Prelude no. 9 "Hibiki"

"Hibiki" - Echo.

Prelude no. 9 "Hibiki"

As far as just hearing the piece, I like the harmonies you used and the contrast between major and minor chords. I think it helped give the distinction of what kind of emotion that was conveyed. And like always the midi never does justice to emotional pieces like this. I like the somewhat deceiving glissando's and gentle tip toe kinda thing you added, it made me feel kinda at peace then you hit with the heavy minor chords. Once again the flip flopping from major to minor was well done. Then you bring back the original idea nicely.

As for the sheet music:

- I like that you added pedal markings

- Personally, in the beginning and end when starting so high, I would lower an octave and mark 8va like you did later on in the piece.

- Some of the stuff is a little off center no biggy.

- The marking to us the left hand in measure 42, I think I understand but it doesn't make sense if you still have pedal. I'm assuming that you just want the C# to remain and not the G or E right?

Sorry to be so technical, good piece, I like it a lot. Sorry you are having troubles, hope they get better.

What the heck is post traumatic stress syndrome? It sounds horrible!

I like this piece. The MIDI or MP3 or whatever it is isn't great.

I think there should be more pedal, so it is more connected and a bit less abrupt.

What language is "Hibiki" in, and why did you choose that language? It's scary how it almost sounds like it's in the language I made up from the country I made up. One of the cities I made up is called "Habiakai"... not joking!

Heckel

Wanted to throw in my two cents...

At 115 Temp, the chords being played in the left hand are too difficult for most people to play =P (Even if lots of Rubato was added).

Thanks for the replies... Gamma, that is a good idea you have about the beginning and end... I'll edit the score later on :)

Graham... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_traumatic_stress_syndrome ...and yea it pretty much sucks. I guess the best way to describe it would be like if you were injured severely and had to wait for the injury to get better, but it hurts like hell in the process... this is the same way, but it is mental pain. I guess I can't really describe it well.

The language is Japanese... I choose to title some of my music in Japanese because a lot of my influence is from Japanese music.

I think you have a wonderful piece here Jen. I think you should try to orchestrate this for full orchestra. It has a lot of potential in that regard. Your use of thematic material is very very good here - I'm impressed.

Thank you :) That would probably be pretty cool actually... I really suck at writing for strings, so it would make for an interesting challenge :P

Lord, the midi really doesn't do this justice. After playing the piece in my head with a much better piano:

--Very strong use of progressions to create a conflicted, pained atmosphere. I'm certain that even if you hadn't disclosed the personal-ness of the piece, in relation to your PTS (And my deepest apologies for your suffering from that :( Mental wounds take so much longer to heal than the physical ones), that one could still feel the pain and inherent "contradiction" of your piece.

--I like the sort of, how to say, "pseudo-melody" in the piece: it gives the feeling, simultaneously, of just aimlessly noodling around on your keyboard, and yet at the same time, there's this...overall purpose to it. It's difficult for me to explain, but it seems to reflect to me how you fight the depression of just not caring any more...but maybe that's just my spin on it :dunno:

Great work, Jen, I'd never heard your work before! It was a pleasure to listen to :phones: