Jared Steven Destro Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Here I have a short piano piece that I have termed as a 'pastel,' a term I find to fit well (especially with the heavy sustain and blending used throughout). I have had a particularly difficult time composing solo piano music; and, for this project, I recorded myself improvising. I was happy with the end product, so I transcribed the piece from the audio. Before recording, I had a general idea that I wanted to depict a color, so, to begin, I merely envisioned the color blue, and I played. Like my recent projects, I found a painting by Georgia O'Keeffe -- "Blue, Black, and Grey" (included in the score) -- that I think matches the music well, and that I feel coincides well with my original thought process. Being improvised, it is very much reminiscent of "stream-of-consciousness;" though, while I played I attempted, at least, to follow different melodic, harmonic, and otherwise motivic fragments in mind. Nonetheless, I am interested to hear your thoughts on a relatively unformed area of my compositions. The audio I included is my improvised session, from where the audio was transcribed, and I wanted (as well as I could) to preserve the liberative quality by use of abundant time signature changes, which almost add a moment of pause for the performer (as though they were composing themselves). My ultimate goal is to complete a set of similar pieces, all on my perceptions of different colors. MP3 Play / pause JavaScript is required. 0:00 0:00 volume > next menu Pastel_in_B_minor,_for_piano_-_Blue_Portrait > next PDF Pastel in B minor, for piano - Blue Portrait Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luis Hernández Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 This is wonderful, I love it in every sense. Even the "dirty" real sounds. Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Steven Destro Posted March 10, 2018 Author Share Posted March 10, 2018 14 hours ago, Luis Hernández said: This is wonderful, I love it in every sense. Even the "dirty" real sounds. Congrats! Thanks, I appreciate it! It's far from a high-quality recording, but I didn't think at the time I would transcribe it note-for-note; turns out I did! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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