Microtonal Violin Sonatina in B

I've concocted yet another short microtonal experiment, this time inspired by @Henry Ng Tsz Kiu's Violin Sonata he wrote recently for his friend @expert21.  I wanted to continue this with a B section in another key/meter before returning to the A material, but it ended up sounding pretty conclusive to me at the end.  But let me know what you think!  Maybe I'll make another movement?  I would appreciate any comments, suggestions, critiques or just observations you may have!  This is entirely in 24 tet.  Thanks for listening!

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I've concocted yet another short microtonal experiment, this time inspired by @Henry Ng Tsz Kiu's Violin Sonata he wrote recently for his friend @expert21.  I wanted to continue this with a B section in another key/meter before returning to the A material, but it ended up sounding pretty conclusive to me at the end.  But let me know what you think!  Maybe I'll make another movement?  I would appreciate any comments, suggestions, critiques or just observations you may have!  This is entirely in 24 tet.  Thanks for listening!

Very nice, in some parts it kinda sound like an old recording.  Very good!

Are you happy with the microtonal piano sounds? I wonder if using some sort of E-piano or synth would give your pieces something different to offer, as you could mimic a lumatone or whatever else is out there. I know there are microtonal harpsichords and pianos, but they're so unpractical. 

I just checked fiverr and no one offers lumatone lol. Dang. I'm just brainstorming because you clearly have so much interest in microtonal music, I'm just trying to think of other outlets available.

I've kind of vicariously lived through your microtonal studies, silently judging what I like and dislike about it's uses for my own music, so thank you for that haha 😄 

The music overall felt comical and maybe slightly cheesy, but I think that's just the nature of using so many microtones within your harmonic context. That's not to say I didn't like it, it was fun 🙂 

Nice job Peter, looking forward to hearing more

...or maybe something big you have brewing in the works...

2 hours ago, Thatguy v2.0 said:

Are you happy with the microtonal piano sounds? I wonder if using some sort of E-piano or synth would give your pieces something different to offer, as you could mimic a lumatone or whatever else is out there.

Afaik a lumatone is mostly used as a midi controller (even though I think it has its own built-in sound also).  There is no synth sound that I would prefer to piano that wouldn't just function as a substitute for a string ensemble.  Maybe I could just write for a solo instrument with string orchestra?  With this piece, I conceived of it as a piece for solo monophonic (acoustic) instrument and accompanying polyphonic (acoustic) instrument, kinda like for the Dreamscapes competition.

3 hours ago, Thatguy v2.0 said:

I've kind of vicariously lived through your microtonal studies, silently judging what I like and dislike about it's uses for my own music, so thank you for that haha 😄

You're welcome!  I'm glad you're benefitting from it!

3 hours ago, Thatguy v2.0 said:

The music overall felt comical and maybe slightly cheesy, but I think that's just the nature of using so many microtones within your harmonic context. That's not to say I didn't like it, it was fun 🙂

I'm actually using microtones very lightly in this.  I use some microtonal passing and neighboring tones in addition to sub-minor 3rds and sub-minor 7ths.  But I definitely consider this a microtonal-lite style in that it's both easy to apply and not that complex to understand.  Thanks for your reply!

26 minutes ago, PeterthePapercomPoser said:

Afaik a lumatone is mostly used as a midi controller (even though I think it has its own built-in sound also).  There is no synth sound that I would prefer to piano that wouldn't just function as a substitute for a string ensemble.  Maybe I could just write for a solo instrument with string orchestra?  With this piece, I conceived of it as a piece for solo monophonic (acoustic) instrument and accompanying polyphonic (acoustic) instrument, kinda like for the Dreamscapes competition.

Ah interesting. I mentioned the lumatone since their performers might be looking for new music from current composers... it would be cool if someone performed or recorded for you! Couldn't hurt to market it for a wider audience and all

I absolutely love this! Very charming, and you bring out the instruments really well. The dynamics, rhythm + microtones make this a fun and eerie melody to listen to.

hello peter,

long time no see, I can see you are really delving into your experimental side. You’ve also managed to incorporate artificial harmonics and sul ponticello into your short piece, which comes across quite well. My only gripe is the main theme itself, while memorable I think there should be a lead in into the second phrase, as to maintain its momentum. 
 

great job making full use of the resources musescore has to offer. I am excited to hear how you develop your individual voice, as you dig deeper into complicated musical techniques.