I want to be able to take things I'm proud of and make them longer.įirst take encouragement in the fact that many movements clock in at under three minutes. I am proud of the things I have in print, but the march in particular was an exercise to see if I could write a march, and it is, in my mind, "very" mediocre and was put in concert band form because the brass quintet version sounded pretty good and the band director asked me to arrange it for band. The only thing I can think of to date is to take a piece I like, and literally copy the composer's structure using my own material, but it feels like plagiarism to do that. I don't want to write a symphony but I'd like to be able to take themes I know are good, and incorporate them into a piece longer than three minutes. I tend to write little ditties that last a minute or a few, and despite a degree in music and having taken a couple of college courses in composition (useless it was "bring in what you wrote so we can comment on it") there is a piece of the puzzle I'm missing. And one that has been played by a local well known concert band (a march.) I am a classical musician, and that is the genre I write in.īut here's the rub: I know I have good material, but I haven't a clue how to "lengthen" a piece. I am actually a published composer, a couple of small things for brass (not "self"-published.) A few more that have been played locally and elsewhere and gotten good reviews.
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