Music for Piano: rainstorm, skylight

[beccatoria]

So FIRST, oh my god, the VidUKon auction was an amazing success! We raised almost £250 including £111 for RAINN. So that was pretty fantastic. Many thanks to the vidders (buffyann, LithiumDoll, jagwriter78 and purplefringe) and all the bidders!

Also, I finished this a while ago but I should probably post it. I'm not sure it's as epic or successful at evoking a particular tone as my string quintet, but I'm pretty happy with it in the sense I feel I started cracking the use of accidentals for some deliberate dischordant...ness. Plus, a wild key change appears!

I do think I probably should have not been quite so minimalist with the left hand obsession with repetitive thirds, though. Oops?

"rainstorm, skylight - solo for piano" (Watch on YouTube)

Comments

[muladhara]

I love this. I think it evokes what it's meant to - i.e. the sound of rain (I get visuals when listening to music sometimes, and this gives me a strong rain visual, so I'd say it totally works). I actually like it better than the quintet, but it's possible I need to listen to that again (because oops I fell into a Dragon Age shaped hole, as you know). I also like the repetitive thirds (I think it makes a nice, solid rhythm, and I don't think you went too minimalist with them).

Also I wanted to ask if I could have the .pdf of it so I could learn to play it, please? I don't know that I'd get it any time soon (I'm not sure how one plays those wiggly bits, but I'd learn). You don't have to send it if you don't want to, I totally understand.

I might have to title something Wild Accidentals. I know. It's my new band name :D

ALSO YAY FOR THE VIDUKON STUFFS!

[beccatoria]

Aww, thank you! :D I do think it does some things better than the quintet so it's really cool to hear you like it more and also that it works visually for you. Sorry this is such a late reply. I thought dreamwidth had fixed its notification problem, but no, I'm still getting them super erratically.

I think I like the thirds more towards the end, I think it's just the opening where I'm less sure. But the opening I redid like...I don't know, a few times. So now I think I'm just at the point where I'm not very objective about it! But I'm basically happy with how it turned out, which is what matters.

I don't mind passing on the sheet music at all if you'd like it! With no expectations of every hearing you play it (though obviously that'd be lovely if it happens).

http://www.mediafire.com/view/3pxk79sw1kd6yoq/rainstorm,_skylight.pdf

Might as well put that publicly on the offchance anyone else wants it.

The squiggly bits, if you're referring to the bits I think you're referring to, basically mean, instead of playing all the notes of this chord at once, "roll" them starting from the lowest note. Like, play them really quickly in sequence. I'm pretty sure it's just called an arpeggio (even though that also means a type of scale?)

[muladhara]

I didn't think notifs were still borked, but I get so few so that's probably why I didn't notice. I don't mind late replies though :)

I'm glad you're happy with the final piece :) because I know how easy it is to make something, finish and then go, "WTF". I keep getting the middle bit stuck in my head, but that only makes me want to learn it more. And thank you ever so much for giving me a .pdf of it. Just got to print it out now! (it'll ptobably be easier on my hands than the Halo theme - there's some wicked stretches in that that are verging on impossible, I swear).

Ah, OK. I always wondered how those were done (you get that sort of arpeggio-ation (now a word) in chiptunes, and I never knew how it was done. But now I do!)