First Original Composition - Journey Home

Um...sit back, relax, and enjoy the music! (I hope xD) This is my first full length composition (I've done 8 measure compositions for an orchestra class before x3).
Anyways...I called the piece Journey Home because the piece is supposed to be about my journey as a musician, from when I loved piano, to when piano no longer meant anything to me, and then me loving it again ^^
There's more about that on my profile if you care to read it ^^"
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A little more about the piece (some music theory knowledge will help):

0:45 - I decided to use a deceptive cadence to immediately and unexpectedly switch from major to minor, because I don't really know when I started to dislike piano, but before I knew it, it was no longer something I loved.

0:56-1:00 - The run in the right hand is the same run used during 0:28-0:31 in the major section. The left hand makes it sound minor though. I chose to do this because pieces that I used to love, although unchanged, became something I no longer enjoyed. The upward run is kind of like me trying to remember what I once loved about piano, but not succeeding. It stays minor.

1:09-1:19 - The same run as 0:56-1:00 occurs again, this time it goes to major. There was a brief period of a week during my piano depression where I started enjoying piano again. I played for maybe 4 hours a day O_O.

1:25-1:26 - The same notes as the opening are played. The week where I loved piano turned out to be just a temporary thing rather than a renewed love for piano, so instead of going back to the original theme, it goes back to the minor theme using another deceptive cadence.

1:38-2:01 - I tried to reflect some passages from Fantasie-Impromptu and Un Sospiro (respectively) because they were two classical pieces which I enjoyed, even during my piano depression ^^

1:46-1:48 - This part comes into play later.

2:17-2:20 - Uses the same main note and rhythm as in 1:46-1:48 except in major, rather than minor. Finally I'm coming out of the piano depression ^^

2:46 - Seems like a suitable point for an ending, but rather than an end, I wanted this part to reflect a feeling that I'll continue loving piano forever, so the theme repeats again, stronger than ever.

2:22-END - I love piano again, I'm home ^-^

Sorry that I haven't posted a video in such a long time! =(

PS - I forgot how loudly the bass is recorded when the video camera is placed there, so the harmony sometimes overshadows the melody =(

If you want the sheet music, you can find it here:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MUXLC4PS

mp3:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YF1MX2N3

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• philip
• walker

[frankie1089]

at :45, wat is the Diatonic Chord progressions?

are u going from G major to E minor?

[philipawalker]

@frankie1089 Key change from C major -> A minor.

The chords were V -> vi in C major. (Gmaj chord -> A min chord)

[FirefoxFreeze]

Hi Phillip

I love this song with my heart. I am making my own lyrics to this. Is it ok if I can use this video as an Mp3 to sing a long?

[philipawalker]

@FirefoxFreeze I don't mind, but be sure to send me it when you're done, I would love to hear it! ^^

I actually already wrote some lyrics, (2 different sets of lyrics xD). Maybe I'll release them one day xD

[FirefoxFreeze]

@philipawalker

Thank  you!

[philipawalker]

@FirefoxFreeze lol np ^^ can't wait to hear it :P

[dragonchild486]

This is so amazing it sounds so professional. You are an inspiration to anyone who plays an instrument. Your passion really shows through in this piece

[new01]

This is an amazing composition.

Im in awe.

:D

[BootupSound]

very impressive, thoroughly enjoyable

[superpinoyxxx]

thats a very sexy piano

[TVROCKS5555]

Subscribed, your are an amazing pianist, or however you spell it.

[BootupSound]

Very impressive, thank you

[bloom987654322]

...the hell?

are you a pro?

[FirefoxFreeze]

@philipawalker And being the failure I am, I never got to this.

[star123753]

OMFG in this you show your passion for playing and then how passion is starting to dissapear and then you see light and music get back to your heart OMG AWSOME better said your feelings are expressed in this piece soooooo much....

[cray7z7ppl]

wow! how long have you been playing?

[BlackAlpharo]

thanks for this, i really love it... now i gonna grab my guitar and my imagination and make something beautiful like this :)