Attached is my final reflection and composition. :)
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Attached is my final reflection and composition. :)
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Today was the last class to work on our composition, and I have significantly altered my romantic piece. Last week, I wanted to focus on four main things (expressiveness, harmony and melody as my focus, dissonance and motifs), and I feel I have effectively achieved 3/4 of these things in the romantic style. What I don't feel turned out too well was the expressiveness of my piece and that's really disappointing as it is a very large component of the romantic style. I think happened because I was very focused on choosing my notes and trying to not write a crotchet heavy piece as well as staying true to pieces actually written in that time. I find that I , by nature, tend to really try to hone in on what I feel is most important in the task, and do those bits as well as I can, often neglecting things I deem as not a priority. Although I really do think expressiveness in music is really important (especially for romantic style compositions), I thought everything would fall into placeToday I changed my piece substantially. This was because after reflecting upon my own listening, and receiving feedback from Miss Heggie, I realized my interpretation more closely resembled something out of the 20th/21st century style, which is not what I am aiming for. I want to do the Romantic style, and as I have repeatedly mentioned, because i found the romantic style to be more expressive and interesting to my musical taste. I added in long and chordal notes as both the melody and the bass and removed any unnecessary dissonance (this factor was particularly making my composition sound 20th/21st century). I made all my decisions today, based on examples I have heard of the romantic period, as I really want to stay true to the style I have chosen.
Very important factors of romantic pieces that I want to use in my own composition include
Today, my main focus will be on composing my orchestral romantic piece, in particular focusing on brass and percussion. The reason for this is I discovered that these elements are an integral part of the Romance period, and do make a difference to the tone and feel of the piece. Although most of the Romantic pieces I have listened to do not incorperate overt percussion and brass sounds, I can imagine a large benefit to using these elements.
I would also like to focus my attention on dissonance and varying my tempo as this is another important part of the Romantic style pieces. I want my composition to be as expressive and tell a story, because this is what the Romantic style is for. I mentioned in my last reflection that I was inclined to choose the Romantic style because of the way I felt whilst I was listening to different sample pieces. I believe that music is a form of expression and I want to be abel to make my audience feel something when the listen to my composition. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I got quite a lot done today. I tried to really focus on dissonance and varying my tempos and paying special attention to brass instruments, and i think i have reached a good level of productivity and stayed true to the Romance Styles. Next lesson i will finish my composition and make sure it works with what i want. Today we were given our second assessment which is to compose a piece in either Classical, romantic or 20th/21st century style, using an application called Sibelius 7. After having the opportunity to listen to the different genres on offer, I chose to go with the style that personally moved me the most, which was the romantic period style. Statement of intent: For my "What a Classic" composition task, I will write in the style of the Romantic period and take inspiration from composers such as Franz Schubert and Claude Debussy.
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