Measure 34 contains too many octaves for my taste… The fifth eighth note in the left hand works better as B-flat, and the following four eighth notes I play E-C-G-B-flat to add more harmony and avoid pure octave sounds.
Oh, so, so wonderful and fantastic. Thank you so much my dear new friend Andy... Dear evening greetings from and a subscription from Switzerland, your new friend Hans-Peter
How much do you find that perfect pitch helps you compose? I want to be able to compose like this but I don't have perfect pitch. I appreciate encouragement but an honest answer would be nice if it does help a lot just to know my limits
Honestly, not much - in that even if I didn't have perfect pitch I could use relative pitch to compose in exactly the same way. You don't need perfect pitch to improvise or audiate, which are the main two skills I use when composing :)
Another wedding song-like composition, with calm and soft dynamics and lots of modulation, which makes it beautiful dan lovely (with jazzy ending (noice)). I Absolutely like it!, you should make more songs like this!, I really appreciate it🙏🏼🙏🏼
What a beautiful composition! Congratulations! I was just wondering how you went about learning the theory. Did you use any books? I remember you mentioned learning jazz theory on your own as well. How did you approach the study of it? Thanks!
Thank you! I didn't use any books; but I knew classical theory fundamentals (e.g. diatonic chords, 4-part harmony) from my time learning piano. After that I branched out into playing some jazz music, which familiarised me with jazz harmony and concepts (modes, extensions).
Thanks! Often I just do whatever feels right 😆 However, I find that I prefer forms that return to the main theme at the end-they feel more cohesive to me-so most of my pieces are some kind of ternary or rondo form. I always change up the theme when it's repeated though, so it evolves throughout the piece and doesn't just remain static after all that development. I treat it a bit like character development in a story! For overall cohesion I often base my B (secondary) themes on a small part of the main themes too. Or sometimes I have a concrete idea of what I want my themes to represent (like in Elegy, where the first theme represents mourning and grief while the second part represents love and gratitude for the time you shared, and then the last part is a synthesis of the two).
Hi, sorry for the late reply! I think anybody can start composing after learning basic music theory (chords, keys etc.) After that, keep practising and you'll develop a feel for constructing melodies and chord progressions :)
Thanks 😊Album leaves were originally written not to be published, but rather, for friends or loved ones to insert into their albums or autograph books. So, in my Albumblatts I try to capture that sort of intimacy, and the nostalgic feeling of perhaps opening an album after many years and reminiscing about the past. The melody came up as I was improvising and I thought it would be perfect for an Albumblatt :)
