsettling for the most part, and the poem is about a childlike excitement for Christmas - I don't think you really captured the feeling of the poem at all. I think there are certain moments in the poem - dance and sing noel, for one - that need to be BIG moments, and while you obviously recognized those moments and where they are, your harmony didn't support them. I think you should try some more solid harmony, like a nice V - I to capture those moments better. I feel like you're going out of your way to avoid "conventional" harmonic movement and you really shouldn't, not with this poem anyway.
September 3, 200916 yr I sort of agree with Dev - I think you should possibly think about writing your own lyrics for this piece as it has a good flow but does not suit the theme, but with some other words in there it could be awesome. Overall good work with the instrumental. Some of the harmonies are a little to crushed but overall nice. I'm new here so you don't have to take a word of what I say but just trying to be helpful. Keep up the good work.
September 3, 200916 yr Possibly just changing some of the harmonies could make it brighter and very doable. There's still time before Christmas I've been working on a couple the past couple of days too. I love Christmas!
September 3, 200916 yr I liked the piece. Seems a little difficult and dark/slow. I liked the way you did the entrances/phrases. I looked at the score and followed along. I can imagine with real singers, it will sound different! Did you have a choir in mind writing the piece?
