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Slow pieces were always the hardest things for me to compose, particularly when they're in major. My brother challenged me to write an impressionistic piece though, using Debussy's Clair de Lune as inspiration. This then, is that piece. It's a complete reversal of style for me, and I like it quite a lot. It's in a Rondo form. Oh, and this is the second movement also to my submission this month to the 
furrymusicians contest. I hope you guys like it; the third movement will be up later this week.
First movement - Allegro
Third movement - Rondo
For a complete directory of my classical music pieces, click here.
furrymusicians contest. I hope you guys like it; the third movement will be up later this week.First movement - Allegro
Third movement - Rondo
For a complete directory of my classical music pieces, click here.
Category Music / Classical
Species Unspecified / Any
Size 120 x 120px
File Size 9.29 MB
I sympathise with you entirely here; impressionism is difficult to do well. You have to discard solid music and let it float almost (take 'La Mer', for example, which doesn't really have a form of any kind, but just flows like the ocean it descibes). To write a sonata in that style would I think be impossible for that reason.
3:20 is a great example of what this piece needs more of: moments of relfection, of stillness. The first movement is all action, and I assume the rondo third will be also, so the second really needs to slow it down and take a deep breath. Since you're aiming for the late romantic here, you can get away with massive pauses and singular voices, discarding the broken chord base would really give it that tranquil feel, perhaps just using a base note on every first and third beat (like a very slow 'Raindrop'), which would compliment the free and light melodic line. That is what i expected with the introduction, but was instead the broken chord baseline enters and dives the piece forward relentlessly.
From what music of yours I heard, you have a penchant for the chaotic and action packed styles of high baroque, which spills into this piece a little awkwardly. While the harmonies and melodies are very good, the dynamics of the piece don't reflect them. I would love to hear what this piece sounds like without the left hand, I'm certain the right would stand very well by itself, with only minimal support from the left.
Also, 2:35 sounds very famliar to Rydia's theme from FFIV =P
3:20 is a great example of what this piece needs more of: moments of relfection, of stillness. The first movement is all action, and I assume the rondo third will be also, so the second really needs to slow it down and take a deep breath. Since you're aiming for the late romantic here, you can get away with massive pauses and singular voices, discarding the broken chord base would really give it that tranquil feel, perhaps just using a base note on every first and third beat (like a very slow 'Raindrop'), which would compliment the free and light melodic line. That is what i expected with the introduction, but was instead the broken chord baseline enters and dives the piece forward relentlessly.
From what music of yours I heard, you have a penchant for the chaotic and action packed styles of high baroque, which spills into this piece a little awkwardly. While the harmonies and melodies are very good, the dynamics of the piece don't reflect them. I would love to hear what this piece sounds like without the left hand, I'm certain the right would stand very well by itself, with only minimal support from the left.
Also, 2:35 sounds very famliar to Rydia's theme from FFIV =P
I suppose you could say the feel I was going for with the moving left hand is similar to that of At Zanarkand from FFX. It was originally scored with block chords, but I decided it held the rhythmic structure too rigid, so I broke them up to allow for free form. This is also yet another example of my synthesizer not living up to the quality of the piece. In a live performance (which you shall hear eventually) there will be profoundly more expression, as this type of piece requires. Though you do have a point that even my slow pieces tend to have a lot going on. I'm less experienced with that type of writing, and as you point out I have a penchant for the chaotic. Some things I hope to sort out when I undergo formal training...
ah Rondo form, i do love it for some odd reason.
maybe it's because i used to write poems in a form of rondo hmm. i dunno.
i loved this movement i must say xD. and if im not mistaken you varied your first episode a little each time yes? that certainly made it more interesting. I also liked how you built the tension nearer the end. it was well done in my opinion.
maybe it's because i used to write poems in a form of rondo hmm. i dunno.
i loved this movement i must say xD. and if im not mistaken you varied your first episode a little each time yes? that certainly made it more interesting. I also liked how you built the tension nearer the end. it was well done in my opinion.
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