This piece is was its name implies: an invention. Most of the traditional stuff I wrote for school I’ve never been too fond of but I think this one is somewhat charming. I’m probably more fond of the patch — a simple blend of a Rhodes Mark I sample and a Triangle wave oscillator. I think I also took the liberty of changing some notes afterwards, some of which may break rules. The truth is it’s been a few years since I’ve studied counterpoint and while I remember most of the rules offhand it’s not exactly the easiest thing to identify some of them on the fly. But you have your typical structure, establishing an idea and playing with it in different ways. There’s a shift to traditional minor at 0:18, and another shift to the dominant at 0:30 with a pedal point, before returning to the original key at the very end.
Vault: Invention
This piece is was its name implies: an invention. Most of the traditional stuff I wrote for school I’ve never been too fond of but I think this one is somewhat charming. I’m probably more fond of the patch — a simple blend of a Rhodes Mark I sample and a Triangle wave oscillator. I think I also took the liberty of changing some notes afterwards, some of which may break rules. The truth is it’s been a few years since I’ve studied counterpoint and while I remember most of the rules offhand it’s not exactly the easiest thing to identify some of them on the fly. But you have your typical structure, establishing an idea and playing with it in different ways. There’s a shift to traditional minor at 0:18, and another shift to the dominant at 0:30 with a pedal point, before returning to the original key at the very end.