Saul's Music Space

[greg]

Performing 'Rivendell' at the piano.

This Piece is in E major and is based on the location from the book The Lord of the Rings called Rivendell, which was established and ruled by Elrond in the Second Age of Middle-earth.

Rivendell is a direct translation or calque of the Sindarin name Imladris, both meaning "deep valley of the cleft".

Regards,

Saul

Excellent! I really enjoyed that one. I might even have to get around to saving it to my mp3 collection. 

[Saul]

Excellent! I really enjoyed that one. I might even have to get around to saving it to my mp3 collection. 

Thank you Greg!

[Saul]

The Chant of the Forest

http://www.youtube.com/v/HY8cks23ivY

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Performing 'Rivendell' at the piano.

This Piece is in E major and is based on the location from the book The Lord of the Rings called Rivendell, which was established and ruled by Elrond in the Second Age of Middle-earth.

Rivendell is a direct translation or calque of the Sindarin name Imladris, both meaning "deep valley of the cleft".

Regards,

Saul

http://www.youtube.com/v/auV-5l-Sn0A

Saul, this is a nice piece! I agree with Greg on this one too. I particularly like the variations in the themes and those cascades of notes that are so central to the work's melody.

[Saul]

Saul, this is a nice piece! I agree with Greg on this one too. I particularly like the variations in the themes and those cascades of notes that are so central to the work's melody.

Thank you.

Regards,

Saul

[greg]

The Chant of the Forest

Very, very interesting. Very different... the darkest thing I've heard you write, definitely.
This is not something that tries to be an in-your-face masterpiece, but something that sounds like it has it's own message and says it very well (nice flow, btw).

The MIDI is so horrible, though. You don't have any sound libraries to make it sound better? I'd like to hear it with better sound. (personally enjoyed the piece, though)

[Saul]

Very, very interesting. Very different... the darkest thing I've heard you write, definitely.
This is not something that tries to be an in-your-face masterpiece, but something that sounds like it has it's own message and says it very well (nice flow, btw).

The MIDI is so horrible, though. You don't have any sound libraries to make it sound better? I'd like to hear it with better sound. (personally enjoyed the piece, though)

Glad you enjoyed the piece, Greg. This was not a written work, it was a recording of myself playing my Yamaha digital Piano, playing the strings.
I absolutely love creating spontaneous compositions. Sometimes I just feel inspired and I create random pieces, though I am planning to write all these pieces down in the future. I believe there is a program that lets you transform your recorded performances into written scores. That's why its important to record yourself when ever you feel you have an interesting theme, or a musical idea, for it can turn into something interesting. I'm very surprised about your comment on the sound quality, I feel it is very soothing, and recorded pretty well, others feel the same.

Anyways, I'm glad you liked it.

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The Chant of the Forest

http://www.youtube.com/v/HY8cks23ivY

Saul,

This is a nice piece. I particularly like the melody and those lush harmonies. Imagine hearing this played by an orchestra? Wouldn't that be ideal?

P.S. Are you still ignoring me? If you are, I'm sorry for giving you such a hard time, I was just being a jerk to you and you didn't deserve it. Hope we can be friends.

[Saul]

Saul,

This is a nice piece. I particularly like the melody and those lush harmonies. Imagine hearing this played by an orchestra? Wouldn't that be ideal?

P.S. Are you still ignoring me? If you are, I'm sorry for giving you such a hard time, I was just being a jerk to you and you didn't deserve it. Hope we can be friends.

Thank you, I'm pleased that you enjoyed this music.
I have removed you from my ignore list. Yes, we sure can be friends.

Regards,

Saul

[Saul]

Legend No. 3 In F major - Relaxing fantasy piano music.

http://www.youtube.com/v/OXsh0rLfJ3E

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Thank you, I'm pleased that you enjoyed this music.
I have removed you from my ignore list. Yes, we sure can be friends.

Regards,

Saul

I think in your Chant of the Forest you're beginning to find your style. I'm not sure when you wrote this, but I know you like Baroque music and love Bach and so on, but it would be interesting to see where you can take these darker ideas.

Also, not to nitpick, but I would like to hear more strong rhythms in your works written for an orchestra. I think once you develop a strong sense of rhythm in your works, then you can really draw a listener in. I don't know but I listen to a lot of Latin American classical music and there's something magical about hearing a strong rhythm, it makes a person come alive.

[Saul]

I think in your Chant of the Forest you're beginning to find your style. I'm not sure when you wrote this, but I know you like Baroque music and love Bach and so on, but it would be interesting to see where you can take these darker ideas.

Also, not to nitpick, but I would like to hear more strong rhythms in your works written for an orchestra. I think once you develop a strong sense of rhythm in your works, then you can really draw a listener in. I don't know but I listen to a lot of Latin American classical music and there's something magical about hearing a strong rhythm, it makes a person come alive.

I don't know what to make out of this 'style' thing, I compose what I feel and want to convery my music, I believe that I'm doing it in my own way, but if you don't see that, then that's ok.

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I don't know what to make out of this 'style' thing, I compose what I feel and want to convery my music, I believe that I'm doing it in my own way, but if you don't see that, then that's ok.

I understand that you're trying to find your own style, but what I'm saying is that those darker overtones, like in Chant of the Forest, are precisely what I found interesting about the work. It's like you weren't afraid to show something human like sadness for example. This is a real emotion and I guess what I'm saying is that something truthful came out of that work that I haven't heard in any of the other works of yours that I sampled.

This, of course, is nothing more than observation of my own.

[Saul]

I understand that you're trying to find your own style, but what I'm saying is that those darker overtones, like in Chant of the Forest, are precisely what I found interesting about the work. It's like you weren't afraid to show something human like sadness for example. This is a real emotion and I guess what I'm saying is that something truthful came out of that work that I haven't heard in any of the other works of yours that I sampled.

This, of course, is nothing more than observation of my own.

That's ok, you're certainly entitled to your opinions.

[Saul]

I'm Performing here my 'Train In C minor' - Allegro Con Moto.
I had these musical ideas for some time now, fortunately I was able to put something together that makes sense and that I enjoy performing and listening too.

Regards,

Saul


http://www.youtube.com/v/Aw4QMGbCl3U

[Saul]

I love reading those fan mails...
Tonight it was from a member in one of those Tolkien forums and it reads like this:

"Saul, I am sorry I haven't listened to your music before now, it is beautiful. I haven't listened to every song yet but I have heard enough to know I would like to buy your music. I am looking into buying it on i-tunes right now. Thank you for sharing your gift with us. I know points are probably irrelevant to you but I would like to tribute you anyway. Doubtless the other cottage Maiar have already given you tribute but consider this a small token of my personal appreciation."

This is really moving...

[(poco) Sforzando]

I composed this String Quartet about 6 years ago. The work has two movements that are tied together, and should be played without a pause.

I. Allegro Vivace

II. Allegro Con Fuoco

Score is available for download by clicking here:

https://secure.filesanywhere.com/fs/v.aspx?v=8972658a5a6070aeada7#

http://www.youtube.com/v/U9btTNloTPs



Regards,

Saul

[Saul]

Its not out of range, what's the issue?

[greg]

You can't do a double stop like that with just one violin. 
(unless you have a custom violin with two G strings or can magically sound two notes on one string at the same time (Chuck Norris can))

[rappy]

Chuck Norris can just play the upper octave and make the first undertone sound.