April 23, 200718 yr I spent the last week or so writing this piece off and on in my free time; it's a piano trio which I ended up calling "Riding the Ancient Hudson" (sorry everyone, I suck at naming pieces; at least I don't have any children to name yet:whistling: ). Anyway, some of it I spent time working out, and other parts I just threw together by basically improvising because I'm lazy; some of the weak parts are pretty obvious, but it's not all that bad. Anyway, the name of the piece comes from a combination of my personal experiences with the Hudson River and the majestic paintings done by those of the Hudson River school of art. Basically it just reminded me of the beauty of nature and all that jazz. I'd highly appreciate any feedback on this piece. One thing I thought might have ended up a little too weird was the amount of modulation between the minor and major keys for such a short piece. Also, The piano played similar variations of the same theme throughout most of the piece (again, laziness on my part). Well, tell me if you think these weaknesses stick out or if they're not really weaknesses at all. Listen to it here.
April 28, 200718 yr This song had a good centered melody ,but It is lacking a climax. Make more dynamic changes ,and a good beginning. First impressions stick. I felt that the ending was different ( witch is good) ,but that it lacked power. Toward the end you had cords just being played and held. You could add a counter part to the cords and slow it down then do your ending. That would will in those gapes. You might also spice up your song a bit with a new melody or a key change. I felt sometimes that your song was just there with the melody hidden some where. This song could be made into something with some work. Good Luck!!!
April 28, 200718 yr I listened to the piece and then read your comments. Its interesting to note that I pictured myself on a cliff over looking a river and or just contemplating a painting of a river. So i say you accomplished your goal.
April 29, 200718 yr The beginning seemed a little too simple, but the melody was wonderful. Maybe build up the piece slowly with other new voices in the back into a climax. Nice piece.
April 30, 200718 yr Author Hey everyone, glad you liked my piece. I have to admit that the ending where I just held out the chords was kind of a cop-out on my part. I had the idea for the chord progression and then just never got around to making anything out of it.:D Perhaps I'll go back to this piece now that I have some suggestions and make it a little better.
