Week 2

Some of the comments this week were similar, so I've kinda compressed them a little bit.

A comment that came up a few times was that of giving a glimpse of things to come, both melodically, harmonically, and rhythmically. This was due to my piece changing very suddenly without much warning.
I will definitely run with this idea, as it is a great comment, and I feel very comfortable finding a way to incorporate this suggestion. I feel that it would add a lot to my piece.

Another comment was having the cluster chords more spread out so that we don't hear huge dissonance but you can tell something funny is on the go. This was already something I had looked at doing, However i had difficulty finding anywhere that it would work and still be remotely playable. Often times when they occur the right hand is doing a fairly quick melody of its own, and your left hand is only so wide, I am not sure that i could fit this suggestion in, however it is still a great comment that i will keep in mind when continuing work on this piece.

Another was that it ends kind of suddenly. This I was completely aware of, but these were the ideas i had, I am not opposed to extending ideas/sections which are already in the piece.

First comments of work in progress piece.

One comment was good development of my motif:

This was very encouraging as that was definitely my goal for this piece, and I wanted to make sure every note can relate back to that one motif.

The harmony is repetitive, and I should explore other harmonies or scales:

This was the only thing about this piece I knew I did not really like. After hearing the comments today I think that I am going to keep the repetition for the first eight bars, to establish my motif strongly. Then when the triplet section starts I and going to add some accidentals gradually to slowly move to another scale, like a wholetone scale, or an octatonic scale. I feel that still will be a solution to the expectedness the piece has now.