TKO!

Last blog post from me!

It was a great year! 

I expected these courses to be very difficult for me but it definitely turned out to be a positive experience.

I really did like what I wrote and I'm glad I was sort of forced into being creative and composing. I think it would've taken me a lot longer to complete the music if I didn't have this course pushing me.

I want to thank everyone for the feedback. It was greatly appreciated.

Everyone should keep composing!

Thanks again.

Have a great break.

Melissa

Round eleven. Fight!

This week I've basically been editing. I would still like to write a little more, but I'm not really concerned. I really wanted to get all the dynamics in and that sort of thing.

I presented and I got some neat suggestions. I have added some in already and some I've decided not to incorporate. Some notable ones were adding a higher cluster in the beginning part, adding a descending scalar passage into the low octave notes in the bass, and adding more to the gliss. part.

On to the most important thing I've done this week. (Not really)

Title!

My piece is now entitled Omega Centauri (NGC 5139).

If you want to see a photo of this go here:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090301.html

I absolutely love this site. 

I thought it was cool that this is the largest nearby globular cluster and my piece is based on cluster chords. I don't care if that is cheesy. 

I really wish I had better math skills so I could be an astronomer.

For now I am just a regular observer but who knows what will happen! Maybe I will be like Brian May and do both music and astronomy!

:)

Goodnight.