Cantabile in G Minor - Original Composition

[ajlongspiano]

Hope you guys like this little piece I wrote yesterday. It took me a couple of hours in total to compose. I wrote the melody a long time ago and wanted to do something with it. My goal in music to write something personable and relatable to others from an emotional standpoint. Composing is also a great catharsis for me. I hope my work is enjoyable to you.

God bless,

- Aj

[deandeblock]

I don't know much about music theory... but I like it. You definitely understand how it works to put a piece together...


I would say...  It sounds like I've heard it before and is not something new.

use this knowledge in a more modern piece (perhaps with some electronic instruments) 

Take care!

[mjames]

I love it man! Finally some pieces that actually sound like they were written with a piano.

Don't listen to the other user. You don't have to conform to modern tastes. Write what you want to write.

[brocklanders]

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[deandeblock]

Don't listen to the other user. You don't have to conform to modern tastes. Write what you want to write.

This is kind of rude, of course he writes what he wants and it is good! I was just giving a suggestion, no need to diss me like that

[michael_sayers]

This is very nice music.

Maybe what deandeblock was getting at is that to write harmonically old fashioned music in 2015, and have it not have sound reminiscent of any past composer's voice, is very difficult.

That said, I think that here you achieved at times a significant degree of "escape velocity" from this issue.

I am curious about the grace notes, as to if you think placement on or before the beat is definitely better, or if you think it is something one might vary and maybe even within an individual performance or recording of the music.

[stevensk]

Nice little pastisch from 19th century! 

[ajlongspiano]

Thanks so much for the comments everyone! Michael, for this particular piece I prefer on the beat. Usually in romantic tradition you play grace notes on the beat. But personally, this is an exception.

[michael_sayers]

Hi ajlongspiano,

I've wanted to think about this for a while before posting on it.  It isn't about the music as such, but rather about the notation.  Something doesn't seem right about measures 59 - 61.  Maybe you have some thoughts or feelings on this?  Or maybe it is exactly as you want it with the notation, and for three measures, and matching what you want to be expressed?

I am thinking that at least one fermata needs to be involved somewhere, rather than using three measures . . . then the pianist, based on the sustain of the piano and other things, can decide how long a hold is necessary and/or appropriate before proceeding.

Do you have any thoughts on this?


Mvh,
Michael

[pianoguy711]

Maybe what deandeblock was getting at is that to write harmonically old fashioned music in 2015, and have it not have sound reminiscent of any past composer's voice, is very difficult.

Not sure what you mean by "harmonically old fashioned"? this piece is more harmonically complex than most songs on the radio.  What is the current fashion of piano composition?

Anyway, I liked the piece! I feel that there's still more exploration you could do with it if you choose.  It's very difficult to find a unique "voice" with the composers of old casting long shadows over us.

[michael_sayers]

Not sure what you mean by "harmonically old fashioned"? this piece is more harmonically complex than most songs on the radio.  What is the current fashion of piano composition?

Anyway, I liked the piece! I feel that there's still more exploration you could do with it if you choose.  It's very difficult to find a unique "voice" with the composers of old casting long shadows over us.

Hi Pianoguy711,

Nowadays even 12-tone serialism is old fashioned.  This is a very conventional looking piano score, not graphic notation music, et c.

I like the piece as well!


Mvh,
Michael