I use a few motifs, but my main motif is only 4 notes long. To the composers out there: remember that one small idea can take you very far, so if you’re stuck, recycle!
May 16, 2009
Motivic Transformation
Small homework assignment from my sophomore theory class. The exercise was to take a pattern of notes – a “motif” – and spin it into an entire piece, by writing it backwards, forwards, higher, lower, in a different rhythm, etc. Hence the title of the assignment, “Motivic Transformation.”
I use a few motifs, but my main motif is only 4 notes long. To the composers out there: remember that one small idea can take you very far, so if you’re stuck, recycle!
I use a few motifs, but my main motif is only 4 notes long. To the composers out there: remember that one small idea can take you very far, so if you’re stuck, recycle!
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Ah, simply beautiful, as always.
ReplyDeleteFor something that starts out of 4 notes.. that's really damn amazing.
That's really cool! Only you could make something so grand out of something so little.
ReplyDeleteThat was some really cool (minimalist?) piece. I don't know much about "motifs", but It was amazing somehow.
ReplyDeleteThanks, guys!
ReplyDeleteTo Knoll: You know how when you're reading a story, a small idea that occurs over and over again is called a "motif"? Music is the same way... a "motif" is just a small set of notes that occurs throughout a piece. My main motif is the set of notes in the right hand that repeats itself in the very beginning. :)
So, a motif is like the left hand of "Midna's Lament"? It amazes me that this was a "small" assignment. Your high school must've been real advanced for classes like that. Congrats. It was awsome as always ^-^
ReplyDeleteHm... I suppose it could be considered a motif.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I meant my college sophomore theory class, haha. My high school(s) didn't have music theory classes.
Aivi I'm just curious but can you sight-read well?
ReplyDeleteWow. I write music too, and you have no idea how much this helped me. I'm taking music theory next year, but I'm really glad to learn stuff like this now, so i can work over the summer. thank you!
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