Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Raw, Resorted
Keep in mind there are couple mistakes in this performance, but overall he does a nice job.
Two more weeks roughly until I need to have some more of this cello piece done. It may sound tangential at times (intentional, innate) but is actually all based on slowly mutating sonorities---double stops low on the cello, morphing, not progressing, more like slithering---that I wrote last year. Granted these sonorities don't get repeated verbatim, but I stuck pretty well to the foundation, only straying from it for musicality, order, reorder and unpredictability.
At some point, second or third time through the chord mutation, I stretch each chord out to 3 measures instead of 1, this allowed me to have a lot of fun with superimposing different scales and suggesting various tone centers in and about the chords that were either too ambiguous prior, or just lacking color (Perfect 5th), melodic accompaniment, or movement when by their lonesome.
I have have nice pastorale in the works that is a contrast to the Ländlermazurkuation in that it's a more of a theme and variation on a melody than a variation on a sonority mutation (or more traditionally, a chord progression, see chacone). That being said, this pastorale is much sweeter and more tranquil. I feel that in addition to finishing that, I need to compose at least 2 or more little pithy little dances/movements to complete what I've done so far.
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I really enjoyed listening to this piece. I especially like the section at about 4 minutes to 4:45. I like the way a theme is established then varied slightly each time, at least to my un-educated ear that's what I am hearing. Nice work!
Thanks. Your ear's right, at measure 95 there is that little nod to the chosen ones, and I toss out a quarter note (or add a measure of two four in with a three four groove, your ear may actually hear a grouping of five). I'll upload the score perhaps.
I do something similar at measure 66 (3:05)there is that D pedal tone episode that goes from triplets in three four time, to nine eight then back again to three four, the the next time it goes to eight eight before going back to the pulsing triplets in three four again, instead of the anticipated.
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