June 14, 200620 yr 1. Techniques used I guess I was going towards more of a Mozart sound. I don't know if I quite did that though. 2. How long it took to compose the piece It was composed in about 4 1/2 hours but it was over a month since I work with many pieces at a time. 3. Structure of your piece It's a trio of course. I tried to follow a simple format of a short intro and then AB sections with a little development. 4. Obstacles when composing Almost none except I lost most of this file when switching to a new computer (yeah! laptop for college!) This song came to me fairly easy. I'm not to happy with the ending though. 5. Summary of overall piece This was written for a Mozart tribute. It is a little contest held by Myriad Software (Harmony and Melody Assistant). I'm not sure what else to say, except it is based on Mozart. Oh, the piece is called The Child Prodigy because I couldn't think of a better name. Mp3 String_Trio.pdf
June 15, 200620 yr You mean you don't back up your music files regularly? Crikey, I do, at least the current work at the end of a session - I don't trust these computers - all cobwebs and magic! Thank you for posting a score. It works though it doesn't quite sound like Mozart, partly because of your harmonies and melodic twists here and there, like the tritone interval in bar 9. Mozart might do this to rise to the tonic but in context and with unexpected harmony following...? By the way, I'm not sure about leaving out the 3rd in the second chord of bar 10 no matter how you regard the harmony. Well, let's see what the experts think. Do you play a stringed instrument? (If so please disregard this para.) In bar 7 you use a double-sharp - fine. Later, bars 13/14 you alternate between F-nat and F# (Vs 1&2). It's less about whether E# would be appropriate than string players playing f-nat--f#--fnat--f# differently from e#-f#-e#-f# etc (depending on various factors) but the effect would be different. Less noticeable in an orchestra than solo (and of course, good players can stage-manage most things like this). In this case they'd probably play either notation the same way but bear in mind how string players deal with accidentals/chromatics. M
June 15, 200620 yr Author Thanks for your comments montpellier :) I do back-up my stuff, I just get lazy and don't do it as often as I need to :P I'm glad it doesn't sound like Mozart. I didn't think it did either I was just writing a tribute to Mozart. I guess it was because of Mozart's 250 Anniversary of his birth, that I just found out about a month ago, that the contest is going on. Why didn't you guys do a contest here for him. I'm pretty sure that the 3rd always needs to be used. I took music theory and it should be in there, but what chord are you talking about? I don't play any stringed instrument. The F double-sharp was used because it fits in the chord I want, D F## A. To have a D G natural A would e something else. I can see the problem in the other bars later one though. Maybe it should be different, but I didn't know what to use so I just used F natural and F sharp.
August 27, 200620 yr Hey Compclar, do you think you can re-upload the mp3 file. I think the link you posted is expired. Looking forward to hear your composition
