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Eddy Gp replied to Charles E Gaskell's discussion Two studies for Solo Horn

"1st piece is playable, but it's hard though. I like the way you play with the low and high registers of the French horn. In the 2nd piece you could have as well written simile instead of stating f and p all of the time."

Apr 5

Eddy Gp replied to Eddy Gp's discussion Remnants of a Glorious Empire

"Well, I didn't really think in any particular empire, but I suppose it was similar to the Mesopotamic Empire"

Mar 29

Rodney Carlyle Money replied to Eddy Gp's discussion Remnants of a Glorious Empire

":) "

Mar 28

Rodney Carlyle Money replied to Eddy Gp's discussion Remnants of a Glorious Empire

"Rome? Greek? Um... (I was going to do a crude joke on France but decided not to.) :) "

Mar 28

Eddy Gp replied to Eddy Gp's discussion Remnants of a Glorious Empire

" Ummm what do you mean? "

Mar 28

Rodney Carlyle Money replied to Eddy Gp's discussion Remnants of a Glorious Empire

"So who is the fallen empire? ~Rod"

Mar 28

Eddy Gp replied to Jonathan Senigaglia's discussion "Quiquern" - A piece for three flutes and piano

"I would have liked to have the first pages of the composition, as the pdf starts with the fourth page."

Mar 27

Eddy Gp replied to Julie Harris's discussion Soliloquy - for Flute and Piano

"A very interesting piece, and it reflects what you want to transmit. This style of music is certainly difficult to understand for common audiences, which is the hardest thing for most innovating composers nowadays; however, this piece is certainly…"

Mar 27

Eddy Gp replied to Eddy Gp's discussion Remnants of a Glorious Empire

"Oh uhh I might have clicked on like involuntarily... :|"

Mar 27

Eddy Gp replied to michael diemer's discussion Adding Dynamics

"This is almost a cliché, but it is true: you have to feel the flow of the music. I personally sing it to myself, or imagine it being performed and the "natural" way it should be sung or performed will be obvious for you…"

Mar 26

Eddy Gp posted a discussion

Remnants of a Glorious Empire

Remnants of a Glorious Empire is a piece I composed for piano which describes the remnants of a long-forgotten empire in Europe. The structure of the piece is ABA'.The first section is majestic (the tempo indication says so, "maestoso"), describing how the empire was, describing the society, the architecture and creating an atmosphere for it. It is written in the key of Db Major, one of my favourite keys due to its sonority.The second section describes the end of this empire, the destroyed…See More

Mar 26

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Eddy Gp replied to Angus Davison's discussion Is there any point writing in the style of bygone eras?

"From an analytic point of view, it may be useful: knowing the reasons someone composed like that. However, to actually produce music, I find it unoriginal, uninspiring and useless (unless you have been asked to do so, but the person who asked would…"

Mar 3

Eddy Gp replied to Jacob Royal's discussion Your FIVE favorite composers.

"1. - Beethoven 2. - Wagner 3. - Borodin 4. - Rachmaninov / Chopin / R. Strauss 5. - Dvorak / Prokofiev"

Jan 3