Here‘s a simple playing by me of a chord-sequence that it produced. Here‘s a midi example that it produced by itself when I had it more developed.

There’s still a reasonable amount of work to be done on it, but it’s at a stage where it’s presentable.

Anyway, the current version of the haskell source code is here. Hopefully I’ll have more developed versions up in the future.

5 Waltzes ( ps | pdf )

Anyway, the point was to try and be a little bit lyrical, and I don’t think I fell flat on my face (saying that they’re not particularly inspired lines).

And the second piece, which I have, I think, almost no time for excepting an odd rhythmical artefact that people might notice in bar 9 that doesn’t occur in bar 11, even though they are precisely the same. Unless my playing’s deteriorated to the extent that I have developed some accenting pathology. I should be able to have more fun with this effect in future (I’m not saying that it hasn’t been done before; it is, however, something that as an effect is new to me).

Lullaby ( ps | pdf )

Oh yes, now, without committing to anything, I wish to explain that though these pieces are rather a further step down the path of the trivialisation and miniaturisation I have tried rather hard to avoid, I had not put much time in to writing music when I wrote them and, as such, these are my just desserts, but that they do not in any event signify where I am going, nor where I wish to go, merely that I am, in fact, at least so obliging to myself so as to trundle along doing something where I can.

And, for those of the world with an interest in what I’ve been doing musically in the month or so since I wrote these things; I have put together several rather more substantial (but still, alas, miniature) pieces. They’ll find their way here in their own good time. Trying to become more harmonic. Succeeding, I think, but I’m going to have soon to make some concerted efforts to introduce some rhythm and polyphony else ways I’ll end up writing pseudo-chorales for the rest of my days, and then where would I be?

Also, prepare yourself for a JOKE, tomorrow, courtesy of a clarinettist.

So first three light pieces. The first I threw together today and am more or less ok with, insubstantial as it is, the other two are my first efforts from last October when I was making the transition from thinking about modulations to trying to write music. I had a bunch of other modulatory snippits that were short, but occasionally quite nice; alas I don’t really have the skills to extract cohesive musical works from them at the moment.

Ok, so, then:

Piece 1 ( ps | pdf )
Piece 2 ( ps | pdf )
Piece 3 ( ps | pdf )

And, only slightly more substantially, a sonatina; weak, and almost certainly a dead and, indeed, rather clichéd end, but I do like some of the sounds it in.

Sonatina ( ps | pdf )

Sonata #2 ( PS | PDF )
Prelude ( PS | PDF )

Seven Preludes ( PS | PDF )

Counterpoint Analysis Program Tutorial/Fugue in Eb ( PS | PDF )

It should make the program make rather a lot more sense. Oh, and for the record, I don’t dislike the piece as much now as I did when I was writing the tutorial.

and, secondly, a rather dull affair:

Waking ( PS | PDF )

Well, that’s it for now. Have another compositional tool I’ve just finished, but want to see if I can do anything with it before putting it up.

Firstly, the worst piece I have written to date in my life; I include it simply because it invokes some Galois theory:

Suite ( ps | pdf )

Secondly, a quick oriental fugue that was to form part of its own suite, but alas I wasn’t able to come up with anything to complement it.

Fugue in F# ( ps | pdf )

Thirdly, I broke the 10-minute time barrier. This is important news for me. It’s also one of my better-sounding pieces, and my first recent attempt at writing a piece in sonata form.

Sonata ( ps | pdf )

As for what’s coming in two days. Well, ye’ll have to wait. (I do not mean to imply that it’s worth waiting for; it’s not, really).

First is over *gasp* six years old. It fit in to the theme, and has a small charm to it I think, so:

Etude No. 8 ( ps | pdf | mp3 )

Second was written last of all, so that the pieces might fit together and warrant my dredging up the above study; it’s slow and mainly atmospheric in intent (Also it is, shocking, me playing the notes in the recording – it was easy enough and had enough ornamentation that I could without expending any effort do a more convincing interpretation than my computer : ) )

Angelus ( ps | pdf | mp3 )

Thirdly, the piece that made me try put them all together, a short fugue with “Irishy” subjects; I’m pretty happy with the texture I managed to get for the most part. But yeah:

Fugue in Bb ( ps | pdf | mp3 )

So yeah; I can rest easy; three Irish-styled pieces in seven years is probably not anything worth notifying the doctors over, and I doubt I’ll increase my pace any time toooo soon.

Prelude and Fugue in Eb ( ps | pdf )

[update: There were some errors in the prelude. oops. fixed now!]

Update:

Also, because adding new scores to an existing post isn’t the same as adding a new musical post and so breaking my promise above, two other pieces;

Don’t know what I think about the following piece; should definitely not be played with a metronome.

Nocturne ( ps | pdf )

And this is a piece that was originally titled “Dance” but seemed a little too short and repetitive to really be able to stand with that sort of title hanging off it. However, owing to some Bentzon-inspired inspiration, it appears in this humble post as a Fanfare, a title which, to my ears, suits it just fine!

Fanfare ( ps | pdf )

There. Take a big breath. Good. See? Wasn’t that bad; nothing too it, really.

Firstly, a monophonic fugue on the SOS motive, with a bit of That Other Tune thrown in near the end because, well, I had no other choice.

Also:just realized that this is badly formatted, that there are a heap of empty bars at the end.

Fugue on SOS ( ps | pdf )

Secondly, the worst fugue I have written to date (seriously, don’t bother; it’s just up here For The Record, Because).

Bad Fugue ( ps | pdf )

Thirdly, a prelude & fugue pair, the prelude of which I like (owing to notational laziness, I put the ornaments after the bar lines instead of before, which is what I mean to do), the fugue which isn’t as good as it aught be.

[Also:just realized that this is especially badly formatted, that I left the title out. Oops.: fixed!]

Prelude and Fugue in Am ( ps | pdf )

Fourthly, a wee rag with little to recommend it; it was mainly an exercise – I might try properly to write some another time.

Rag ( ps | pdf )

Fifthly, a song setting; oh yes, I tried. Actually my second attempt: yep, my first try was too bad to put up even *here*, which should tell you something about it. This one is okay though, I think.

Reflections in a Mirror ( ps | pdf )

And lastly (that is to say, sixthly), and most recently, a wee study; haven’t tried something like this in a while…I am a litttttle satisfied with it, though, all things considered.

Etude #23 ( ps | pdf )

[edit: some notes were in the wrong octave (of all places to be!); fixed!]
Anyway. Off with me again. Might be back any minute to finish putting up those wee stories from Way Back, heh.