Short "chorale" in c# minor for keyboard

I really like this since it's in C sharp minor! Your voicing is great. Why do you modulate to F minor in the middle section? Just curious about that.

Henry

10 minutes ago, Henry Ng Tsz Kiu said:

Why do you modulate to F minor in the middle section?

 

this is a short sketch for me to practice my writing, and i felt like experimenting with modulations.

That's a good experiment then!

I lie the piece, although the modulation is weird. The change to F min is disconnected but it sounds nice, but the transition back to G# - C#m is weird (second part of m. 8).

Running contrary to what @Luis Hernández said, I actually thing the modulation is quite beautiful. Unexpected, but lovely!

Then again, I'm also a bit of a sucker for strange modulations to very distantly related keys, to me it sounds magical.

To each their own! This was lovely.    : )

Edited February 11, 20233 yr by mercurypickles

I am a little between Luis and Mercury in this case. While I liked the transition to F-, it sounded a bit abrupt and disconnected to me because of the silences and not because of the harmony progression itself.

All in all, a great piece, which seems to be the norm on your works.

Kind regards,
Daniel–Ømicrón.
 

Like what others have said, I feel that the modulation from C-sharp minor to F minor in m. 5 is slightly abrupt. It may be because the interval between the notes in each voice (bass, tenor, and alto) is too distant, making the transition a little rough. Also, the modulation from F minor to G-sharp minor in m. 8 feels a bit awkward - it might be because of the jump of an augmented fourth (D natural to A flat) in the alto. Besides, there is an overlap in the bass and tenor registers in m. 8-9: i.e. the bass moves up from C-flat to A-sharp in m. 9, which is higher than the A-flat in the tenor in m. 8. A better voice progression would be as follows:

Overall, it's a decent piece, although improvements may be needed. I particularly like the first five measures of the piece, as well as the pause at the submediant chord of F minor in m. 8. Keep up the good work!