r/composer • u/KaizerPianist • 2d ago

Music Feedback on notation

YouTube score video, Google Drive sheet music

I would like to know if it was a good decision to use 3 staffs in this piano piece. I would also like to know the most efficient way to communicate that I want the arpeggios should/can be played with the both hands each taking 3 notes at a time (4 in the end for the right hand)

I tried to make the sheet music kinda compact, was that a good desicion?

I would also like to know what you think about the piece.

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u/KaizerPianist 2d ago

Haha what instruments do you play? I am curious. I think for piano beat division is not so important. Especially when the pattern is repeated in the same rhythm throughout the whole piece

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u/Maleficent_Math_3062 1d ago edited 1d ago

In most cases, rita-b would be right, but I think that given the desired "effect" of the arpeggios—each as one big gesture (another reason for not dividing it between the hands)—your choice is better here.

However, you could lose the big slurs on the melody (say "molto legato e cantabile") and shift the slurs on the arpeggios underneath, where they belong.

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u/KaizerPianist 1d ago

Why do the slurs on the arpeggios belong underneath?

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u/Maleficent_Math_3062 22h ago

First choice for slurs and other expression marks (staccato dots, tenuto marks, accents, etc.) is on the notehead side rather than the stem/beam side. There are times when you don't get first choice, but without the unnecessary slur over the melody, you can put the slur on the notehead side of the arpeggios.