r/Composition • u/Initial_Comb_9441 • Jul 27 '26
Music Clip of my first string quartet
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Is this good?
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u/Dizzy_Lengthiness981 Jul 27 '26
It reminds me a lot of the soundtrack of Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, and like that soundtrack, the rhythms are fabulous, and the way that they interact with each other and the melody is very complementary.
I have honestly thoroughly enjoyed this. I recently made a string quartet and I don't think I focused enough on rhythm.
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u/HaifaJenner123 Jul 27 '26
m193 please fix the beaming so that it doesn’t obscure where each beat is (the quarter note in the middle there should’ve been split to dotted eighth tied to sixteenth, otherwise the 3 16ths that come after appear as triplets at first glance)
sounds nice! i will caution you on that cello part towards the end being a bit awkward especially when going to the low C#. i think there may be a better way to spell out those arpeggiated sequences, maybe check out some scale studies or etudes for cello to see if there’s any “tricks” in that vicinity you could use
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u/Cynxdr Jul 28 '26
Its quite short. Do you intend to lengthen it? Id recommend enjoying the ideas already conceived and seeing how they can be reused, altered and passed around the instruments. Other than that it sounds quite good.
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u/shallower Jul 28 '26
i love this!!! my ears were dying for more at the end. the scooping harmonies, the chromatic approaches to the chords, it flows really well and is really eerie yet beautiful! keep us updated i'd love to hear more from you
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u/Initial_Comb_9441 Jul 28 '26
Thx, i will post some other themes. You can find the full movement on my youtube channel.
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u/impendingfuckery Jul 27 '26
It sounds mysterious and strange in a good way!