Been a while. But in my absence, I have been productive. No, no, hear me out! This post contains some of what I’ve been working on this year, musically. I just hope the images work.
I’ve called the piece ‘Threnody’, which, language fans, is a real word. Dictionary.com defines it as “a poem or song of mourning or lamentation”, and it’s the first in a planned set of similar works. I first encountered the word ‘threnody’ as a girl’s name in a book when I was just a teenager, and it’s stuck with me since then.
The piece itself was written in response to a recorder player asking people on a forum to write some music for him, and I accepted the challenge. This piece was actually the second thing I wrote, and, while it’s not perfect, and some of the chords may sound wrong, it’s what I meant.
You can listen to it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjkvnMla4lo
oi – are you an SP? *checking yearbook for billionth time* Steve said ‘he must be’ – but ?
Comment by gingernutninja — November 3, 2011 @ 11:03 am |
p.s. is there any way of hearing them? I’m not good at putting music into sound from sheet via my brain. Well, definitely not with treble clef.
Comment by gingernutninja — November 3, 2011 @ 11:04 am |
p.p.s. WILL YOU FINISH THE FIRST DRAFT OF YOUR SODDING BOOK?! It’s going to be amazing and I’m going to claim to discover you, and ride to editorial success on your coattails.
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I mean – I’ve been looking forward to reading it for a while.
Comment by gingernutninja — November 3, 2011 @ 11:05 am |
I am an SP, yes. I noticed that I was listed as ‘shodan’ in the yearbook, and wondered whether to make a fuss
Re:hearing them, I can only create a midi file, which is not really the best way to listen. I’ve used a free internet service to convert it to MP3, and uploaded the result to Youtube. In a second I’ll edit the post to include a link to that.
Re: book. Progress is being made! I’m using NaNoWriMo as a kick up the backside
Comment by Thurulingas — November 3, 2011 @ 11:20 am |
p.s. YES you were meant to make a fuss. *sigh* I want this thing as correct as my sanity will allow!
Comment by gingernutninja — November 3, 2011 @ 12:46 pm |
Hmm… I think it was the midi effect, and me recently watching the trailer for the new Zelda, but it reminded me of an old Zelda soundtrack, without the clear designed to be repeated nature. Which to me, is not a bad thing.
Comment by gingernutninja — November 3, 2011 @ 12:43 pm |