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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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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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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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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
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
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
Project 7
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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