Beginnings of the Second Composition project.
I have a sense of completion after my last composition project. I went to staples and had it bound, and now t is finished and looking very professional. I like the sence of completion and achievement that I get because of this project being done.
Now for the second task! Figuring out what cliché to use for my second project. We were told to think of a musical cliché and then use it to create a piece revolving and evolving around it.
I wanted to boo this work on something that interested me so I was messing around with a few ideas. I landed on Brass Band Music. I have (and still do) played with different brass band groups mainly with the Salvation Army. And there are specific stereotypical roles for each instrument. I thought I would play with that idea a little bit in this composition. Perhaps take the instruments out of their normal roles and put them into a new one! Ah yes... I like that idea.
Instrumentation:
Cornet
Alto Horn
Trombone
I am presenting my beginning idea in class tomorrow!
See you then!
-Melissa
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Monday, October 13, 2008
Revisions...
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope you're all enjoying midterm break! I know I am. I just got home from Gander late last night. And today I am getting back to some school work.
I am beginning the revisions for my character pieces. This involves adding details such as dynamics and simple edits to my pieces. The majority of my revisions are coming out of my second piece. I am changing the motive I used at the beginning to make it a little more unpredictable. I am varying the rhythm, and the play between the piano and the tuba. I also need to come up with some names for these pieces. I think that picking one word to describe each piece is going to be difficult. I am also picky about this sort of thing, and I want to make sure it is exactly right for what I have written.
I hope your belly's are full! I'm about to take a break from my work to eat my thanksgiving supper! mmmmm.
-Melissa
I am beginning the revisions for my character pieces. This involves adding details such as dynamics and simple edits to my pieces. The majority of my revisions are coming out of my second piece. I am changing the motive I used at the beginning to make it a little more unpredictable. I am varying the rhythm, and the play between the piano and the tuba. I also need to come up with some names for these pieces. I think that picking one word to describe each piece is going to be difficult. I am also picky about this sort of thing, and I want to make sure it is exactly right for what I have written.
I hope your belly's are full! I'm about to take a break from my work to eat my thanksgiving supper! mmmmm.
-Melissa
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Phase one about to come to a close...
Composition has far more steps than I ever thought. I was naive enough to think that you just sat down and wrote down and wrote a piece and that was it. I had no idea that there were so many dimensions to the process before.
As intimidating as it may be sometimes, I think having your pieces played in class is one of the most important steps in this composition process. It is very interesting to hear what others have to say about your ideas. Everyone catches something different that maybe you didn't hear, as well as ideas about how to improve upon your composition.
My last piece was written in an attempt to finish off my set of character pieces with a bang sort to speak. I noticed that my other two pieces were missing something that most of my other class mates have already achieved. Energy. I mean, I guess my other two pieces had a different sort of energy, but my last one I wanted to be exciting and energetic, but in a mean unapologetic sort of way. I used a lot of sixteenth notes in the piano and tuba to add to the energy I wanted. I also tried to use a motive again (which I did in my other 2 pieces) however this time I was mindful to use it in a different way, and an unexpecting way every time. I think in my second piece I took Dr. Ross's advice to heart a little too much (with my repeated motive 5 times in a row, the same way every time). So hopefully nobody will suspect where this piece is going!
Completing the first whole assignment with all these epiphanies makes me very satisfied. I am very glad this course turned out to be like nothing like I thought it would be!
-Melissa
As intimidating as it may be sometimes, I think having your pieces played in class is one of the most important steps in this composition process. It is very interesting to hear what others have to say about your ideas. Everyone catches something different that maybe you didn't hear, as well as ideas about how to improve upon your composition.
My last piece was written in an attempt to finish off my set of character pieces with a bang sort to speak. I noticed that my other two pieces were missing something that most of my other class mates have already achieved. Energy. I mean, I guess my other two pieces had a different sort of energy, but my last one I wanted to be exciting and energetic, but in a mean unapologetic sort of way. I used a lot of sixteenth notes in the piano and tuba to add to the energy I wanted. I also tried to use a motive again (which I did in my other 2 pieces) however this time I was mindful to use it in a different way, and an unexpecting way every time. I think in my second piece I took Dr. Ross's advice to heart a little too much (with my repeated motive 5 times in a row, the same way every time). So hopefully nobody will suspect where this piece is going!
Completing the first whole assignment with all these epiphanies makes me very satisfied. I am very glad this course turned out to be like nothing like I thought it would be!
-Melissa
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