The Edge of Existance ( A Choral Work)

Hello again. I've been busy today, havn't I? Anyway, here is a choral piece that I put together this afternoon. This is my second composition and my first choral piece. As usual, the midi file is only for refrence for the score. Have fun please leave suggestions! Also, what music form would this be?

The Edge of Existance ( A Choral Work)

Hm. Well, right off the bat, the soprano range is too high! That range will not blend well, and it will be extremely tiring and unhealthy for the singers. Alto range, too.

Where are the words or syllables? No choral work is complete without them.

See this for tips and tricks: http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~krr2/choralcomp.html

Thanks

Can you tell I don't sing? :)

I play clarinet, so I have basically no idea how the human voice should be

used as an instrument. Revisions are on their way...

Thanks

Can you tell I don't sing? :)

I play clarinet, so I have basically no idea how the human voice should be

used as an instrument. Revisions are on their way...

Can you sing? (not sing well, just be able to) Sing your lines! If you can't the singers probably can't either.

Its going to be very difficult to tune most of the piece. The beginning section is almost entirely parallel motion. Parallel thirds and sixths are fine anytime; fourths and fifths may be used sparingly, only if you really know what you are doing and its entirely intentional(and usually only new age); seconds and sevenths should pretty much never be used and require a great amount of knowledge, skill and experience to even think about using. (We won't really worry about octaves because its a special case; as a general rule of thumb try to avoid parallel octaves as you will lose sound and harmony in them...unless you want that...sometimes you do) Its actually impossible to have all four parts moving parallel without breaking at least one the above guidelines (if anyone knows of a way let me know :) )...so don't do it. You can create oblique motion or contrasting motion between two parts and have the parallel motion remain intact between two others. In most of my choral works (which I focus on more than anything else) I tend to have all three main types of motion happening simultaneously throughout the majority of the piece. This creates more movement (which makes it more interesting to listen to) and actually makes it easier to tune. Good luck! Keep composing and let me know if you have any questions (about this post, or music in general, esp. choral)