E minor (Candle Light)
This is my original E minor composition composed by me. The reason the title is "candle light" is because it was composed in the dark (the lights went out during a power outage) on paper with my piano. Then I decided to copy it on Musescore to share with everyone. Improvements are welcome. Note: there has been a glitch in measure 26 where it was suppose to be in 6/4 time. Once it reaches the 3/4 time it goes back to normal, nothing big. I tried fixing it but if i do I will have to redo the whole score. Enjoy!
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Comments
All I can really say is maybe you need more dynamics.
In reply to All I can really say is maybe by Bitchfork
yeah, I have to agree with you. I kinda rushed the typing and forgot to put in the dynamics.
I fixed the problem in measure 26 by inserting a couple measures before measure 26, I copied the notes from the faulty measure and pasted them into the newly inserted measures, I then deleted the faulty measure by selecting it and pressing Ctrl+Del. I fixed a similar problem in measures 82-83.
Any idea how these corrupted measures happened? If you know the exact steps that cause measures to become corrupted like this please share.
On a different matter I notice in measures 47-50 you have octava lines pointing up (and away from) the staff instead of down. Any reason?
In reply to I fixed the problem in by David Bolton
You appear to have 5 beats in the right hand and only 3 in the left in bars 55 to 59. What is happening here?
By the way, I like the music. It needs a bit more work on dynamics and some suggested fingering would be helpful, but generally very pleasant.
^_^ I really really like this song. It puts the music to my nameless emotion and lets me feel it.
You wrote this in a power outage?! How long was the power out? When the electricity where I live goes out it's usually only out for like an hour and I couldn't write anything as amazing as this in such a short time.
In reply to Hiya by Mirohalia
The power outage lasted only about 4 hours at night but within that time I've already composed the piece in my mind so I simply put on paper (I forgot to put in the dynamics halfway into the song). But still, I gotta say its one of my favorite compositions. Thank you for your opinion!
Greetings everybody! Thank you all for sharing your opinions and suggestions. I have here now the final score of my composition, check it out!
In reply to Revised! by mrtoppins
a nice beginning. You might want to look at your transitions. Your development ideas are good, but most of the moves are a bit abrupt. one example is m. 54 into m. 55. your moving along with those 16th note arpeggios with the repetitive (in my reading at the piano) accented chords then, boom, the rhythmic and motion slows down. maybe a bit of a gradual shift, especially since you have that rit. at the end. I like the mixture of phrasing at m. 61 going from the legato to the attaca in 3, 4, then 5 groupings and back.
another idea might be to hold onto one of the developments a bit longer. You ht that Maestoso section for a scant 6 bars before going onto the next, well, variation.
It's a nice piece with some good work on it. keep on composing! i'd also say add in a "wrong note" or two for interest, but that's entirely up to your aesthetics on tonality.
In reply to Revised! by mrtoppins
The crescendo in measure 12 extends into the margin. I assume you wanted it to extend to the next measure instead. If this is the case, I recommend that you delete the current crescendo, add a new one, but this time extend the length of the crescendo using the method recommended in the handbook (see Line , "Change length"). This way it will extend properly into the the next measure.
The same advice applies to the slurs in measure 44-54, plus a few measures later in the piece.
Because I was using an older version of Musescore there may be some mistakes on my piece of music when opened with a later version of Musescore so please use this PDF file to observe my composition without any errors.
Because I was using an older version of Musescore there may be some mistakes on my piece of music when opened with a later version of Musescore so please use this PDF file to observe my composition without any errors.
Dear John,
you have done a wonderful start. Sure, some fine dynamics will improve it. On the other hand, your composition is already promising.
I'm looking forward to the dynamic version.
Lovely, Nomi
(back in 1684) I can see you next to a candle, writing on old parchment with nothing but your quill, and a bottle of ink. You struggle greatly when suddenly, you see the candle and the light it emits. Inspiration strikes you, and thus, this piece was born!
audio-captured piano performance available on Soundcloud! link - http://soundcloud.com/qwertweird/e-minor-candle-light
I agree that this piece could do with some more expressive dynamics- however, in your defense, the automatic MuseScore player doesn't exactly put a lot of heart into it :)
Bells and whistles aside, though, this is truly a beautiful piece. I could really picture you sitting at your piano by dim candlelight, handwriting bits and pieces of Candlelight that would eventually blossom into this. I only wish I had your creativity when it comes to music...
In reply to wow! by obxbeachgoer
well, u said it somewhat dif, but still XD
once again... AMAZING PIECE >.<