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"Okay, I give up. You have proven that you are the real amateur here."
I finished a couple of chamber pieces recently, this one last month. Having given it a tart-up today, rendered it. It'll probably be part of a 3 movement work if I keep it.The strings are muted throughout. Large orchestral scores were giving me a…
"And I have no sense of octaves. Took me literally years to hear middle C (as opposed to other C's). Actually, I still can't identify middle C; I do not have perfect pitch, and any note could serve as the tonic "middle C" as far as my ears are…"
"Same, I'm glad my dad talked me out of a degree in music. Had I gone that route I would've been so turned off that I'd probably have given up composing altogether."
"I managed to get as far as Grade 5 piano before switching schools and my new teacher put me off piano for life (she was later sacked for persistent bullying) so I never took Grade 6. My only "achievement" at school was getting 100% in Grade 3 theory…"
"I can't hear the difference between a third and a sixth. Now who's the amateur? Okay, I recognize a single fault in a busy score, but that's because I'm an idiot savant. Try again."
"16 replies about the paper size of a score. Some people think that modern composers aren't that interesting, but you proved them wrong "
"Hi David. Thanks for lending your ear! (I didn't put 'fugue' in the title purposely, but forgot the link had that word:)
I appreciate your reflections - as they confirm my intention.
Thanks for your curiosity and giving 'Dear Sophie' a whirl! …"
I appreciate your reflections - as they confirm my intention.
Thanks for your curiosity and giving 'Dear Sophie' a whirl! …"
"I also didn't listen to this as a fugue as I have little or no interest in fugues but in what music can express. And in this respect, I thought this work was rather successful -- both highly integrated and often atmospheric with varying moods.…"
"Hi Ivor. (I just wrote a long reply, but it got deleted)... Thank you for offering you thoughts on this! Coincidental that you are using the Venus archetype as well! With regard to the 'formulaic' - my approach is very open or expanded. Mostly, I…"
"You can't possibly out-amateur me, I've no formal music education and never passed grade 1 piano. So whatever you come up with will probably be much more refined than I can ever hope to achieve.
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"Still, it's a nice piece of music, although I agree with you about the harmony. It's tempting to write a different version, but now that I'm retired, I consider myself an amateur, and I'm not particularly fond of amateur music. It's probably best to…"
"bar 5 I didn't like the G's in the left hand and in bar 10 I'd perhaps write F,E, G# at the beginning (although as the previous bar also starts with F, this isn't perhaps ideal). Just as one or two examples. However, when I enter the score into…"
"Haha, I rather consider this reducing mathematics to music, than the other way around. 😛
What about bars 5 and 10 do you find grating?
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What about bars 5 and 10 do you find grating?
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"An interesting and enjoyable work. It offered several impressions although I’m not listening to it as a fugue as HS Teoh writes above. At moments it was sensuous, at others seemed a struggle between polarities; sometimes abrasive, sometimes…"
" A rather ingenious idea which was quite entertaining, though to my ears there are one or two moments such as in bars 5 or 10 when the harmony grates a bit --- perhaps it's meant to -- who knows. And of course, like Rowy, I hate the idea of music…"
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