Violin Solo. 144bpm. 2 mins. 974 notes. Staccato. Playable? (Original Composition)
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I composed my first solo for Violin. One articulation only to keep it simple for me - Staccato. I believe this composition is worthy and I would love to know if one of you beautiful Violinists would play my music and bring it to life and even perhaps record it! My favorite is the ending! Starting at bar 71!
Composer: Daniel Nahoa Ani
Composition Title: Violin Solo No. 1
Instrumentation: 1 Violin
Tempo: 144bpm
Articulations: Staccato
Note Count: 974
Total Length: 2:05
Measures: 75
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Comments
Tuneful, but why all the changes of clef?
I composed freely, I had no intention of changing keys it just came out that way. I may have done that sub-consciously. I am very new to composing and reading and writing sheet music, so I picked one articulation to keep my transcribing simple. Also, I am a beginner so I wanted to ride humility as I have no business adding other articulations, dynamics, ornamentations, etc. I wanted to work on my "alternate picking" /detache to focus on technique and the basics of bowing, similar to what I did as an electric guitar player.
In reply to I composed freely, I had no by Daniel Ani
I'm pretty sure at this speed spiccato and detache are the same?
The 4-note chord in the first beat of bar 47 isn't really playable, at least not in the way that musescore synthesises it. The 2 notes on the D string can't be played at the same time.
In reply to The 4-note chord in the first by Adrien de Croy
Thank you so much. I will make it playable and thank you for responding and helping me, I am so thankful.
In reply to The 4-note chord in the first by Adrien de Croy
I updated that section of music, if you could please let me know if it is playable that would be great. Thank you.
In reply to I updated that section of by Daniel Ani
looks fine.
Some of the chords are a little awkward, requiring a bit of stretching, but are playable.
Is this intended for any particular player you know?
In reply to looks fine. Some of the by Adrien de Croy
Thanks Adrien De Croy. I had only in mind a very competent player. Thanks for your input Adrien and I hope you have a great with music at your side. :)
I feel fairly comfortable in saying that “the rapid-fire repetitions of the same note” probably are not playable.
But ... stepping back here, and cautiously trying to avoid stepping on exposed toes ... the entire piece, to me, frankly is not very musical!
I mean, “just look at it!” Very long stretches of sixteenth notes, measure after measure, pausing only every now-and-then to take a break before launching into what appears to be (nothing more than ...) another tour-de-force challenge of the player’s hand-eye coordination and sheer stamina.
“Relax!!” Share with me the gamut of what a violin is capable of expressing in the hands of a skilled player! “Let there be legato!” (And, “who gives a dam, really, how many notes there are?”)
I think that you have some really fine musical ideas throughout this piece ... except that they’ve been rammed through some sort of compactor. Pull them apart. Let them breathe. Let our artist approach them (not merely “attack” them ...) in a variety of ways. Let some of the passages challenge his-or-her technical virtuosity, but not all of them.
In reply to I feel fairly comfortable in by mrobinson
rapid repetitions of the same note are the easiest part of this piece.
It's difficult for many, but I've seen people play much more difficult stuff.
You need a very good player though no doubt about that, but for a top player this is playable.
I feel fairly comfortable in saying that “the rapid-fire repetitions of the same note” probably are not playable.
But ... stepping back here, and cautiously trying to avoid stepping on exposed toes ... the entire piece, to me, frankly is not very musical!
I mean, “just look at it!” Very long stretches of sixteenth notes, measure after measure, pausing only every now-and-then to take a break before launching into what appears to be (nothing more than ...) another tour-de-force challenge of the player’s hand-eye coordination and sheer stamina.
“Relax!!” Share with me, your ever-appreciative audience, the gamut of what a violin is capable of expressing in the hands of a skilled player! “Let there be legato!” (And, “who gives a dam, really, how many notes there are?” There’s not going to be a gold medal at the end of this competition ...)
I think that you have some really fine musical ideas throughout this piece ... except that they’ve been rammed through some sort of compactor. “Relax!” Pull them apart. Let them breathe. Let our artist approach them (not merely “attack” them ...) in a variety of ways. Give our artist the fair chance to explore each new musical idea, before moving on to the next one ... and please, take the time to let me enjoy them along with him-or-her. Of course, let some of the passages challenge his-or-her technical virtuosity, but not all of them. “Aye, what’s your hurry?” In many of the passages that you write, simply sit back, as a composer, and allow the violin, herself, to do the singing.
“Relax!”
In reply to I feel fairly comfortable in by mrobinson
This is for violin. Do you play?