• My own composition, a sonata.
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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L80RGF9criU[/media] This is just the first/second movement. What say you?
Fix your dynamics, it'S aS iF someONE is CoN STAntly TalKING iN CAPS It might sound really good if you didn't use MIDI. The chords are pretty simple (which isn't a bad thing at all), but then usually they are played beautifully. Now you have MIDI sounds AND simple chords, and the melody is too silent and messed up dynamics so it all kinda sucks (I mean they hold the full potential back...) [editline]04:19PM[/editline] Also the 2nd part is kinda unclear, it appears unfinished because some notes aren't harmonized, so it sounds weird because one moment you hear dark chords and then all of the sudden only one tone... The rhythm in the ending is also unclear, do you wish to make some kind of 'grand finale' à la Chopin/Beethoven?
I know the dynamics are bad, but that's because I have troubles using the program. And the second part is supposed to be a bit unclear actually. And yeah the end was very bad, I give you that. Keep in mind that this is just a very simple version of what I have in mind, it didn't turn out the way I wanted to and whenever I am pleased with the results (Right now I am composing on my piano and not with midi). It's gonna take a while though as I am working on some technical exercises. Thanks for your criticism by the way.
I like the first part! Second is just :goleft:
What program do you use? Do you use some sort of line out to your computer?
I'll start with a compliment: You kept the music simple - you didn't overuse your musical devices. Good! You even inserted a motif that you carried through the piece. Read up on your music theory and form. I don't know what you intend for your form, but there's so many options. I hate to tell someone to fit the mold, but that's kind of part of writing pieces in a classical style (fyi, movements need some kind of resolution, which your second movement really didn't have). As far as music theory goes, if I'm not mistaken, and I might be given that my ear isn't as well trained as I would like it to be (and the quality throws me), you're using a lot of motion in parallel 8ths and 5ths. It's highly uncommon in music from the classical period. True, it is a sonata which means you may choose to double the root as you would in a vocal arrangement. That, however, does not mean you should move from octave to octave as you might 3rd to 3rd, 4th to 4th, 6th to 6th, or 7th to 7th. Which brings me to another point. Your 'conflictive' point in the piece takes it's angrier tone from little more than a low pitch and forceful keystrokes. True anger is best heard in the use of the 2nd. Keep that in mind as you arrange your chords around it. Also, for any other kind of negative emotion then make use of adding dissonance on top of earlier motiffs, changing key, and creating new motiffs. Just remember to not overcomplicate!
[QUOTE=Number-41;21021508]What program do you use? Do you use some sort of line out to your computer?[/QUOTE] Sibelius (6)
And did you play it IRL and used the MIDI out linked to Sibelius? Or did you just wrote it in Sibelius? May I see the Sibelius file anyway?
[QUOTE=Number-41;21033653]And did you play it IRL and used the MIDI out linked to Sibelius? Or did you just wrote it in Sibelius? May I see the Sibelius file anyway?[/QUOTE] I got the basic idea from my own piano, but I wrote it in sibelius. And no you cannot see the file because I didn't save it. (I didn't bother because I will revise this, as a matter of fact I am revising it... completely) [editline]03:28PM[/editline] As a matter of fact I can't get my things right when I compose it in sibelius because always something goes wrong, and the effect I wanted on p2 turned out shit. I will probably record myself playing my newer works.
Oh okay :) Though I'd really love to see it when you are done. There's a huge importance in how you voice stuff, it can really make the difference between ugly or beautiful sounds...
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