Short etude for harpsichord

Hi,

I present to you my new piece - short (1 min) etude for harpsichord (a little break after my last quite long cantata :) ).

As always, advices for future or this piece are welcomed.

Etiuda.pdf

Edited Sunday at 09:49 PM4 days by Josquins turban

Hi, welcome to the Forum!
Not only as a composer, but as a harpsichordist, I find that there is too much of the same for too long. Essentially, a lot of repetition and not enough imitation/ independence. However, before I go on to elaborate, was it your intention to imitate baroque style?

Maybe a little bit yes, I think most of what I write imitate or tries to imitate baroque style, even if I don't really intend it 😆. I didn't really knew how to write something longer/with less repetition on so short "theme", that was I think main problem here...

If you could write, what could be done to achieve this, it would be very nice :)

Hi @Josquins turban ,

I tend to agree with MK, it's a little too repetitive, even if the patterns you chose, and the harmonic progressions are nice.

It somehow reminded me of Prelude No.6 by Bach - BWV 875 --> if you don't know the piece, check it out, it's interesting how much variety of rhythms and melodic materials he can use. This can definitely give you some hints.

If I had to elaborate on your work, I would typically introduce some slower melodic material in bars 4, 12... before returning to your transition material (yes, I think that's my feeling, you have good transition material, but I don't feel there is a theme sticking out...)

Thanks for sharing and do share the evolutions, I'm keen to see how you've decided to make it evolve!

Julien