So after composing a concert band chart, orchestral piece, and a woodwind quartet score, I decided my next challenge would be fore a string ensemble piece. So its no surprise my next piece, Eerie Moonlight, is orchestrated for a string ensemble (2 violins, viola, cello, and bass) and piano.
Eerie Moonlight is different from any other piece I have composed. It is, as its title states, very eerie. The piano starts off the piece with a small musical phrase being repeated and altered slightly in terms of the chords. The cello and bass provide harmony and the viola enters emphasizing the eerie feel. The introduction opens this way until a small buildup into the first theme.
The first theme still attains the eerie factor of my piece but delivers a beautiful, yet side to the piece as well. The violins do an excellent job of bringing out emotions of the listener along with the piano doubling it. The theme continues like this for a bit, until a rather dramatic "James Horner" portion. Following this segment is a revisit of my introduction, but more eerie this time as I slowly begin to move into the second theme. A whole note descending pattern on the piano concludes my transition as I enter theme two.
Theme two starts off very similar to Jaws as it has the same half step pattern in it. However, I do add different parts on top of this pattern and begin to build some intensity into the piece. After a large buildup, a moment of chaos enters the piece, but is soon concluded with the next phrase of my second theme. Over here, the violas take the melody, followed by the lead violin, back the viola, back to the violin, and finally, back to the Jaws pattern. I add a small string section on top of the Jaws portion to conclude with the piano retreating to a slower, more sad fragment of the piece which resolves into the return into my introduction; however this time more dramatic.
The bridge portion of my piece is very similar to the beginning of my composition, with only slight alterations. It only changes at the very end to transition into my third theme in the piece.
This third theme is perhaps my favorite portion of the piece. It begins with a piano developing a waltz feel, and if the listener were to close their eyes, one can almost imagine two people dancing in the moonlight. The violin enters in a hemiola, playing in a different time signature, but this is almost unnoticeable. I continue to elaborate on this theme until the cello takes over this theme. It slightly loses the beauty of the theme, but continues to hold the eeriness. The violin joins the cello in what is the last time we hear the melody and is followed by the piano guiding us away from the third theme of the piece to enter the conclusion.
The ending of the piece is similar to the first theme, except for one small twist, including a hint of the previous whole note descending pattern. However, this alteration is short, the song once again returns to its first theme and concludes.
Eerie Moonlight is eerie like the title states, but also has beautiful and intense moments that cannot be ignored. I encourage all to take a listen to the piece and while your at it, close your eyes and feel yourself be lost in the piece!
Eerie Moonlight mp3
Eerie Moonlight is different from any other piece I have composed. It is, as its title states, very eerie. The piano starts off the piece with a small musical phrase being repeated and altered slightly in terms of the chords. The cello and bass provide harmony and the viola enters emphasizing the eerie feel. The introduction opens this way until a small buildup into the first theme.
The first theme still attains the eerie factor of my piece but delivers a beautiful, yet side to the piece as well. The violins do an excellent job of bringing out emotions of the listener along with the piano doubling it. The theme continues like this for a bit, until a rather dramatic "James Horner" portion. Following this segment is a revisit of my introduction, but more eerie this time as I slowly begin to move into the second theme. A whole note descending pattern on the piano concludes my transition as I enter theme two.
Theme two starts off very similar to Jaws as it has the same half step pattern in it. However, I do add different parts on top of this pattern and begin to build some intensity into the piece. After a large buildup, a moment of chaos enters the piece, but is soon concluded with the next phrase of my second theme. Over here, the violas take the melody, followed by the lead violin, back the viola, back to the violin, and finally, back to the Jaws pattern. I add a small string section on top of the Jaws portion to conclude with the piano retreating to a slower, more sad fragment of the piece which resolves into the return into my introduction; however this time more dramatic.
The bridge portion of my piece is very similar to the beginning of my composition, with only slight alterations. It only changes at the very end to transition into my third theme in the piece.This third theme is perhaps my favorite portion of the piece. It begins with a piano developing a waltz feel, and if the listener were to close their eyes, one can almost imagine two people dancing in the moonlight. The violin enters in a hemiola, playing in a different time signature, but this is almost unnoticeable. I continue to elaborate on this theme until the cello takes over this theme. It slightly loses the beauty of the theme, but continues to hold the eeriness. The violin joins the cello in what is the last time we hear the melody and is followed by the piano guiding us away from the third theme of the piece to enter the conclusion.
The ending of the piece is similar to the first theme, except for one small twist, including a hint of the previous whole note descending pattern. However, this alteration is short, the song once again returns to its first theme and concludes.
Eerie Moonlight is eerie like the title states, but also has beautiful and intense moments that cannot be ignored. I encourage all to take a listen to the piece and while your at it, close your eyes and feel yourself be lost in the piece!
Eerie Moonlight mp3
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