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Ben D'Annibale (the1nonlybenji)
11-27-2006, 11:31 PM
<center><table border=1><tr><td>http://www.notation.com/discus/icons/attachment_icon.gifnew songs.not
new songs.not (http://www.notation.com/discus/messages/35939/new_songs-29902.not) (101.0 k)</td></tr></table></center>

this is some sort of piano concerto, and as you can see, i'm still working on this piece, but i'm satisfied with it so far, so tell me what you think http://www.notation.com/discus/clipart/happy.gif

Ben D'Annibale (the1nonlybenji)
11-27-2006, 11:40 PM
this a sort of piano sonata that i wrote, and the music is constantly being edited and improved

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1st Movement-Recover.not (http://www.notation.com/discus/messages/35939/1st_Movement-Recover-29904.not) (216.7 k)</td></tr></table></center>
the 1st movement

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2nd Movement2.not (http://www.notation.com/discus/messages/35939/2nd_Movement2-29905.not) (54.6 k)</td></tr></table></center>
the 2nd movement

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3rd movement

also, this is a little diddy that i wrote.
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Song1.not (http://www.notation.com/discus/messages/35939/Song1-29907.not) (35.9 k)</td></tr></table></center>

also, did i mention that i'm only 14? ;)

David Jacklin (dj)
11-28-2006, 01:47 PM
Hi, Ben:

If you're only 14 and have that much music to your credit then stand up and take a bow!

I like the beginnings of your concerto. Very nice mix of modern feel and "serious" music intent. I'll listen to the others over the course of the day.

As a bit of a pointer from someone who's had some "real life" orchestration experience, your flautist won't thank you for writing in C#. They tend to get cranky anywhere for 4 sharps or flats. The strings don't really care; they just slide their fingers up and down anyway.

Did you mean to go to four sharps at bar 26 or is that just an artifact?

Keep composing!

David

Fred Winterling (harbor1)
11-28-2006, 05:20 PM
Hi Ben,

Only 14?...Wow!! Please don't tell me you started when you were 13 1/2.http://www.notation.com/discus/clipart/happy.gif Not only should you be satisfied with what you have done so far with the Concerto, but you should be PROUD of what you have done so far. I am not only impressed with your writing ability, but I am amazed at your ability to use the software so professionally after having it for such a short while. I really like the "little diddy" too. What a future is you have in front of you! Let us hear more from you as you progress. ( I agree with David. Saxophonists tremble at the thought of playing in C# also. But you can trick them by changing it to C and letting them have deal with the accidentals ) http://www.notation.com/discus/clipart/smile.gif

Best Wishes
Fred

Ben D'Annibale (the1nonlybenji)
11-28-2006, 11:55 PM
yea i hate measure 26 but i need to work on bridges in music works

i'm also working on the piece a lot; the waltz might be cut and made into part of the second or third movement ;)

Herbert WENDE (herbert)
11-29-2006, 11:10 AM
Hi Ben

This is good music. I realy like it.

Best wishes

Herbert

David Jacklin (dj)
11-29-2006, 01:09 PM
Hi, Ben:

Regarding bar 26: nothing wrong with the transistion to the new theme. It works just fine.

I was referring to the fact that there is new key signature at bar 26, in the middle of the 1st iteration of the new theme. It's hard to tell, as you're writing very "modally", but I suspect the key change should be at bar 21 along with the time change.

1st movement of the sonata: what a rollicking ride! Lots of thematic ideas and dynamic changes. How much of this was entered in step-time and how much in real time? If you played it in, wow! If you step timed it, your persistence in obtaining natural-sounding dynamic changes is to be commended. Either way, well done.

At bar 111 and following, you've got some stabbed chords in the bass that show up as sixteenth notes coupled with a sixteenth rest. Composer has a feature under the Accents and Articulations tool bar that can take a note and an adjacent rest and turn them into a staccato articulation. That may be what you're looking for there. Also, I suggest care when using triads in the bass -- they tend to sound muddy. You may wish that effect, but I suggest trying it without the third and seeing if that lightens the sound for you. (Of course, as the composer,it's what your ear is pleased with that counts.)

David

M G Jacobs (mgj32)
11-30-2006, 09:30 AM
Hi Ben,

To one degree or another, I think everything you have posted is quite attractive, bristling with musical ideas and full or energy. At 14, you have long roads to explore and, as these posts show, you have the wherewithal to travel any of them you want for as far as you want to go. It will be interesting to see where the "some kind of" piano concerto goes when you decide what kind that might be and to see a finished score of the sonata. Keep at it!

all best,
mgj

James Tucker
04-30-2007, 05:02 PM
Amazing.I hope im that good when im 14!(I'm 11, and started composing last year)