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Post by keff on Nov 27, 2023 22:36:55 GMT
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Post by Zi on Nov 28, 2023 9:50:03 GMT
It's very beautiful.I can imagine dancing to that. Are the photos yours as well?
I do hope we hear more of your music! I'm not sure where you get your 'slightly dodgy' from!
PS largissimo, if you want this moved to a (slightly more) private part of the forum just say. We've got an area which only logged in members can see.
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Post by corenfa on Nov 28, 2023 13:20:06 GMT
Only listened to one track but it's rather nice, thanks for sharing!
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Post by largissimo on Dec 1, 2023 11:43:44 GMT
^Thanks, everyone, that cheered me up a bit! (I've known a few Serious Composers in my life and tend to get a bit defensive...)
Two things helped me finally get somewhere with composing. One was learning the guitar - it makes harmony less intimidating when you can treat chords as neat little pre-prepared units. The other was a slim volume called "Guide to the Practical Study of Harmony" by one Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky. Yes, that one. It covers Classical harmony and voice-leading taught through the use of figured bass. I'd bounced hard off a couple of of other harmony textbooks, but this one starts you off with situations where it's very easy to follow the "rules" and you don't have to worry about the exceptions. I worked through about half the excercises in the book, and just read the rest.
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Post by corenfa on Dec 1, 2023 12:06:38 GMT
^Thanks, everyone, that cheered me up a bit! (I've known a few Serious Composers in my life and tend to get a bit defensive...) Two things helped me finally get somewhere with composing. One was learning the guitar - it makes harmony less intimidating when you can treat chords as neat little pre-prepared units. The other was a slim volume called "Guide to the Practical Study of Harmony" by one Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky. Yes, that one. It covers Classical harmony and voice-leading taught through the use of figured bass. I'd bounced hard off a couple of of other harmony textbooks, but this one starts you off with situations where it's very easy to follow the "rules" and you don't have to worry about the exceptions. I worked through about half the excercises in the book, and just read the rest. I'm a computer programmer who just returned to composing after quite a hiatus so I'm probably... not a Serious Composer. When I was an undergraduate studying it, there was the perception that if it sounded nice and had a melody, it was fluffy. As far as I am concerned that attitude can [expletive] off and die. I did ok with conventional classical harmony but what I am trying to figure out now is what harmony do I want to use that isn't classical. I suspect I ought to study jazz harmony but at the moment I'm analysing scores of modern pieces that I like. At the moment it's the Vladigerov piano concertos |
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Post by corenfa on Dec 5, 2023 11:28:10 GMT
I'm collaborating on a composition with someone else and as part of that I have to transcribe a pop song by ear, so that's an interesting pursuit for me at the moment
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Post by Zi on Dec 5, 2023 13:26:59 GMT
wow and wow... you mean like French dictation? I'd struggle with the up and down thing let alone getting the notes right...
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Post by corenfa on Dec 5, 2023 16:16:03 GMT
wow and wow... you mean like French dictation? I'd struggle with the up and down thing let alone getting the notes right... I can't speak French so I've no idea what that entails.. Transcription for me involves having a Bluetooth earphone in one ear, and headphones over that so I can play along. Then I "just" have to write it down |
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Post by Zi on Dec 5, 2023 16:27:26 GMT
Yes, that's like French dictation (or any language dictation really - at least one you don't know so well that it holds no fears!) I really, really, really like the "just" - even with the inverted commas!
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Post by corenfa on Dec 5, 2023 18:52:09 GMT
Yes, that's like French dictation (or any language dictation really - at least one you don't know so well that it holds no fears!) I really, really, really like the "just" - even with the inverted commas! yes... Because it's a really simple task that's also simultaneously quite difficult... |
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Post by Zi on Dec 5, 2023 19:03:43 GMT
That 'quite difficult' has made me smile. I'd find it impossible! I'm seriously impressed. I bet it feels good though when you've done it!
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Post by corenfa on Dec 5, 2023 23:09:59 GMT
That 'quite difficult' has made me smile. I'd find it impossible! I'm seriously impressed. I bet it feels good though when you've done it! Yes, I am pleased with the result. I'll see what my friend does with it now... |
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Post by largissimo on Dec 8, 2023 15:02:44 GMT
corenfa - I've now listened to both versions of "Into the Unknown Regions." Seriously impressed! The style reminds me of Vaughan Williams' 5th symphony a bit.
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Post by corenfa on Dec 17, 2023 17:56:03 GMT
corenfa - I've now listened to both versions of "Into the Unknown Regions." Seriously impressed! The style reminds me of Vaughan Williams' 5th symphony a bit. Thank you... I do like Vaughan Williams so if that's the comparison, I'm honoured. Must go and listen to the 5th Symphony now. Have been corresponding with my aforementioned composer friend who showed me something with a really interesting idea- a piece that comprises a motif that starts in D and ends in D flat, then meant to be repeated, transposed down a semitone each time, until you stop in D an octave lower. He said in reality you'd probably want to stop before 12 repetitions. |
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Post by largissimo on Dec 21, 2023 18:06:13 GMT
This week I finished a piano piece that uses a melody I've been struggling with since I was 16! (It has mutated a couple of times along the way.) I have a knack for coming up with tunes that are beyond my abilities to harmonise, so this was extremely satisfying.
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