Katrina's new composition "Duende"

[demimondegirl]

This is not me playing it, I'm not that advanced. What do you think of the piece itself? Is it any good? Playable even?

Thanks in advance!

-Katrina

[lina rose]

I think you should practice this composition and be able to play it, i think it's really good.

[demimondegirl]

Thanks. I have started to learn the notes...very slowly.

[michel dvorsky]

Pretty cool. 

[kelly_kelly]

I like it! Definitely worth playing.

[demimondegirl]

Thanks. I am in the process.

-Katrina

[pfop61-12]

awsom piece

This is not me playing it, I'm not that advanced. What do you think of the piece itself? Is it any good? Playable even?

Thanks in advance!

-Katrina

[demimondegirl]

Thanks! I am looking for a .pdf converter for macintosh so I can upload the score. If anyone here would like to see it, let me know!

-Katrina

[thierry13]

I'd definitely like to see the score. I wonder why you would think that this could not be played ...

[demimondegirl]

Here's the score. I thought it might be very difficult to play, as I am not that good at the instrument...yet. If anyone would like to play/record it, let me know!

-Katrina

[Petter]

The thirds in the bass and then those large chords in the treble looks really hard to play but I admit I am a mere mortal. It would probably sound really cool with dynamics and slowed done some. What program did you use to convert the score, I´ve been looking for something like that. Was it done in finale?

[demimondegirl]

I did use finale. When I play through it, it is much slower than the midi. I do think it sounds cool without pedal. If you're interested, I have a few more pieces composed under the "Duende" name.

-Jage

[thierry13]

Lol well I guess this is some very unpianistic piece, and if you were a pianist you certainly would have written the same thing in a different manner, but anyways, it obviously is playable. Some things are unneccesarily awkward, and some passages are simply painful, like measures 33-36 and 37-39 ... this could have been written differently haha but anyways, it definitely is playable.

[demimondegirl]

Yes, I've been told this. Could you please tell me, because I honestly don't know, what "pianistic" means? And how I could make my piece more pianistic? Thanks!

-Jage

[thierry13]

Well for example, if you span a 15th in each hand and use chords that would take 12 fingers at a time to play, that is NOT pianistic. Pianistic is simply writting accordingly to the physical limitations of the piano/hands. You wrote some very awkward and painful things, tough they are possible. Also, you wrote in bass clef things that should have been in treble clef in the left hand, so it's very hard to read when there is like 10 lines over.

[demimondegirl]

Thanks. I can change the clef things easily, and probably can voice the chords differently and/or remove extraneous notes.

-Katrina

[thierry13]

Thanks. I can change the clef things easily, and probably can voice the chords differently and/or remove extraneous notes.

-Katrina

You should check this out at the piano with a good pianist.