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  • Oh, no. I think it's "Reverie" by Debussy. You know, very slightly.

  • This is reminding me of some other piece, but I'll be damned if I can think of what.

  • I hope one day to be able to compose something. Enjoyed listening to it. I don't know what it is about recorders, but I almost feel like they're making a comeback of sorts... except of course when little kids are forced to play them :p

  • @xBigBangTheory It is really an audacity to suggest to a composer to rewrite his scores. Do you really think he would do that just because you don't like his music?. Closing my eyes and listening to this score, even though artificially recorded, is really a beautiful experience and I thank Mr.Malinowski for that.

  • ooohh cooll..

  • I really enjoyed this piece. Especially from around 1:30 on!

  • I don't know what people are complaining about.. I thought this was great. Would sound better performed with real instruments of course.. But still, very good.

  • Did you listen to Rite of Spring before you wrote this lol. I was honestly not very found of this piece and i DO love the Great Fugue, so I am used to "rough" music (I think it would sound better on string quartet). I did really enjoy your waltz.

  • Man, I don't get this piece. My problem isn't the trills, I can hear that those would sound decent on a real instrument. The piece just sounds like experimentation. It's just not at all enjoyable to hear. I know you're not a bad composer, as the way you wrote your fugue is inspiring the fugue I'm writing now; I haven't had much experience with music writing (I'm 15). Maybe lomax343 has it; it sounds too modern. I certainly agree with his point that a good symphony hasn't been written in years.

  • @DiesIstGrammarNazi This isn't the best thing I've written, not by a longshot, but I suspect that it's better than you're able to appreciate. Try it again in eight years (when you'll be as old as I was when I wrote it).

  • I don'tmake this criticism lightly, but I'm afraid this sounds modern.

  • @lomax343 Well, it is modern. I don't see how that's a criticism.

  • @smalin As far as music is concerned, I'm afraid that Modern=Bad. It's damn nearly a century since anyone wrote a decent symphony; jazz died when they invented BeBop; and there haven't been any rock bands worth listening to for a generation or more.

    Yes nurse, I'm coming.

  • At first I thought that this was almost experimental, but then I found out that it was composed through a synthetic program I was forgiving of the song because if my experiences with those programs. I would really like to here the piece on real instruments I could tell that it is a very nice piece.

  • That is a very touching piece, very sweet and comfortable. You compose with an original "voice". Thank you.

  • wtf is this? sounds like commander data's very first attempt at music...

  • @xBigBangTheory The trills sound great when they're played by real performers; the Sibelius notation program doesn't do a very good job with them.

  • Re: below; I meant Debussy, not Berlioz. I'm actually rather a stranger to Berlioz's music. Regardless, it was great to hear the Quartet again!

  • I love it. It felt like "apres midi dún (mircat)" in places and sometimes like a busy urban sprawl in time-lapse photography. It was a bit strange to my ear at first, but it quickly won me over. Were you using that six note scale that Berlioz (and others) used.

  • @terrybeaton No, this uses normal (diatonic) scales. What it uses that's not so normal is quartal harmony --- not all the time, but a lot of the time. Also, in places, it modulates pretty quickly. The combination of those two things means that there are places where you don't get a strong triadic sense of harmony to hang onto.

  • Welcome to the island of Sodor!

  • Such a fun bassoon part!

  • nice :)

  • Oh no awful

  • This one doesn't sit well in my mouth.. it seems, just off.

  • I think this is your best work, and for the beethoven fugue I think that it is possible for the first performances to just have been ill prepared, due to the difficult technicality, by the performers. that could have caused more confusion for the audience

  • @wbreingold92 You could be right about the first performance. However, people were unable to appreciate the Grosse Fuge for a long time after the first performance (see the quotes I've included in my video of it).

  • Wow, these are definitely not common practice harmonies. But this is still a really nice piece. If you don't mind me asking, what sort of sonorities are these? They sound to me like quartal harmonies... am I correct?

  • @b0ttomzone Well you can disregard that last question about those sonorities... I just saw that you uploaded the score. But once again, many compliments... I really enjoy listening to this.

  • @b0ttomzone Yes, quartal.

  • The organizational aspects of this I respect but it doesn't exploit anything harmonically or melodically within my tastes. The visuals and lack of live performance probably exaggerate this, but the unresolved dissonances jumping to new ones just turns me off as it seems jumpy and pointless on the small scale. Organization can be great within completely "pantonal" pieces but it still doesn't entertain me as both the individual lines and the harmonies between them don't go well with me.

  • @supiluliumas15 Depends what you mean by "compare." A single-family and a Gothic cathedral are both architecture. There are lots of things wrong with this quartet, but if somebody complains about "strange discordance" and says it sounds like "random notes" with "little or no meaning," then I think they're not hearing what's going on in it --- just as the first people who listened to Beethoven's grosse fuge didn't know what was going on in that piece.

  • this would be great as a game music

  • I'll be honest by saying I didn't like it. Sorry.

