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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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Tagged assignment, cryptography, cyclic chord progression, phobia, piano, woodwind
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Assignment 4
Introduction As opposed to my project 12, this one will (hopefully) be less demanding to the listener. This was one of the goals I wanted to achieve. The device I used most is the imitation, with a smaller presence of … Continue reading
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Tagged analysis, assignment, clarinet, counterpoint, invention, percussion, tuned percussion, vibraphone, woodwind
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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
Reflections on Assignment 2
My tutor, Patric Standford, asked me whether I could double the duration of my Assignment 2 while keeping it concise, or as a compositional whole. I had some ideas already while working on it, namely, I would definitely add some … Continue reading
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
Assignment 1
Introduction Some extracts from the outline for Assignment 1: “First choose your instruments – at least one from each of the three main groups”. We can observe there is still one main group that has not been represented, namely the … Continue reading
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Tagged assignment, dance, percussion, variable metre
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