June 2, 20205 yr Hello everyone, This was one of my early pieces after starting to compose (about 10 years ago). I have reviewed it again, and made a number of changes. There may still be remaining notation errors and I would be grateful if you could inform me about them (and of course also for any other comments). As you will notice, the piece is Chopin-inspired. Best Edited June 6, 20205 yr by panta rei Score reviewed
June 3, 20205 yr A lively piece, very nice! It does what it's supposed to do, which is show a study in technique (I suppose triplets;)). And it certainly is Chopin-inspired, although you make different harmonic changes compared to Chopin. Makes it a bit more your style! The key of D major in the middle section seems off. I don't know, it doesn't feel right. But this could just be personal taste 🙂 Somehow the fermatas seem a bit long. Maybe this was your goal, but to me it slows down the music where it should not. Notation: m. 4/m. 58 : b double flat should be a natural I think m. 81 : slur is a bit messy Well done!
June 3, 20205 yr a very nice piece. I would be cautious about calling it an etude though. etudes are all focused around a specific technique. maybe if you were to add some polyrhythms to the piece it could work well. Overall the piece is very well written. it sounds very pleasant and it a joy to listen to and would be a joy to play. Well done I ,look forward to hearing more!
June 4, 20205 yr Author On 6/3/2020 at 11:52 AM, DirkH said: A lively piece, very nice! It does what it's supposed to do, which is show a study in technique (I suppose triplets;)). And it certainly is Chopin-inspired, although you make different harmonic changes compared to Chopin. Makes it a bit more your style! The key of D major in the middle section seems off. I don't know, it doesn't feel right. But this could just be personal taste 🙂 Somehow the fermatas seem a bit long. Maybe this was your goal, but to me it slows down the music where it should not. Notation: m. 4/m. 58 : b double flat should be a natural I think m. 81 : slur is a bit messy Well done! Hello DirkH, Thank you very much for your feedback. You are right about ms 4 and 58. The b-double flat should be noted as an a-natural. In my initial outline of the score, the note was a b-flat, but then I wanted to diminish it with a semitone step. Automatically, I noted it then as a b-double flat. But now I see that this note can also be derived by augmenting an a –flat to an a-natural. And you are right! This is the better (and correct) notation. (If fact, I did it also in ms 5 ). Yes, there is no logic in having slurs in ms 81. I will remove them. A pedal mark might have been an option, but I won´t put it there. It is up to the performer to use the pedal or not. Yes, I could agree with you to remove the fermatas. The main reason I placed them here was to avoid too fast transitions during the electronic playback. In a real performance, the pianist will automatically add any short delays, when he/she feels this to be necessary. The D-major middle section? It is there to avoid monotony, and I was actually rather content with it. But as you said, it is always a matter of personal taste. I want to thank you again for your excellent comments! (And I will make the suggested changes in the score). Best regards
June 4, 20205 yr Author 22 hours ago, Bradley Scarff said: a very nice piece. I would be cautious about calling it an etude though. etudes are all focused around a specific technique. maybe if you were to add some polyrhythms to the piece it could work well. Overall the piece is very well written. it sounds very pleasant and it a joy to listen to and would be a joy to play. Well done I ,look forward to hearing more! Hello Bradley, Thanks a lot for your feedback, and I am very pleased that you like the piece. I am a bit surprised that you do think that the piece should not be considered as an etude. My aim was to provide an exercise for the left hand in picking a continuous variation of triads, while, at the same time, the right hand has to focus on the correct chromatic movements. I believe that this combination could be a good lesson for the development of hand-independency. Additionally, the use of the E-flat minor key may be a good sight-reading exercise (at least for piano players at an intermediate level, which this etude is intended for). But a piano teacher (which I am not), may have a different opinion about my viewpoints. Thanks again for your comments!
June 4, 20205 yr When you put it like that I can see the purpose of it. perhaps if you write more you could include a brief description of the etudes purpose in the title box. I'm not a teacher other than just trying to help my friends when they struggle. so I am not 100% sure either.
June 4, 20205 yr Charming as usual, @panta rei. When I put on your music, I just can't stop listening. It flows so very well. Great job!
June 6, 20205 yr Author On 6/5/2020 at 12:32 AM, Tónskáld said: Charming as usual, @panta rei. When I put on your music, I just can't stop listening. It flows so very well. Great job! Hello Tónskáld, I was very glad to read your words, Thank you ! (I made some small changes in the score, mainly based on the suggestions from DirkH)
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