July 13, 20232 yr I (hope I) just finished my first ever string quartet! Shower Thoughts! Called that way because, around 7 months ago, on a nice sunday morning, I popped into the shower and this melodic line popped into my brain. It occurred to me that it would be fantastic if I turned it into a string quartet piece. Carried away, I outlined the structure of the piece while shampooing and rinsing, and as soon as I finished I ran over to the computer and started writing. Of course, the writing and composing itself wasn't so fast, because… because I got distracted by a lot of things 😐. At the time, I didn't have any intended inspiration, but in retrospective, I think I got quite influenced by Jean Rivier's first string quartet. I know, it's too short, but so are my showers, so… umm… yes. Anyway, I hope you like it! Edited July 13, 20232 yr by Fiddeou
July 13, 20232 yr Hey @Fiddeou, I like how compact this piece is! It's interesting you keep changing the opening theme, turning it from a more post tonal one (even under A minor) to something more diatonic. It's real funny with all those effects like pizz., sul tasto and sul pont, harmonics etc, even though the program doesn't play them out with satisfying sound. All the themes are more or less derived from that opening theme which consists of quartal melody and chromatic notes. The hemiola in b.19 is funny too. I think you can add some glissandos in it to make it more funny! 2 hours ago, Fiddeou said: I know, it's too short, but so are my showers, so… umm… yes. Environmentalists will love you for this! Thx for sharing! Henry
July 22, 20232 yr This piece sounds quite modern and dynamic, it's like from a movie. Apart from the rhythm itself which is powerful without being annoying, there are many techniques that make it so, such as pizzicato, tremolando and combinations of all.
July 24, 20232 yr I like the tonal colors that you got in this piece! The pizzicato part really helps with the "driving" rhythm in the piece! The violin part around 30 seconds reminds me of a melody from somewhere, but I can't remember where! Overall I really like it! Its short but it says a lot and has great energy throughout!
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