@@Gloutonien In this video, a mirror 😂😂

@@Gloutonien haha how do you mean?

@@benjaminpiano3110 I'm sorry I wasn't clear enough, but I think you play remarkably well. How did you acquire such mastery?

@@Gloutonien thanks I’m thrilled you think so. I’m mostly self taught 😅

@@benjaminpiano3110 How many years have you been playing the piano?

Not always 😅😅

Much appreciated as always 😊

@@RodolfoLimacbx I could arrange something for quintet, or if you like I could write a string quintet 😊 I could try writing one however you want if you would like something specific haha

Thanks glad you enjoyed

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.

But anyway thanks 😊

Just MuseScore 4 :) the MuseHub sounds are quite good (although real musicians are ideal obviously 😅😅)

@@Wander016 haha I improvise a lot 😅

@@Wander016 hope you enjoyed :)

Very dangerous to be compared to Beethoven or Chopin 😂😂 much appreciated 😊

@@benjaminpiano3110 Understood. You'll be fine; don't worry....

Yes, I make the audio and sheet music in MuseScore 4 :) of course if you know a baroque ensemble lmk 😉😂😂😂

Glad you like 😊 I’d be thrilled to have my music played 😊

What do you think it sounds like? 😊

I don't think it necessarily has to sound a certain way, I believe every work has its own sound and that's fine.

never realised I was so on point 😅😂😂

@@benjaminpiano3110 It's inevitable. 90% of our me.tal activity takes place in the unconscious.

Always fascinating to hear what others think 😊😊

I’m really glad you liked it and I’m pleased if it helps with any of the things you mentioned 😊

Thank you so much! Best of luck with composing I hope your cantata goes well 😊😊 I would be thrilled for anyone to perform my work 😂

Thanks I’m glad you’re enjoying 😊

I feel shorts get more views 😅😅

I’ll take the compliment!! 😂

If they have a job opening I’d be honoured 😂😂😂

@@benjaminpiano3110 It's worth checking out. Soundtracks for indie films, documentarys, etc.

Always humbled to be compared to Beethoven 😅

Haha oh well at least you enjoyed it 😂 thanks so much

Thank you!!

Thanks :) hopefully it is played one day haha. Maybe I’ll write something like it soon :) sorry for not posting much lately 😅😅😅

@@benjaminpiano3110 no prob.

@@benjaminpiano3110please give cellos good parts

@@evankajikawa1277 I try 😅😅 do you have any suggestions

I agree 😊

Thanks very much I’m glad you do 😊

I think it’s good to listen to pieces after a period of not doing so, it changes the experience (especially useful when you’re writing music I think haha) 😊

Nice!

Glad you enjoyed 😊

Merci beaucoup 😊

Go right ahead, I would be honoured 😂😅

Would you need me to share an mp3 file of the audio or can you work from the KZfaq video haha

@@benjaminpiano3110 Thank you! No, because the work is downloadable, I'm sure my niece (who's ďoing this) can work that way!

@@benjaminpiano3110 The honor is mine!!!

Thanks very much :)

Thankfully it wasn’t raining when I was there 😂

@@benjaminpiano3110 Du bist glülich! When I was there a local explained that wheh they filmed Julie Andrews pracing across sunny meadows outside of town they literally had to wait aeons for an appreciably sunny day! It has a high suicide rate, too. I met a photographer who had a camera permanently on a tripod facing out his window toward a wooded cliff across the city and I asked him why and he explained glibly it was because occasionally he would see persons leap from the cliff as he walked by his picture window and this way he could snap a pic capturing their descent. It's easy to see how Mozart resorted to hyperactivity, if he did!

Oh wow. I was only there for a few days, so I must indeed have been lucky to get nice weather. Hmmm well I suppose there are quite a lot of high places to jump off from in Salzburg like you say 😅, such as the cliffs around the castle - I had no idea so many people had jumped. Would definitely have changed my perspective of the local scenery!

@@benjaminpiano3110 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h99pks-Xz7fToIk.html (A little dark humor...)

Very dark humour indeed 😅😂

If I make honest music then I’m happy 😊

And super glad you like haha

I think you are thinking of his Etude in G minor? I didn’t realise it, but now you mention it I am quite shocked how similar it is. I first heard that piece by Glass late last year, perhaps it came through somehow haha

@@benjaminpiano3110 Yes: as a poet I know how that works--an unconscious quotation; or as vaudeville comics used to say of other comics who'd purloin style without stealing anything, "He's familiar with it."

Hi, sorry for the late reply. Sheet music for the whole suite will be on IMSLP eventually. For now here is a link to sheet music of Octavia and Valdrada: benjaminmclean3.wixsite.com/sheetmusic/sheet-music Let me know if the link doesn’t work!

Thanks very much 😊

Thanks very much! Yes I’ve spoken to a few violinists - from beginners to professionals - about what they think about this piece 😂 and if they have specific advice about the 1st violin part. I think I will edit it so it is a bit easier haha. When I'm done with the last movement I'll release a video of the whole quartet, with the edited (easier) version of this movement included 😊

Thanks Henry 😊

Also your 3rd piano sonata is really good 😊

@@benjaminpiano3110 Thx!

Thanks 😊

I appreciate it 😊

Thanks, glad you liked it 😊

Here is the second movement: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rN6HpZN73bLDk3U.htmlsi=mcBfmg8FSCwLSko9

@@benjaminpiano3110 Yes I found it at your site. Splendid adagio!

@@James-ll3jb thanks, I was originally unsure how well the 2nd movement fits in with the piece as a whole. I will have to use the last movement to make it sound complete somehow and bring it all together 😂 who knows maybe I won’t manage, or do something quite different instead

@@benjaminpiano3110 Quartets are strange that way. Take Beethiven's 16th (especially the Toscanini full orchestra RCA recording): two movements in there sound totally unintegrated, at least to my hapless ears!

Thanks 😊