January 20, 20215 yr Why not? I wanted to try to do it for two pianos. In Field style, which is much more "restrained" than Chopin. Edited January 20, 20215 yr by Luis Hernández
January 23, 20215 yr Very very nice. Love the chord progression, shifting thru keys, like colorful falling leaves in the autumn..
February 3, 20215 yr Lovely, dreamy piece. I noticed though that the second piano had much less to do than the first, plus the quavers in its right hand part get a little lost in the texture - for me the opening bars were the best use of the 2-piano texture. I liked the harmonic ingenuity - thanks for sharing!
July 28, 20232 yr Hey @Luis Hernández, I'm digging this old post our yours! I do enjoy this nocturne in Field's style! Yes it's simpler than Chopin's style but sometimes that we need that simplicity. I really love your overall thick texture (except the passage in b.33, which I think you can add one more accompanying voice, but that's personal). Lovely harmony as well as you keeps inviting the Neapolitan harmonies, and it really provides the expressive power to move the music forward despite its dreamy mood. Your chromatic voice leading, for instance just the opening for the second piano, C-C#-C-Bb-C-D is very smooth. That progression from D minor to Ab major in b.11 is great change as well. One thing interesting is that your audio is a semitone down and is in C# minor, so this reminds me Beethoven's Moonlight more especially with those quavers in a group of three! Thx for sharing! Henry
July 28, 20232 yr Author Thank you for reviewing this from long ago. It's good to get things back. It's true that J. Field's nocturnes are a reference. I knew them after Chopin's, given their popularity. One of the things I always consider, when I do tonal music, is to look for harmonies, if not original, then less heard, as long as they fit in the style and flow of the work. It is true, I have a "problem" and that is that, I don't know why, there is a half-tone mismatch between what I write in the software and what it sounds like. It's weird, but as I don't see it as important either.... Greetings.
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