In the second version of my composition I made an attempt at the introduction of my piece. One thing I have noticed after reflecting on my compositional writing as a whole is that I can write good ideas however introducing ideas less abruptly is something I need to work on.
In this example, I take a fragment from my original motif and introduce it sparingly in the Viola part on the tonic – A. With the intention of building the texture I increased the frequency of the fragment to move further towards the introduction of the main motif.
In this next example, I experiment with repetition and fragmentation. In the top voice (Violin 1) I have transposed the motif up an octave to create an extra aspect of contrast. In the second voice (Violin 2) I fragmented the first beat of the motif and then repeated it an octave higher to create a new ostinato. In the second bar, I used some canon between the voices in octaves and introduce the first voice an octave above the second.
In this example, I have started to write in a new time signature of 7/8 as I became really accustomed to the syncopated retrograde idea which I had come up with.
In this next example, I have combined the two ideas into a two-bar motif. I have discovered that my piece sounds sort of like a jig in 7/8 which I really like.
My process is going well and I am liking how my ideas are developing
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