  • Man, I hear this song lots of time, and it has such a weird beauty! That's what I love in music! The peculiarities of each song from each musician! Love to hear new stuffs, like that!

  • I love it again!! and again!!!!

  • This would fit right in with the Zelda music

  • I like this. 

  • My first impression was that your Quartett sounds mysterious, MORBID and, put simply: Interesting. I presumed that I would enjoy it through listening AGAIN , and this was/IS absolutely CONFIRMED.

    Very well done. THANK YOU FOR SHOWING!

  • Being a wind quintet player I can easily hear how this would sound performed live and this is a very good piece, seems to be very well composed for the quartet. I don't like this music I'm hearing but I know it would sound great if performed.

  • @Iloerk If you'd like parts for wind quartet (quintet minus horn), email me (you can get contact info from my web site).

  • Dr. Malinowsky, can I ask if you are a perfect pitch musician?

  • @bachopinberg I do not have perfect (absolute) pitch, but I have very good relative pitch, key memory, and pitch memory.

  • @smalin @smalin I thought key memory and pitch memory were the same as absolute pitch..

    I was educated with the "Do mobile" method, and so I can't stand thinking "re mi fa# re, re mi fa# re", when I feel "DO RE MI DO". But I have the same musical ear as yours, so I wondered how if without that method..

  • @bachopinberg By "key memory" I mean that I hear when music modulates, and can recognize the "home key" when it returns. By "pitch memory" I mean that I remember individual pitches, sometimes for days, weeks, or months. But "absolute pitch" means that you can say, instantly upon hearing a note (and regardless of what came before), what pitch that note is, and can instantly, when given the name of a pitch, sing a note of that pitch.

  • @smalin (sorry for my english, I'm an italian professional piano player. my compliments for your playing. Iìve read about your "gran polacca" progect, if needed I can share tecnical advice. p.s. please do the last scriabin piano sonatas!!))

  • Why does this remind me of Pikmin music?

  • What I hear is something drenched in technical greatness, with this sort of confident playfulness. Everything seems highly intentional and concise which gives me that bold and self-assured impression. On the other hand, it feels void of emotion or warmth, somewhat sterile, or at least beyond the standard humane realm of reachable emotion. It's difficult to explain and that's in no way supposed to be a criticism or insult; I'm only trying to describe what I observed. I found it very engaging :)

  • @Treijim A real performance (as opposed to a playback from a notation program) might not give that impression.

  • @smalin That's highly possible of course; you lose a lot of dynamics through doing it this way. I was more referring to the progressions and tonalities used, though. Like I said: it's in no way a derogatory remark as some very famous classical pieces have been described by their creators as emotionless, such as the 1812 Overture. Does it defeat the purpose of writing the music if I ask you what emotions drove the creation of the piece?

  • @Treijim For me, the emotions that drive the creation of a piece are completely distinct from the emotions aroused by the piece. I'm trying to think of an analogy ... it's kind of like the difference between building a car in a shop and driving it, or between growing food and eating it.

  • @smalin Would you care to share both? I'm curious. Emotionally, what prompted you to compose it, and how do you actually feel when you listen to it now? That's only if you want to share :)

  • @Treijim I'd rather make another video ...

  • @smalin No worries, I know the feeling. I'm always curious to see what you upload next.

  • the rectangular shapes relate well to the rhythmic structure of the piece

  • Facinating!!

  • Reminds me of Final Fantasy 7

  • @weraslolreeee - Same here

  • This is different than a lot of music I have heard, and I'm trying to gather a feel for the style and what it's communicating. Smalin, could you explain a bit more about the structure and intention of the piece?

  • @MatchbookD70 I've added a pointer to a description to the FAQ

  • @smalin ah, thank you. reading your description defintely helped to increase my appreciation for the piece.

  • 18 idiots didn't understand the song and gave thumbs down!

  • @felipemp93 You don't have to be an idiot to not like this piece; being inexperienced in listening to modern music is sufficient.

  • @smalin yeah, yeah...i know, but if you don't understand, it doesn't mean you don't like it. When I don't like something, I hear it tons of time to try to understand the song in itself...and then I can have a solid and consistent opinion.

  • @smalin And running the risk of sounding petty, I'd like to point out that it's an instrumental and not -in fact - a "song" :S

    However, 'tis a beatiful piece, so Kudos to you Stephen ^_^

  • Great counterpoint man!

  • At 3:19 it sounds like Tron

  • It reminds me of the incidental music in old TV shows like the Andy Griffith Show. I can just picture Opie getting into mischief, or Barney.

  • Makes me think of Azure Dreams and Alundra.

  • if you like recorders you might like "The Golden Vanity - English Traditional for recorders quartet" posted on youtube by ChesterEldar

  • I love it, sir.

    In my mind, it sounds like... a dawn, with the sun slowly raising from the horizon... and the activity of the whole Nature and world, with all of its creatures, in all of its sub-worlds, both macro and micro ones, getting more and more intense... until the sunset comes, to bring a quiet night!

    I rate it with a thumb-up and I add it to my favourites!

