Noah Brode Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 (edited) Hello! This was my shot at creating a few variations on the theme that @Ivan1791 posted in the 'Challenges' section of the site yesterday. One thing to note was that the flatted sixth scale degree in measure 5 (Ab in the original key of C Major) was important to the original composer. I did my best to keep it around in most variations, although the harmony differs from the original intent in some cases. In minor key variations, I changed this to a sharped sixth scale degree in order to maintain the 'borrowed tone' aspect. Let me know what you think overall! Thanks for listening. EDIT: Brief explanations / explications of the genesis of each variation can be found in the musical score. Edited July 2, 2020 by Noah Brode clarifying MP3 Play / pause JavaScript is required. 0:00 0:00 volume > next menu Variations_on_a_Theme_of_Ivan > next PDF Variations_on_a_Theme_of_Ivan 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markus Boyd Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 This sounds great. Well done! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkho Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Very well done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noah Brode Posted July 2, 2020 Author Share Posted July 2, 2020 @bkho @Markus Boyd -- Thank you both! Much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradley Scarff Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 fantastically written! I don't feel like you took advantage of the thematic material as well as you could have done though he second variation is my favourite because I think you did it exceptionally well there, however the rest at least to me fall a little flat. Either way well done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noah Brode Posted July 2, 2020 Author Share Posted July 2, 2020 @Bradley Scarff -- You're probably right. I was thinking that I should have done some more dis-assembling / re-assembling of the theme, and possibly broken it down to its most basic elements more than I did. Next time I will! Thank you for your compliments and review. I appreciate it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan1791 Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Thank you for participating. 🙂 Some of the variations are pretty cool, my favourite one is probably the second one. Is it okay if I show it on my channel? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noah Brode Posted July 3, 2020 Author Share Posted July 3, 2020 25 minutes ago, Ivan1791 said: Thank you for participating. 🙂 Some of the variations are pretty cool, my favourite one is probably the second one. Is it okay if I show it on my channel? Thanks, and thanks for the challenge. I felt like I was dusting off some cobwebs when composing for that. Yes, absolutely you can show it on your channel! 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan1791 Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Just now, Noah Brode said: Thanks, and thanks for the challenge. I felt like I was dusting off some cobwebs when composing for that. Yes, absolutely you can show it on your channel! 🙂 I'm happy to see you liked it, and thank you for letting me show it. That video will be pretty long I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan1791 Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 For some reason I can't download the PDF of the score. Could you resend it to me via direct message? Also I prefer Musescore format. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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