Thoughts week of January 16-20 2012
This week people made lots of suggestions and I had a hard time writing them all down, but here is what I remember:
I could try having a different starting note for the 16th note runs. At this point it's usually an F somewhere on the piano, but I thought this was a good idea, to create interest and to possibly lead the composition out of F.
I could try using different size tuples instead of groups of 4 and 8 (i.e. quintuplets or septuplets or triplets).
To create a 'wash of sound' (which was a good description, and something I had been thinking of in my head), I could use more irregular rhythms and (as above) group runs into uneven groups. I could use more ties, which I did use briefly in one measure.
To sustain interest in my introduction of the first page, I could incorporate some elements of the left hand before bringing it in permanently.
I could try using different time signatures (i.e. a measure of 4/4 followed by a measure of 4/4 plus an extra eighth notes and then back to 4/4).
To create a new motive, I could explore the rhythm of the right hand in measure 13 further.
I could also spend more time exploring the part where the left hand finally does come in permanently, before heading down to my next idea.
I thought that all of these were really good ideas, and I'm trying to incorporate most of them into my piece for the next class.
Tuesday 24 January 2012
Monday 16 January 2012
Thoughts week of January 9-13 2012
Classmembers thought that I should try the following:
-Taking random notes out of sixteenth note runs and bringing them up an octave or two, to create little 'flashes' of higher sonorities.
-Not giving all my ideas at once. Start with all sixteenth notes for a while, not using one concrete rhythm, but having adjustments in tempo. Later on add the left hand. Spread out ideas so that they occur naturally in waves.
-Adding in the odd chromatic note so that it doesn't become predictable.
-In my second section, try using the sixteenth note idea from the beginning underneath the right hand.
-Not having totally regular tempo.
I agree with most of these comments. I'm usually afraid of a piece becoming overly repetitious, which, I think, is why I throw all my ideas down at once. I could definitely benefit from settling on one idea and expanding it before moving on to another one. I also liked the idea of bring out a note every so often from the sixteenth notes and moving it up an octave for little sparks of sound.
Classmembers thought that I should try the following:
-Taking random notes out of sixteenth note runs and bringing them up an octave or two, to create little 'flashes' of higher sonorities.
-Not giving all my ideas at once. Start with all sixteenth notes for a while, not using one concrete rhythm, but having adjustments in tempo. Later on add the left hand. Spread out ideas so that they occur naturally in waves.
-Adding in the odd chromatic note so that it doesn't become predictable.
-In my second section, try using the sixteenth note idea from the beginning underneath the right hand.
-Not having totally regular tempo.
I agree with most of these comments. I'm usually afraid of a piece becoming overly repetitious, which, I think, is why I throw all my ideas down at once. I could definitely benefit from settling on one idea and expanding it before moving on to another one. I also liked the idea of bring out a note every so often from the sixteenth notes and moving it up an octave for little sparks of sound.
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