Jacaranda - The Trees

Part of what will hopefully later become 'The Trees' suite...pieces inspired by different trees, all chamber music. Again, don't know what to say lol...I'm not one to really describe my own work...not in writing anyway. Comments? Suggestions?Oh and again, don't freak out about the chords in the winds too :P gotta love the frightened looks people give when they are introduced to multiphonics :P love em!EDIT: Hmm seems my adobe PDF maker is failing me a bit. I'll upload the score tomorrow.

Jacaranda - The Trees

Hi,

Well this is the same problem I had with your last piece, your violin piece. It doesn't have variety, and it needs something else. I do like the idea, though, and I hope you can do something with it.

Thanks, and keep writing!

Brilliant idea for a set of musical pieces. Jacaranda is also a beatiful word I am not a lover of multi-phonics but when not over-used they can be real stand-out moments. This is wonderful It is consistent and easy to 'follow' and full of character and yet at the same time very modern. It is a little Debussy-esque harmonically. I don't think it needs any more variety. It is varied enough for me. I love the bass clarinet part. This is maybe a little also like Magnus Lindberg - pretty tonal yet using instruments in a very modern way.

You did very well here !!

well, two different contrasting comments =) that's wonderful to hear! Thank you both for your comments...and I will be very sure to keep working on it. I do need to step away from the piano when I compose though, because I find that I am falling into the same style I'm used to: early 20th century music...it's when I'm away from the piano that I can hear something completely new! The slow section in the Whole Tone Scale at the end actually was inspired by George Crumb's Voice of the Whale, and you'll hear quite a bit of it coming through those few short bars, but it was written away from the piano, and that's when I was able to hear all three instruments beautifully singing together.

I will confess though, because of the deadline's approach, i did a bit of Mass-edit-copy =( I know, I'm ashamed! Hence why I will be changing it a fair bit ;)

Thank you both for your comments though =)

Pretty neat sounds throughout. Do you play the wind instruments to know how the multiphonics actually will sound? I can't see exactly what you have written but multiphonics aren't necessarily pretty. Not that you want them to be...Anyways, you have recognized a great point in saying that you need to compose away from the piano. Luckily, I can't really play the piano so it doesn't effect me! hah..Try to develop your ear to hear the exotic scales you are using. I think that you have done a pretty nice job, but the copying of material does become evident. You don't have to have all new material, but altering it in some way is important.

I agree with Jaime: Jacaranda is a great word, and the music is very interesting! (Pity about the midi, though, it's horrible! :() I'd love to hear a live playing of this!

You're very responsible in your use of multiphonics, and they serve to accent important parts of the piece, instead of trying to overwhelm the listener with them by putting them at every conceivable spot in the score. I appreciate your maturity there!

The exotic sound really evokes images of a bizarre sort of rain forest: the music sounds very "birdy", after all (what with the liberal use of trills), and the "color" of the piece (the constant shifting of the tonal scale) brings to mind many different "species" of birds, so yes, specifically, it reminds me of a rain forest, and to me, it makes sense on an abstract level.

Nice job, thanks for sharing! :D