Round three. Fight!

So I edited the first part of my piece. 

It took me a very long time to do.

My had showed my piece to my friend to get some criticism and he had said that it lacked direction.

I feel like it's way more clearer than it was at first.

I did like what I had written but I understand that realistically I needed to be clearer.

The comments I received reaffirmed that it was indeed a lot clearer than it was the first time.

I was also told to watch the register of the flute and to make sure the marimba part doesn't get too complex. (It needs to be playable! Unlike everything I write.) :)

Also, it was suggested that I should flutter tongue the second line in the flute part. I really liked that idea.

Anyways, I feel like I'm off to a decent start now.

I am not sure what aleatoric elements I'll be using but I definitely want something in there.

I'm hoping to finish this piece fairly quickly so that I can started on the next one. Writing for concert band/orchestra scares the crap out of me.

Anyways,

good work by all so far!

'night! :)

Round two. Fight!

So I presented what I had written today.

Overall I like what I'm writing. I knew I wanted to base my composition on "The Giving Tree" but I didn't know how.

I just started writing and it seemed to fit perfectly.

I was really unsure of the instrumentation I wanted but I think what I have now is absolutely perfect.

Some comments from today were:

- My piece sounds breezy and like it is set in a forest or a garden. [Goal achieved. :)]

- The instrumentation is perfect for what I'm trying to achieve.

- The break between the two sections was good.

-Using different mallets to get different sounds (I think this would be a cool idea although I'm not familiar with mallets and percussion at all.

-Getting my score to a percussionist ASAP because it seems like it might be tricky.

I am really excited about writing this piece.

Hopefully it'll work out alright. :)

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Round one. Fight!

I'm not totally sure if this is going to work or not. (Meaning - if it will show up in the 3100 section)

Oh well.

I presented in class yesterday. 

I liked the chords that I had written, but my scale ended up being two pentatonic or something.

Ugh.

I'm going to try again until I come up with something a little more original that will work.

Hopefully we'll find out what instruments we'll be using because I think that's very important to know before actually sitting down and writing anything.

I am incredibly nervous about the concert band composition.

Just thought I'd throw that out there.

:)

One more thing!

I was asked today if I would play in one of the Newfound Music concerts and I accepted.

I will be playing Metamorphosis 3 if anyone wants to come hear a beautiful piece by one of my favorite composers (if not my favorite).