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I wanted to have a ternary type structure to mimic my model piece however I wanted to also have a similar build so that there was a dramatically different texture to the first section even though there was inherently the same material. To achieve this I brought in brass instruments (French horn, trumpets x2, trombone,Continue reading “Returning to A”

I originally had strings playing the sustained chords in this composition however I then decided to change them to voices (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Baritone, Bass) to make it sound more like my model piece. This however was problematic since I didn’t think about the fact that singers actully have to breath… To achieve the trulyContinue reading “Strings or Voices?”

To thicken the texture and give my comp some ‘foreground’ material I added in a melody which became a sort-of round in the flute and clarinet parts. I say ‘sort-of’ because it is slightly varied at times. The following tracks show some of my experimentation as well as some of the final Sibelius audio.

To change the feel of the middle section, I also changed the harp part. It’s still arpeggiated however it is no longer a continuously flow of notes and has a more interesting rhythm. There is also a division between left and right hand, with the left hand playing more of a bass line and theContinue reading “New Section = New Accompanying Material”

For the B part of my composition I wanted more of a rhythmic drive. I wanted the whole section to be focused on short rhythmic motifs rather than long legato phrases. I then added in a semi-legato melody to give it some direction after some great feedback from my teacher. The following tracks show myContinue reading “Creating a Contrasting Section”

To fill out the texture of my composition, I added a harp part which arpeggiated the chords that the strings were already playing. A similar harp part can be found in my model piece.

Thanks to the advice of my amazing teacher, I decided to add a countermelody to my composition. To do this, I practiced improvising over the top of the chords and melody . I decided that I wanted something that created contrary motion with the main melody and the first two bars happened to sound likeContinue reading “Adding a Countermelody”

When I was writing my composition I wrote the melody by improvising over the top of my chord progression on the piano. It turns out if you listen to a chord progression on repeat enough times, improvising within the chords is super simple. This improvisation then became:

I recently found out that ThinkSpace also holds annual VR Escape Rooms! I really want to try it out next year! https://usyd.libcal.com/event/4343809

ThinkSpace (a tech group from main campus) came to visit the Con and made sure they brought all of their music based projects including a virtual reality game which was similar to fruit ninja however with a focus on rhythm.