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Assignment 5
(Extracts from my diary while writing this piece) I’ve been working with several ideas and listening to some popular songs that used a variety of chords. So what did I start with? I went back to two pieces I’ve always … Continue reading
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Project 14
Improvisation on a dominant This one is strongly based on a motif I’m trying my little parrot to learn (abc-ace… – so far unsuccessfully). It begins with just an insinuation of the chord (a 9th one on the first bar, … Continue reading
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Project 13 – cadences
Project 13-a: F major For the first cadence, I started with a mere alternation of voices, in a melismatic way, then to aim to the chord of tonic by adding an interval to the chord of dominant in each new … Continue reading
Project 12 – two inventions
Invention 1 For the first attempt, I wanted to put some “tropical air” to a technique some consider heavier. To get that tropical breeze, I chose the flute and the marimba (a friend of mine from Guatemala loves it, so … Continue reading
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Listening to Bach (project 12)
Invention No 4 in D minor, BWV 775 Also called Praeambulum 2 (see note 1 at end), it is very easy to follow the motif of this one. It starts with the 6 notes of the scale, and instead of playing … Continue reading
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Project 11
Part A I guess I’m trying to think in a tonal way, this exercise is quite difficult for me. I can’t find it’s tonal center or how to develop it. It’s one of those that one gets stuck with. I … Continue reading
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Changing Assignment 3
I must agree with my tutor that it was not a good idea to start with all voices at once, as the listener can get easily or totally lost. I made the same mistake when I was composing other pieces … Continue reading
Project 10
“The task is to make three independent melodic lines fit together to form a little polyphonic piece […]. The triad at the outset and at the end of the exercise should be the same, though it could be in a different … Continue reading
Project 9 – Descants
The task is “to devise an interesting descant for three of the tunes from the selection […] You can also add percussion“. Project 9-A I know: I said “up to Purcell, I didn’t like canons”. I forgot to mention the … Continue reading
Project 8 – rounds
I’ve realized I haven’t been uploading any work recently. This was partly because I listened more and wrote less, and partly because I wasn’t very satisfied with the results of my music writing. Here follows some of the music I’ve … Continue reading
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