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This piece is not atonal by any stretch.

At any moment in the piece there is a very definite key center, given by the chords and progressions occurring at the time. In fact, there are tonal pieces out there that are even more harmoonically adventurous than this one. Jeff, would you consider Prokofiev to be one of your musical influences? A lot of the way you write reminds me of Prokofiev: quick stylistic or textural changes, harmonic progressions that flip to a completely new key center at the drop of a hat, textural development, and never afraid to use a good old major chord when the time seems right. I really enjoyed listening to this piece.

On the other hand, it sounds fiendishly difficult to play. Can you play this through yourself, Jeff? If so you have some crazy piano skills. If not, then I would start to worry about its playability; in the case that it is not playable on the piano by normal hands, then I would consider using a sequencing program to craft a good-sounding electronic version of it to be the finished product. MIDI is just so...bleh.

Oooh.. chromatic music; I love it.

Jeff, I actually liked the chromatic feel of the piece and I agree with Nightscape, it isn't atonal at all. The accent on the first beat of each measure (left hand) gave a sort of bouncy feel to the piece. I also liked how you used chromatic scales to transition between different parts and keys. It made the piece flow easily.

The only thing I would change is the ending. Such a colorful piece deserves a different ending. I somehow visualize a series of chromatic scales with off beat rhythms in quick tempo. Something like Nickthoven described. But then again, mayble I'm biased towards musical chaos. :(

All in all it was a good, fun piece and I enjoyed it.

I just came across this song now and I basically have to say about it a series of things involving words not fitting for a public forum. So instead I'll just skip that bit and do some explaining.

First off, I have to say that was one of the most incredibly interesting piano pieces I've heard in a long while, and the first of yours. I happen to be a great fan of unusual piano melodies. By unusual, I should say non-classical, non-restricted melodies. I have nothing against the above-mentioned, in fact I love them, I simply have a fascination for songs that can take a piano and do such creative and fresh things with it. I have yet to post any of my forays into this field so for now I'm simply looking at others'.

Back to my point, I love this song and have decided that it sounds like crap. But WAIT, I did not just contradict myself believe it or not. I mean the MIDI sounds like crap. So anyways I decided to make a recording of it for you in Mp3 form using Garritan Personal Orchestra's wonderful Steinway Piano patch. So if you'd like it please PM me with an email address or some other creative method like that.

Good work!

aerlin: prokofiev is a definite influence. i'd say my style is sort of between prokofiev/shostakovich and debussy/ravel...

tweak187: they weren't exactly chromatic scales, they were kind of random tones that all mangled up or down towards a destination, though many of the rapid key changes had chromatic differences, i didn't much use a chromatic scale. i kind of like the ending the way it is, it needs to wind down after being so crazy.

]\/[4: thanks for the comment :cool: experimenting is always fun, and piano is a fun instrument to write for. I have some giga samples myself, i really appreciate the offer, i think i'll just make one with the stuff i have.

I like your piece a lot. It deserves to be played on a real instrument! How long did it take you to write it? There is so much variety in rhythm, making it a mind boggling performance if it was live. Although I had a feeling that the melody "bounced around" a little too much around 3:45 and that this was hard to follow at the set tempo. Your melody at 3:14 is really nice and I think you should have emphasized this more. I think you should have stayed with this variation for the ending rather than change to another.

If anyones interested in some of my pieces, just check out this topic

this piece is kind of pointless, that's what i don't like about it.

There's no real development, it's just all a statement.

I wrote it all in about one or two days, i'm guessing one day. I actually took the melody from a Puccini opera, the one at 3:14, and modified it for my piece because I was bored.

the only real development in this piece is just before it subsides and ends, and it's not very long.

But in any case, I made a recording (<-- click it) using a realistic piano sample.

I totally fell in love with that track! I have created a new version out of the .mid file using a proper piano soundfont. There are some minor changes only:

Bounce.mp3

!Enjoy