String Quartet No. 5 in Bb major Movement 3 by Benjamin McLean

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Benjamin McLean

Benjamin McLean

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Hi, here is the final movement of my 5th string quartet.
Here are the movements:
1. Allegro con moto (Bb major)
2. Andantino (A major)
3. Allegro vivace (A major)
This is my first string quartet that does not have a 4-movement structure - it has 3 movements (groundbreaking, I know). This movement is a fairly classic sonata form, mostly in A major. This piece has a somewhat longer development section than I have written in my quartets so far, which I like.
Let me know what you think in the comments. Any suggestions on more music I should write are welcome :)
I'd be thrilled if a quartet group somewhere would perform one of my pieces sometime. Sorry if people don't like staccatissimo. Also sorry if you don't like double stops - any string players out there who think any section of this quartet poses very inconvenient problems for the violinist, violist, or cellist? Please let me know :)
I'm aware I have some unfinished pieces that I've posted parts of already. On my list to finish is the 'Invisible Cities' suite for solo piano, so that will appear one day.
Please comment if you would like the sheet music for this piece (free), or you can DM me on instagram if you prefer: / benjaminpiano3110
Also sheet music for my other pieces are on IMSLP:
imslp.org/wiki/Category:McLea...
(sheet music for this piece will by on IMSLP very shortly)
FYI I am on Spotify, currently have 2 albums of improvised piano works (link in bio)

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@Wander016
@Wander016 16 күн бұрын
Why is in A major? Also, how did you made the tr. sound so good? tr. in Musescore is like nothing. Sounds like a joyride. It looks difficult to play.
@benjaminpiano3110
@benjaminpiano3110 15 күн бұрын
I thought A major would be a good place to start given the end of the 2nd movement (which ended in A major). I feel it gives a smoother transition between movements. This being said the 1st movement is in Bb major, which is the nominal key of the quartet. As I think you point out, it doesn’t make too much sense to say the quartet is in Bb major given most of the quartet is in A major for a fair amount of time. (Although technically as the 1st movement is in Bb major it doesn’t matter what the other movements are - it’s perfectly allowed to say it’s in Bb major). Nevertheless it would probably have been a better artistic choice to have this movement end in Bb. Oh well - there is very large variety of quartets being composed these days (incorporating atonality, extended techniques, non-traditional sounds, forms, etc.), and I’d argue that the fact the key of this movement is A and not Bb is a fairly minor consideration. Any quartet who wants to play it is free to transpose everything up a semitone if they like 😂 Perhaps I should remove ‘in Bb major’ from the title and just call it ‘Quartet No. 5’. With regards to MuseScore - there are a few different types of trills you can add to a note, you can add the ‘tr’ symbol or one that looks like ‘tr~~~~~~~~~~~~’ which gives an extended trill for the duration of the note. The latter is what I used here which gives a much nicer, sustained trill. Also note that MuseScore is not so good with flattened/sharpened trills (ie a trill with the higher note a semi tone higher or lower than otherwise indicated by the key signature) , it doesn’t like them and I can’t figure out a way to make it play them except to change the key signature in MuseScore momentarily, for the purposes of playback only.
@benjaminpiano3110
@benjaminpiano3110 15 күн бұрын
But anyway thanks 😊
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