My Piano Sonata No.1 in G-major

[falcon1]

Hi all,

here's my new piano sonata in G-major. Hope you like it!

The movements are as follows:

00:00 - Allegro
05:24 - Adagio
10:02 - Scherzo - Trio
13:29 - Finale

Btw. Unfortunatly this isn't me playing - not that good on piano - I used GPO sound sample library and this is the Steinway piano patch.

Feel free to give any comments you like!

Enjoy!

Ps. If someone wants to get the score of this sonata, then PM me.

[jre58591]

i liked this. its nice and simple. its like a mix of hanon, czerny, and beethoven, with a little mozart added in. i look forward to more compositions of yours.

[pianistimo]

i'd like to see more rhythmic movement that is unexpected.  otherwise the setting is back in the classical era.  we live in the 21st century.  also, i'd like to see some unexpected harmonies.

you do this really well in parts of the second movement.  passage that moves down.  i would stop trying to imitate beethoven/czerny and develop a style of your own that is distinctly yours. 

WAY less repetition in rhythm, melody, and harmony.  taking the melody and moving every other note or every three notes, just to see what it would sound like.  making a few more chromatic modulations in the bridges.  going to some unusual keys.  adding some chromaticism - shortening classical forms - elongating others (you don't want even stephen movements that are all five minutes long). 

this is just my opinion.  also, i would try to use movement suggestions that are different that the typical classical ones.  instead of allegro - find some other word.  something descriptive even mood-wise.

ps  personally i'd like to hear the sonata start with the last movement and go on.  (eliminating the first three movements altogether as they currently are).

[pianistimo]

you have all the seeds for a whole sonata in the scherzo. or, even better - a theme and variations.  i hear the connection in the last movement as a modification on the theme of the scherzo.

[falcon1]

Thank you both for your comments jre and pianistimo.

pianistimo, when I wrote this I wasn't thinking about imitate other composers even though it might look like it hehe... - I just write whatever mood I'm in at the time. Having said that it's of course clear that my sonata uses the classical forms (Sonata-Allegro, Slightly modified Binary, Scherzo/trio, Rondo).

Maybe my next piano sonata will be more adventurous.

[barnowl]

I started listening to this with misgivings - that it'd be so bad to be embarrassing.

What a delightful surprise to find myself truly enjoying it.

Screw the 21st century criticism. You write well.

Thank you very much Falcon1.

[jre58591]

i would like to see a 21st century sonata from a classical/romantic-type composer. i think it would be very interesting. something along the lines of samuel barber or lowell liebermann would be fun.

[falcon1]

Thank you very much for your comment Barnowl and you too jre - we will see what I'll come up with in my next sonata

[imbetter]

I really like this, good job

I've written a few pieces myself.

Prelude in A major
Etude in C minor
Etude in E minor
Sonata in F minor
Variation on Pachabell's Cannon in D

Once I found out how to post videos I'll post a few

[cygnusdei]

falcon1, how exactly did you execute the music? I thought MIDI, but I'm not aware that you can encode dynamics and pedalling. Please do share

[falcon1]

Thanks guys!

cygnusdei, I used Sibelius to create my sonata and you can add pedal and dynamic markings there. There's a midi control (#64) called sustain which you use to simulate pedalling.
The sound library which I used is Garritan Personal Orchestra (GPO) and I used the Steinway which is included in that library. But there are many exclusive piano libraries which allows much more dynamic control than what I used.
Btw. to encode the dynamic you need to adjust the velocity of the notes either in the notation program or sequencer like Cubase or Sonar. Of course in notation programs you can add P, F etc. and the program adjusts the velocity accordingly.

[amitmis]

Hi all,

here's my new piano sonata in G-major. Hope you like it!

The movements are as follows:

00:00 - Allegro
05:24 - Adagio
10:02 - Scherzo - Trio
13:29 - Finale

Btw. Unfortunatly this isn't me playing - not that good on piano - I used GPO sound sample library and this is the Steinway piano patch.

Feel free to give any comments you like!

Enjoy!

Ps. If someone wants to get the score of this sonata, then PM me.

"I used GPO sound sample library and this is the Steinway piano patch."

What is it? where can i find it and use it too?

Thank's!

[falcon1]

hi amitmis, and sorry for not replying sooner!

You can go to www.garritan.com to get Garritan Personal Orchestra (GPO), or go to www.northernsounds.com and look for discussions about piano sample libraries.

Hope this helps.

[amitmis]

hi amitmis, and sorry for not replying sooner!

You can go to www.garritan.com to get Garritan Personal Orchestra (GPO), or go to www.northernsounds.com and look for discussions about piano sample libraries.

Hope this helps.

thank's!

[danny_sequel]

when I wrote this I wasn't thinking about imitate other composers even though it might look like it hehe... - I just write whatever mood I'm in at the time.

What a great reply !!!
That's a real musician/composer would say
Indeed, screw the 21century criticism ... there's only one total essence and style in 21century: TOTAL FREEDOM ... no limitation, no preconception, expressing you completely according to the circumstance and mood
In other words artistic honesty ... without thinking "I need to put something strange and unusual there just to show off and pretent to be original"
21century criticisers wouldn't know what's originality even if it hit them hard in the face

We can't help but being unique because even thought we develop musicality by the same musical information we all hear, we process them in unique manner, because we're all unique. You're already sound like yourself and already sound in a way that no one else will ever be able to sound. That's our human nature, we don't have to strive for fare originality ... when we're naturally unique in everything we does. Derivation is a myth for the brainless

Way to go!

[jre58591]

alistair hinton with have a field day with you, so i wont even bother replying.

[danny_sequel]

alistair hinton with have a field day with you, so i wont even bother replying.

What ?? 

[jre58591]

you heard me.

[danny_sequel]

you heard me.

really? I have no idea what you're talking about (except for mr. hinton)