May 9, 200718 yr I am new here! This is my latest, finally finished piece. It's called "Edna" as a reference to Kate Chopin's The Awakening, which this piece reminded me of once it was finished. I also have some notes added in the score a la Erik Satie. I don't know if it's any good or if it really belongs here in this category but I didn't feel sure about where to put it and "Other" seemed as good a place as any. Comments would be really, really, really appreciated. breath.MUS breath.MID
May 9, 200718 yr I am not usually a fan of slower pieces but this is beautiful. Keep up the good work. I am confused as to how you are new here, yet you have been a member for over a year. Regardless,...... welcome. I would have posted this in Chamber music.
May 9, 200718 yr 1. Lovely, lovely, lovely. 2. I love what you have done with the piano (LH). 3. The only negative feedback I have to give, is that (it seemed to me) you tend to keep all players (apart from the pianist) unoccupied for very long. 4. Definitely chamber music. 5. You should arrange a live performance. This piece would sound great.
May 14, 200718 yr Author Thank you for the positive feedback! I think I signed up for an account a year ago but I don't believe I ever actually posted anything so I'm new as an active member haha. I have considered that too, how I tend to keep only a few players at a time going, but I'm not really sure how to fix it without cluttering things. *shrugs*
May 14, 200718 yr I have considered that too, how I tend to keep only a few players at a time going, but I'm not really sure how to fix it without cluttering things. *shrugs* Yes, this is a problem that I also face quite often. Let me offer some suggestions: 1) You could try to establish a quiet, sustained, harmonic background. You could use simple guide tones. 2) You could double some notes of the melody which you want to emphasize. 3) You could double the melody an octave below or harmonize it in 3rds or 6ths, where appropriate. 4) You could use pizz strings, or staccato winds to provide a 'percussive', rhythmic background. 5) Create semi-contrapuntal answers to the primary melody, when the primary melody breathes. Hope it helps.
