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Topic: The Enchanted Jungle  (Read 1256 times)

Offline ranjit

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The Enchanted Jungle
on: September 11, 2020, 11:38:11 AM
I was deliberating for a very long time whether I should continue posting here...

Here's an improvisation I made today, which I personally liked. I was trying to go for a rather dark fantasy-like mood.

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Re: The Enchanted Jungle
Reply #1 on: September 15, 2020, 04:01:07 AM
Those crunchy dissonances give the piece a certain character, and you made it clear that they were one of the focal points in the music. 

I liked 7:37. 

There were a few places where I wished you stuck with an idea longer to develop it.  Slow moving sustained chords come with the challenge of maintaining momentum.  One can address this by thinking of the overall phrase direction, as well as how the subdivided beats are moving. 

Hope you do continue to post here. 
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Re: The Enchanted Jungle
Reply #2 on: September 15, 2020, 10:17:28 PM
Thanks!

And now that I think of it, the part at 7:37 is pretty nice. I might use it in the future sometime. :)

I have found that I tend to gravitate towards music which is tonal and yet still "out there".

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Re: The Enchanted Jungle
Reply #3 on: September 19, 2020, 10:38:25 AM
I enjoyed the impressionistic bit around the ten minute mark. My style is more tonal than yours but it kind of triggered off my thought processes..
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Re: The Enchanted Jungle
Reply #4 on: September 20, 2020, 02:53:48 PM
Thank you. I wonder what makes that part in particular, as opposed to the whole piece, sound impressionistic.
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