  • Beautiful. I love the sound-carriers you got going. A nice idea, which turned into great music. Keep this coming!

  • I did not know Malinowski, he is really good, I loved this piece!!! it translates wonderfully visually

  • Totally digging the unresolved suspensions. Looks like you also have a bit of klangfarbenmelodie going on in the late middle section. At some point into the first section (with the unresolved suspensions) I was expecting some kind of cadence to lead into a new section with a more defined harmonic structure, but the unfulfilled arrival was a nice touch I must say. Kudos.

  • pretty annoying piece...did you intend it to be so painful?

  • @hoopsmaster13 If you listen to it more, your perceptions of it will change.

  • I'm so torn! I like the Circles but the Bars make it easier for people to see the notes. Ugh!

    Great Job non the less.

  • it makes me feel like I'm playing Zelda or some old video game

  • I would hate to do a harmonic analysis on this thing. Lots of juicy chords in there! I think this piece would truly shine if it were played by a live ensemble rather than midi sounds.

  • @Synsacrus Since I'm not using triadic harmony (except inasmuch as I use jazz-like dissonances), the best way to analyze it "harmonically" would be to just track modulations (that is, where on the circle of fifths the pitches fall, excluding the dissonances); looked at that way, it's pretty simple.

  • @smalin After considering what you said and taking a second listen it really wouldn't be so ghastly an undertaking.  It might be even more fun to note the relationships between certain notes and note groups. Speaking of which, I remember a Chopin piece that you graphically represented in this way (pitch relations), are you going to do any other pieces this way in the future?

  • btw this sounds awesome. i guess your mind has to be "advanced" enough to understand everything :) i love it

  • some parts sound like metroid :-P

  • This is a very interesting piece to say the least. I wonder how it will sound on piano... Have you thought about transcribing it?

  • Hey Stephen, have you ever considered doing any classic or comtempo jazz numbers with this medium?  like maybe Brubeck or? I mean, before you decide to end it all :)

  • @Cynthia95ish  see the FAQ re Requests

  • Sort of reminded me of Pikmin :)

    There were definitely parts I wasn't a fan of, but overall I found it enjoyable

  • I liked it.

  • i actually thought this was really interesting!

    the music definitely had some parts which really pulled me in

    i can easily appreciate this

  • not bad, modern music.

  • The development was cool. I wasn't super into the first minute though.

  • this sucks

  • @JustaEropeanGuy Well, I guess I'd better just go kill myself.

  • @smalin dude, wtf? The music sucked - my opinion, the video wan't that much of anything, but it rarely is, so who cares. You know what, do it if you are really that intent on it lol

  • @JustaEropeanGuy Your opinion is beyond irrelevant. I personally took the time to look over your channel and have concluded that you are a child who needs to grow up or GTFO.

  • @smalin Comments like these reveal much about the lack of discernment among some viewers on youtube, and little about the genius of the composer.

  • @smalin Though, truly, this piece is really not the best ever made.. I insist you stay alive! :)

  • @smalin AHAHAHAHHAHA. Smalin what kind of music is this? Would I be wrong to say i hear aspects of atonality?

  • @danhatechav Yes, you would be wrong; it's totally tonal (though not triadic).

  • @smalin I'm thinking Eric Whitacre style is the sound I hear.

  • @smalin I lol'd

  • it looks pretty!

    but i just like classical music so much more (actually during the classical period)

    i think with classical i find myself thinking more clearly after listening

    but the whole irregularity in this piece makes me so confused. or maybe there is no irregularity, but just chaos, and the lack of harmony

    i think i have to go get me some mozart now

    sorry=(

  • @ScribbleMouse There's a lot of order in this piece, but it is not the same as the order in classical period music. If you watch/listen to this once or twice a day, you will see/hear more and more in it.

  • @smalin okay, i'll try

  • really interesting. do you think your composing has changed at all since doing these bar graph videos?

  • There was no overlap. I stopped composing around 1982, which is when I started learning how to write graphics software.

  • I find very few pieces in classical music that I can't stand. This is one of them.

  • @IdleBigots I agree!

  • @IdleBigots Why is that? Just curious...

  • @mario54671

    It's almost too rudimentary, not simplistic and pure, but so basic. It's completely mundane in the beginning with only a brief respite in the middle.  I literally find myself falling to sleep listening to it.

  • @IdleBigots

    Well, fortunately, this isn't classical music...

  • @IdleBigots There are so many less offensive ways to have said this.

  • @IdleBigots Is Beethoven's Grosse Fuga another?

  • @smalin

    Quite. It's just this particular style is not to my liking. The strange discordance is not appealing, to me. I understand that a rather 'chaotic' score can be well-played, but sometimes it just sounds like random notes with little or no meaning (and done in a seemingly meaningless way). Maybe it's just me, but this piece sounds almost amateurish.

  • @IdleBigots You might be amused to read what Beethoven said about people who didn't appreciate his Grosse Fuga ...

  • @smalin What did he say ?

  • Awesome!

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