Quartet in free form

So i m working on a little quartet piece and i feel like the bass line got a harsh treatment since i had no clues how to make her moove in a better way (boring writing). maybe i should study more^^.

I have also some dynamics problems with musescore4 so i did not any dynamics notations except few ones for being able to hear the voices.

its like musescore is doing the dynamic job by itself, really strange.

Hey @Louis dB,

It’s interesting the notes without a slur here is played in legato, since  ores without slurs will be assumed as non-legato! I love the energy of the piece. The F natural in b.31 to 37 should be E sharp and the C natural in b.38 and 39 should be B sharp. The B flat in b. 37 to 40 should be A sharp. The interaction of the violins is quite nice, maybe you can give the viola and cello shine more next time instead of doing all the stunt works! Thx for sharing.

Henry

On 3/10/2024 at 2:57 PM, Henry Ng Tsz Kiu said:

Hey @Louis dB,

It’s interesting the notes without a slur here is played in legato, since  ores without slurs will be assumed as non-legato! I love the energy of the piece. The F natural in b.31 to 37 should be E sharp and the C natural in b.38 and 39 should be B sharp. The B flat in b. 37 to 40 should be A sharp. The interaction of the violins is quite nice, maybe you can give the viola and cello shine more next time instead of doing all the stunt works! Thx for sharing.

Henry

 

well ty henry for your review, musescore is strange indeed. the reason you tell to change the notation is because thoses arent supposed yo be written like that in that key signature?

Hi @Louis dB!

I think in order to get Musescore to behave better and give a better rendition of this kind of string work, you should bring the level of the viola up in the mixer - right now the viola is being lost in the texture and you can't really hear it.  Also, Musesounds isn't always quite clear enough when performing certain quick lines - especially at the beginning of phrases.  I think adding some accent marks (>, or ^) to those notes will give your lines proper emphasis and will make them sound better and clearer.  Also - some of your notation is unnecessarily ugly:    Since the 16th notes on beat 2 & 3 are meant to be staccato anyway - I would just keep them as 8th notes with staccato marks - it will look nicer and won't change how the piece is performed or rendered.  Also - I'm all for ending pieces on non-tonic chords but in this case I feel like your piece doesn't feel finished.  Maybe add a ritardando?  Even if you slow down toward the end - to me it would still sound like this piece is an introductory movement and that more movements should follow.  But that may just be my personal preference.  Thanks for sharing this quaint quartet!

Peter