Special Stuff

A place for this and that

Just set this page up as a webpage to post things that are not always related to the website, but want to have available.

Test of Tonebase

Here’s a little demo or jam using Tonebase with a John Mayer setting on the tone.

Andante in G for Recorders

A short piece written by Stephen Bryant as an example of using parallel 5ths in the harmony, which has historically been considered an improper form of harmony. The main objection appears to be when 2 voices move in parallel 5ths they lose their independence and essentially sound as 1 voice. So this prohibition may be good for certain forms and styles, but as in this example, seems to give a nice result.

Bach Chorales

Johann Sebastian Bach has the reputation of being a great harmonizer, so I am working through some of his chorale harmonies to learn some of the secrets of the master. In addition to analyzing the pieces, I’m going to see how they work as arrangements for a recorder quartet. Here is the first one.

Canon

Working on writing a canon, closely following Pachelbel’s Canon in D. I’m keeping the same chord progression and bass notes then adapting the melody lines. This is the first portion and needs more work to finish up the latter part. Making progress.

September Creation

A sample of a composition idea for recorder and guitar. Pretty rough here. Need to add some additional sections to make a good arrangement, then really tighten up the performance to get it sounding reasonable. Something to get a rough idea of possibilities.

Counterpoint Exercises

Two Part Inventionette in C. Counterpoint exercise with a nod to Bach’s two part inventions.

Canon in Gm for brass in two parts alone, then with bass part added.