Trio for Organ in A Major (2nd Movt.)

Here is the 2nd movement of a trio sonata for Organ that I am currently working on! It is more or less complete, there are some things I may change about it. Any feedback is welcomed!

Very solenne theme here, Tyler. I just have a question: Why is C clef here?

The piece flows, I am not sure where, but this is a 2nd movement of an Organ Sonata so I think I'll wait for the complete piece to be done. In any case, I enjoyed it. I myself am afraid of writing for organ due to the enormous amount of registers you have (many more than for accordion) at your disposal. Thank you for sharing.

Kind regards,
Daniel–Ømicrón.

9 hours ago, Omicronrg9 said:

Very solenne theme here, Tyler. I just have a question: Why is C clef here?

The piece flows, I am not sure where, but this is a 2nd movement of an Organ Sonata so I think I'll wait for the complete piece to be done. In any case, I enjoyed it. I myself am afraid of writing for organ due to the enormous amount of registers you have (many more than for accordion) at your disposal. Thank you for sharing.

Kind regards,
Daniel–Ømicrón.

 

Thanks for listening. For some Organ music that I studied (in particular Bach's chorale preludes) the C clef was used for the left hand. I probably could have used treble as well, but I am used to using the C clef for the left hand with organ music!

Honestly I do not know to music about the organ register myself! Unless you're were going for a specific sound, I think it would be up to the performer and whatever organ they have available to them to determine which regretters to use. I would say go for trying to write organ music, it fun stuff!

12 hours ago, Guardian25 said:

For some Organ music that I studied (in particular Bach's chorale preludes) the C clef was used for the left hand

Oh wow that's a discovery to me. I've been skimming through some:
 

Pretty epic stuff, the three clefs all on the same instrument. 

12 hours ago, Guardian25 said:

I think it would be up to the performer and whatever organ they have available to them to determine which regretters to use.

Yes, some composer friend of mine also told me about this. I suppose that I care much about registers since they are very important in many accordion pieces. I will definitely try to make some organ music soon, many thanks.

Kind regards!!

Beautiful imitation style and interesting modulations. I also like the final pedal with the upper parts conterpoint. 

It seems I need to study also Bach's chorale preludes. Thanks for posting.

9 hours ago, Guillem82 said:

Beautiful imitation style and interesting modulations. I also like the final pedal with the upper parts conterpoint. 

It seems I need to study also Bach's chorale preludes. Thanks for posting.

 

Thanks for listening! And yes Bach's chorale preludes are amazing, he makes you of a lot interesting contrapuntal techniques like having the chorale tune in canon with itself throughout a piece! Also check out his 6 Organ Trio sonatas which are some of my favorite pieces by him! Thanksgiving 

Hi @Guardian25!

Your organ samples are amazing!  This piece makes me feel like I'm in a grand church.  As far as the music is concerned, I don't find anything objectionable about the melody, harmony or counterpoint.  There's some terraced dynamics which I'm assuming an assistant would help implement for the organist?  I love the canonic imitation which leaves plenty of space for each melodic statement to speak independently of its answer.  Great contrapuntal technique!  Thanks for sharing this [sacred?] piece!

42 minutes ago, PeterthePapercomPoser said:

Hi @Guardian25!

Your organ samples are amazing!  This piece makes me feel like I'm in a grand church.  As far as the music is concerned, I don't find anything objectionable about the melody, harmony or counterpoint.  There's some terraced dynamics which I'm assuming an assistant would help implement for the organist?  I love the canonic imitation which leaves plenty of space for each melodic statement to speak independently of its answer.  Great contrapuntal technique!  Thanks for sharing this [sacred?] piece!

 

Thanks for the listen. The dynamics that you hear are not intention and are the result of the DAW that I used, for some reason it renders certain notes a certain way and I probably should look into how to "control" the notes more!

Hey @Guardian25,

I particularly love the imitative texture of the movement! Your texture here really reminds me of Bach's organ preludes. There's melancholy here and the sound effect is very nice combining with the counterpoint. Maybe just give the pedal a chance to play the melancholic theme as well! There's a parallel 8ve in b.10 though haha! The parallel fourth in b.19 can be a bit bare if there's no faxbourdon texture. For b.24 right hand maybe I will use D natural instead of D sharp even though it's D sharp in the left hand. Apart from these small details this is very enjoyable. Thx for sharing!

Henry

On 1/3/2024 at 2:57 AM, Henry Ng Tsz Kiu said:

Hey @Guardian25,

I particularly love the imitative texture of the movement! Your texture here really reminds me of Bach's organ preludes. There's melancholy here and the sound effect is very nice combining with the counterpoint. Maybe just give the pedal a chance to play the melancholic theme as well! There's a parallel 8ve in b.10 though haha! The parallel fourth in b.19 can be a bit bare if there's no faxbourdon texture. For b.24 right hand maybe I will use D natural instead of D sharp even though it's D sharp in the left hand. Apart from these small details this is very enjoyable. Thx for sharing!

Henry

 

Thanks for the feedback! I will have to update these mistakes! I really love Bach's organ works (especially his slower ones) and I really wanted to capture that feel with this piece! I am happy you enjoyed it! 🙏