November 6, 200916 yr This is the rough draft version of what will soon be the piece I enter in the monthly November Competition It doesn't really have a name yet. I called it "Winter" for now. If you'd like, you can suggest a name title. SO, I tried to make something dark, mysterious, and sad, or at least what sounds dark, mysterious, and sad to me. There are parts where it sounds happy for I needed something to contradict the darkness. The pdf is kinda a big, I had to use, unconventional methods, to get the score to look nice. The mp3 is big, about 5 min long. I'm pretty happy with it so far. Probably my longest composition to date. Criticism is welcome with open arms. I'll post the pdf in two separate ways for box.net didn't like it sometimes. Winter mp3 Winter pdf Winter.pdf
November 8, 200916 yr This captures the mood of winter pretty well, however I think the melody could be much better developed. For some reason it really irks me that you hit the 7th in the melody. I think it takes away the mood that it had going. The harmonies sounded a little stagnant in the beginning. However listening to it again I think they create a really nice dark feeling. I also liked how the piece built up gradually. If you developed your melody a little more I believe this could be really great.
November 8, 200916 yr Agreed. I enjoyed it very much! It's not at all "rough", though it has in it potential to be even better. Keep at it. -Katrina
November 9, 200916 yr Nice beginning - however, some of the modulation and side themes in first two minutes feel a bit blunt/dramatic in relation to the main theme. I think you could achieve more with something less drastic. Love the build-up at page 5! and good return to the main theme. As for the rest of the song, nothing stood out as off or wrong. It was very enjoyable, loved the developments there.
November 11, 200916 yr It's very beautiful!! I like some parts and themes better than others, but as a whole - it's really great! You indeed managed to capture the mood of winter very well.
November 14, 200916 yr I like it, too! Beautiful and well-developed. I do agree that it fits the mood of winter pretty well. However, when I think winter, I first think pure white snow and not so much the darkness of it all. I'd pick a title that alludes to that a little more, like "A Winter Night's Walk" or "Cold Snowfall". But perhaps just "Winter" suffices to represent its simplicity.
November 17, 200916 yr Not exactly how I imagined winter in the beginning of this piece, but I liked this quite a bit. Especially the main melody.
November 22, 200916 yr My my! What a large PDF file! Piano writing: Fairly Pianistic Score: Neat. Doesn't have a title. Here and there there are funny little things. What program do you use? It's not Sibelius or Finale. I would like to say something about improvisation. You need to improvise more. Play more Liszt. Learn to embrace the different piano techniques, invent your own. The piece is interesting, but it can be more... pianistic. Or Virtuoso like anyway. Not a bad attempt though! Keep on composing!
