Monthly Archives: October 2012

I wanted to combine again the clarinet with the Eastern European scale to depict a group of ambulant artists, their day (A), their night (B). The Autumn landscape they go through (C) could be on a pentatonic scale, symbolizing both … Continue reading →

Posted on 24/10/2012 by otolio | Leave a comment

Generally speaking, there was some information I knew about woodwinds, but I was not conscious about – so it was like it was not there. Of course, there were many other facts I didn’t have a clue about. Some of … Continue reading →

Posted on 23/10/2012 by otolio | Leave a comment

Project 7

Posted on 21/10/2012 by otolio

Use each of the nine scales in Example 25 to compose a melodic line of a few bars, exploring the special characteristics of each tone […]. Vary the instruments. A- Whole-tone I + flute The whole-tone scale, when used alone, lacks … Continue reading →

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During my last piano lesson, my friend & teacher Sergey asked me to play one piece from Béla Bartók’s Mikrokosmos in which one hand plays in F Maj and the other one in F min, exchanging their roles afterwards. I … Continue reading →

Posted on 19/10/2012 by otolio | Leave a comment

Project 6

Posted on 17/10/2012 by otolio

[…] make your own analysis of how the end result has been achieved. You can always draw something from the experience of other composers. If possible, ask a friend or colleague to play one of the pieces. Your brief written … Continue reading →

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