Snegurochka Overture in F major Adagio e dolce

p.s. I'm also curious about the sound source you used for your recordings.

ttfn,
Sherry

Hi Matt,

I listened a couple of times to this and was most impressed, especially by the second half.

I do agree with Sherry. A .not file is much easier to read as one listens, move back and replay a striking passage, etc. This is also true of a .mid file, though all annotation is lost there. The files size limit for a .not file is 500KB. However, that increases a lot if you send it zipped. The file I submitted the other day was reduced from 523KB to about 175KB by zipping it. The zip program I use is Zip Genius, which is free and pretty powerful.

all best,
mgj

Hey guys,

Thanks for the comments! I always enter the notes via mouse. Not very "artistic", I know, but I'm really not much of an instrumentalist. ^_^

I know what ya mean about the pdf being hard to follow. Personally I find it very difficult to follow a score when listening to music. Unfortunately, this is a little embarrassing, but I don't actually use Composer. >_< *hides*

Yeah, I found this place by googling for a place where composers could share their music with each other. It's nice to see a community where composers can exchange ideas. God knows the non-musically-inclined tend not to pay attention to the small details that composers work so hard on. XD

Thanks again for the responses guys. =]

I thought it was beautiful. A very simple chord progression, skillfully enhanced and excellently orchestrated. As I'm rather used to following along with orchestral scores, I had no problem following yours. I would love to hear a live version, with quality players. Keep up the good work!

~Daniel

"I would love to hear a live version, with quality players."

So would I, Daniel, so would I! (>_<)

Thanks for the comment. =]

Hi Matt
Also thanks for sharing the mid. file of this beautifull song.Where did you get the idea ? Like Sherry and MG,I always try to look at the partiture and I like the restraint way in which you used the various instruments to accentuate the beautifull melody.
I could not resist playing along with this song with my fretless bass,which I hope you don´t mind.
Is there more to come ?
Regards
Djim

Hey guys,

Glad you could put the MIDI to good use!

Sherry, this is quite a coincidence, but I actually use GPO as well. It's a beautiful set of patches. <3

Djim Tio, thanks. The parts in F major started from me simply playing around on the piano back when I was an extreme novice at the instrument (although to be honest I'm still not much better, heh). Then, after notating it, I wrote the rest of the F major cues simply by inputting the notes straight onto the computer (so mundane, bleh). As for the section in C minor, it was late at night and I was attempting a solo guitar piece with somewhat of a Russian Romantic flavor. The guitar piece was actually longer that the "B" section of this overture. I suppose I didn't include it because I didn't want to stray too far from the main themes, but now that I think of it, I might want to incorporate these unused themes sometime in the future to make the piece a little more interesting.

Anyways, thanks again guys for the comments! And indeed, there will be more to come. ^^