@Josephine lovely! That's it exactly, that's the musical thought of the piece.
Hey Alexis Ffrench fans
Rubens I had another look and listen. I hear minor differences in the second full bar which seems also mirrored in Transcribe! (in case I thought I was hearing things). See what you think. You are right about the Db as pointed.
1st beat LH: that Eb also has the octave above it included.
1st beat RH: that Bb is held to double its current length, and the ensuing Bb is an Ab instead.
Last RH note is indeed a Db, but I also hear a repeated Ab beneath it (LH below instead of the rest).
Does this seem right to you?
I really like this, figuring out a piece together here on this forum. I got the rhythm wrong earlier and @Rubens pointed that out. Maybe it's still not completely right. But it's so nice to be here around people who all love piano music so much and trying to figure out what this composer is playing together.
I take that last comment back, no Ab repeated. It was an artefact at reduced speed which vanished at faster playback.
OK my earlier transcription from measures 8 to 11 would immediately append to Rubens’ work. I do think the notes are accurate (?). Of course, the notation has to be doubled in speed to be consistent with the beginning of the score. I attempted to replicate bars 8 and 9 as as such in bar 15 (same notes, double speed). But it is a bit of a dog’s breakfast Likely a MuseScore limitation or one of the writer !!! (font is also different - what are you using Rubens - Finale?)
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Looks like great work, Rubens. You have not been wasting time
I yet have to have a closer look. Incidentally, after working a little more with MuseScore I was able to clean up the dog’s breakfast I mentioned above. While the font is different, it now does look much more similar to the layout you did in Noteworthy Composer.
OMG you are amazing!!!! Is that the whole piece???
I wish I didn’t have to work today! (I’m in the U.S. and it’s 7am here. Your post is the first thing I’m seeing)
I can’t wait to come home and try it!!!
I have been looking at the score while eating my breakfast. I can’t wait to try it!!!!!
Glad you like his music! He has put out a lot in the last few years. I discovered him early in the pandemic, and he did an online master class, which I attended, which was wonderful!
He has made a lot of his pieces available in sheet music, but I invariably fall in love with the ones that aren't! Like this one
In my case, I had just a bit of ear training and solfège but every little bit you have helps. I usually need to rely on software essentially to slow down the playback without altering the pitch and loop sections. This way it gives me more of a chance to get the notes, since I am surely a bit of a slowpoke .
I played it through a couple of times. The transcription was easy to follow and sounded good (except for a few times when I played G instead of Gb... oops!). I still haven't listened to the composer play it and I probably won't if I'm going to play this more. I like to develop my own interpretation first before listening to anyone else's.
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rogerch
That's a good approach. Just make sure to make the melody stand out clearly, because the accompaniment is often in the same register as the melody. On the right hand the melody notes are those with the stems pointing up. Make those notes ring like bells! Also feel free to use the pedal a lot. Oh and the ending chord is to be rolled (couldn't find the symbol in the software). Enjoy!