Modartt user forum - Italian Intermezzo #2

Re: Italian Intermezzo #2

null@example.com (MrRoland) — Fri, 08 Feb 2019 22:51:46 +0000

At first I didn't know or I liked it, but the more the song progressed, the more I liked it. Thanks for sharing.

Re: Italian Intermezzo #2

null@example.com (gtingley) — Fri, 08 Feb 2019 19:22:19 +0000

Pianoteqenthusiast wrote:

What a nice coincidence - now I remember I used the circle of 5ths going counterclockwise, 8s. in the intro in my ”Melody for Steingraeber E - 272”, 4.10 -18 (a demo of E-272).
https://youtu.be/BEn3JQGi3N8

Very nice intro to the Steingraeber which I have not used as much as I should. As for root movement I found a most superb guide years ago which has been infinitely helpful to me in structuring my music. Harmonic movement can be reduced to 6 basic principles.

A 5ths most often descend (like I IV viio iii vi ii V I)
B 2nds most often ascend (like iii to IV, IV to V, V to vi, and viio to I
C 3rds tend to descend (like I, vi, IV, ii, viio6 and even V to iii)

T Tonic chords are free to move wherever they wish even outside the key
R Any chord can be repeated and varied
E (MY FAVORITE!!!) The opposites of A,B, and C. Ascending fifths/descending seconds/ascending thirds. How about V going to ii, vi going to V, and iii going to V7 just for starters?

Re: Italian Intermezzo #2

null@example.com (gtingley) — Fri, 08 Feb 2019 18:57:33 +0000

Gaston wrote:

Thanks George for sharing this very heart-warming piece !
You are back in your church, as I can imagine ?

And, yes, atoning for my sins.

Re: Italian Intermezzo #2

null@example.com (Gaston) — Fri, 08 Feb 2019 14:02:54 +0000

Thanks George for sharing this very heart-warming piece !
You are back in your church, as I can imagine ?

Re: Italian Intermezzo #2

null@example.com (scorpio) — Fri, 08 Feb 2019 13:06:51 +0000

George, very nicely done. I really enjoyed this piece, such a pleasure.

Re: Italian Intermezzo #2

null@example.com (Pianoteqenthusiast) — Fri, 08 Feb 2019 11:16:30 +0000

What a nice coincidence - now I remember I used the circle of 5ths going counterclockwise, 8s. in the intro in my ”Melody for Steingraeber E - 272”, 4.10 -18 (a demo of E-272).
https://youtu.be/BEn3JQGi3N8

Re: Italian Intermezzo #2

null@example.com (dazric) — Fri, 08 Feb 2019 09:51:03 +0000

Well, I guess I'm a sucker for circle-of-fifths progressions as well. Especially when they're beautifully done, as they are here. So I'll happily share a jail cell with George and Pianoteqenthusiast...

Re: Italian Intermezzo #2

null@example.com (Pianoteqenthusiast) — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 09:27:24 +0000

Absolutely wonderful! The intro about 00-0,40 is brilliant, It’s like want to wait for what’s coming next. I feel that the whole piece is riding on this circle - clever. 0,45- 1,20 is soo fantastic…goosebumps. I don’t know if my brain is different :-) but I feel chills, lump in throat at the culmination 2,10-2,40, the most intense exciting point in the music for me, had to listen again and again. Thanks so much for this beautiful music!
Actually, for me, it is one of the most beautiful pieces I have heard in a long time.

Italian Intermezzo #2

null@example.com (gtingley) — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 03:04:20 +0000

Stealing every cliche associated with the circle of 5ths, I completed this one rather quickly in a single day. Now I am starting to actually like it - even if that means going to jail. Lol.

I do almost all my classical recording now using the Steinway D, borrowing the distant miking preset from Steinway B. The room is big and the reverb is long.

Always nice hearing from you.

Greetings from northern California (Point Richmond).

George Tingley

https://soundcloud.com/george-tingley-8...rmezzo-two