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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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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

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