Fantasy in C

For the past 18 months I've not been active much musically. I'm back now and bursting with ideas.

This piece began as a minuet but ended up an improvised fantasy. I composed the minuet ages ago and recently had access to my piano so I hit record and played it. I was playing from memory and had dumb fingers where Ive been away from the piano for so long and I forgot how to play. So it begins hesitantly and annoyingly I forgot how to play the coda of the minuet so began improvising from that point onward. I transitioned to the trio but it sounded nothing like a trio as I improvised but I liked the ideas I was coming up with and carried on. By the time the minuet returns at the end I found my confidence again. 

Cant believe I earned the 12 year badge, has it really been that long?! Are there many others still here who joined back then?

Hi @Papageno,

Haha for me the beginning is Db major! Maybe it's the audio or something with the transposition.

23 hours ago, Papageno said:

So it begins hesitantly and annoyingly I forgot how to play the coda of the minuet so began improvising from that point onward. I transitioned to the trio but it sounded nothing like a trio as I improvised but I liked the ideas I was coming up with and carried on. By the time the minuet returns at the end I found my confidence again. 

It's hard to play with rusty hands but I'm happy your find your confidence again!

For me the overall piece is enjoyable and it's very hard for me to improvise with a structure!

23 hours ago, Papageno said:

Cant believe I earned the 12 year badge, has it really been that long?! Are there many others still here who joined back then?

Haha congrats on this! Thanks for sharing!

Henry

Hi Papageno, welcome back.

On 4/25/2023 at 12:53 PM, Papageno said:

Are there many others still here who joined back then?

There are even 15 year olds. The badges are pretty recent though, I thought it was just not logical that we had the 2yo but not more. Actually there are quite a lot of new badges and a "Night" theme too. 

I agree with Henry, seems like Db major but it's cool that way. The fact you improvised this is pretty impressive to me. Great job!!

Kind regards,
Daniel–Ømicrón.

Haha, you have excellent ears! I played it on a digital piano and I must have transposed it. I often play around with the key after recording to hear what it sounds like. It was meant to be C though. 

The minuet was written, it was just the middle bit that I improvised. The trio didn't sound like a trio. I really struggle to compose trios in general, they often sound like they don't belong in the piece.