Ten Preludes for Piano

This is a project I have slowly worked on for about a year. Thoughts/comments/criticisms welcome. Edit: I have cleaned the scores up a lot.

Prelude No. 1.pdf Prelude No. 2.pdf Prelude No. 3.pdf Prelude No. 4.pdf Prelude No. 5.pdf Prelude No. 6.pdf Prelude No. 7.pdf Prelude No. 8.pdf Prelude No. 9.pdf Prelude No. 10.pdf

Hey, these seem very nice! I will check them out. Already "liked" them, I can just tell from glancing at a few of them...Yes, I'm worried about my best friend Jackie, wheezing/breathing problems, but she is probably ok; needs her Albuterol/Ventolin inhaler. I'll probably get some beer to help calm my nerves and listen; after all, my own music sounds better to me after a couple beers!😆(I sure don't want to hear my sonata again unless I know she's OK, it's about her! I had to listen so many times to edit, anyway, seeing that I can't even play piano.)

Edited Friday at 06:40 PM5 days by Churchcantor

Thank you for taking the time to listen and comment 🙂

Wow!! These are great! I only wished that you posted these separately, as I hope these pieces get the attention they deserve being all together.

1. I love this one, the drama in it is set up nicely with the climax, and the chord colors are wonderful.

2. Great too, I maybe would have made bar 46 twice as long to really set up the cadence.

3. Beautiful in it's simplicity, I like that you spread out the difficulty in the set, letting some be much easier to play than others. It gives a better flow to the pieces as a whole as well.

4. Part of the arpeggios are in the right hand, correct? I would have notated that in the score. I really like the drama in this, and even though it wasn't my favorite theme, you developed this really well. I like the texture change in the middle.

5. Lol mock serious swagger :D This was super fun! The jazziness was a welcome change after the first 4 pieces. What about marking "freely" at bar 27? Do you want the RH rhythms right on the dot? Or is there an improvisatory aspect you're going for? It might be cool to let the player syncopate the rhythms to go with the steady walking bass.

6. I like that this one broke away from the ABA style, I like the evolving part of the form.

7. like an ABAB, textures markings the sections. I really like those ethereal RH figures with the low bass.

8. Awesome fun! Kind of reminded me a bit of Baba Yaga, Mussorgsky piece. The ffffff is kind of excessive, but I'm guessing it's for playback purposes. Loved this one!

9. Much needed after number 8, as overall these preludes are on the heavier side. It sounds sweeter to my ears after the last one.

10. Ended with a bang, the drama is great here!

I must say, that overall I really loved the order of this set. Not sure how intentional it is, but it really made listening to this as a set more fun and enjoyable. Your talent is massive, I wish we heard more from you! Life is busy, but I'm glad you find the time to stop by and share what you've been working on.

There's some small editing errors, nothing major that jumped out at me (copyright 2025, stuff like that).

Your style is right up my alley, and I immensely enjoyed these. Thanks for sharing, friend.