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Here is the first movement of a Piano quintet I created whilst trying out some of the 'solo' East West Gold Pro Symphonic samples.
The other movements are Piano quintet II - Thades and Piano quintet III - Divase.
Some of the percussive sounds you can hear in this piece are achieved by using the 'col legno battuto' technique which involves striking the string with the wood of the bow.
I am no string player, so I hope much of this is feasible. I’ve checked on the multiple stops and they came up as "easy", as in "easily performable", but if any of you stringers out there have any comments, I would love to hear from you.
A brief passage in this piece reminded me of Charles Ives for some strange reason, hence the title.
Here is the first movement of a Piano quintet I created whilst trying out some of the 'solo' East West Gold Pro Symphonic samples.
The other movements are Piano quintet II - Thades and Piano quintet III - Divase.
Some of the percussive sounds you can hear in this piece are achieved by using the 'col legno battuto' technique which involves striking the string with the wood of the bow.
I am no string player, so I hope much of this is feasible. I’ve checked on the multiple stops and they came up as "easy", as in "easily performable", but if any of you stringers out there have any comments, I would love to hear from you.
A brief passage in this piece reminded me of Charles Ives for some strange reason, hence the title.
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composerclark
Lovely. I hear a bit of a Penguin Cafe Orchestra, and, at least at the beginning, a bit of the Ives quality that you mentioned, perhaps evocative of "The Unanswered Question", where a group of musicians on stage do one thing, while some off-stage musicians do another.
Besides telling you that I really like this -- I think it's some of the best classical music on this site -- I was amazed at the sonic quality... I have been considering forking out a lot of money for a sample library, and this is making me think the East-West library you use should be the one I go with. I take it you recommend it strongly?
Are the pitches generated from Sibelius, or do you use a sequencer? If it's Sibelius, I didn't realize you could use it to trigger sounds from your own sample library... I'll have to look into that!
Do you have any opportunities to have this performed?
Are you happy with the ending? It feels unfinished to me, but that may have been your intent.
Anyway, very exciting and wonderful work here!