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Old 03-31-2010, 05:31 AM
mgj32 mgj32 is offline
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Default Re: Tentative

Hi Yenney,
I didn't get a chance to comment on your first posting, but thoroughly enjoyed it.
"Tentative" lives up to its title, I think, and the sense of indecision gives it its charm. Adrian is right about the B in meas. 17 and the first note in the next measures. But I don't think you want to make it a grace note. I'd just leave this, the most charming section of the piece, I think, as it is. Tentatively, it might come out of its cocoon as a waltz or perhaps a march. I suppose you could make the first beat a 1/4 measure and the remaining ones 3/4, or something and do so for each measure in this section. But that's a lot of work to come up with what sounds to me as it's probably intended to sound already. (Even if you lower the volume of the second beat, it still has the same upbeat quality.)
You obviously know the harp. I have used it in a couple of pieces, but never intellectually mastered the pedals, so I suspect there are places that may be technically improbable, at best. If you get a chance, I'd appreciate your taking a look and pinning me to the wall where there is something that can't be played. "Canyon de Chelly," is a fairly recent post. I doubt there is any real problem there. The second movement of my first symphony features the harp, however. It is probably in the archives, as it's from several years ago, though it is being revised now.
Looking forward to hearing more of your work.
all best,
mgj
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