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Originally Posted by Galadriel55
I made some progress today but got stuck on the ABAB. I couldn't get it to sound quite right on the sketch, but I was hoping that I will be enlightened in the process of composing. Vain hope.
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Well, it's perfectly singable over what you have in the Progress Report, if that helps.
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Originally Posted by Galadriel55
But in the meantime, I have a question. Progress Report #2 (minus the ABAB, still under construction): do you think Finrod's part is too mellow? Does he need a bit more hardness? I wanna figure out this stanza before I move on to the next bit, in case I need to scrap some of the melody lines and redo them more boldly or something. I had this vision of Finrod intertwining different melodies into his tune and eventually converting the trumpet to his cause, but I think behind the musical symbolism I forgot what the end result is supposed to sound like. Is it too soft? Any other suggestions for the mood/style?
EDIT: what I could also do instead of scraping completely is transfer this whole piece over to the second stanza, where Finrod is less confrontational and has more blissful reminiscence, which can take a mellower and gentler approach. What do you think? |
I like the trumpet-conversion concept, particularly since it's followed immediately by Sauron reclaiming it to grind Finrod down. ^_^
As to the rest... well, I don't know! I've sung it a couple of times, and I like the way it builds in strength as Finrod's part goes on. There's nothing that makes me think it needs changing; isn't that pretty much how he sings it? So I'd say pick what you prefer.
I've also sung it as verse 2, which also works.
Two specific lines that catch me out: I feel like the last chord on 'prophesying' is pitched wrong, though now that I've noticed it's a chord I guess that's their fault. I also think 'death-defying peaks' could do with a slightly longer first note, and a slightly shorter second & third (at the moment it sounds fairly regular, whereas I'm singing 'defying' quite quickly to allow a fractional pause after 'death').
But really, it's good! I might try and record it at lunchtime just for fun. ^_^
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EDIT 2: Also, this is still a touch slower than they have in the musicals. Do you wanna leave it this way, or make it faster to match?
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Leave it unless it bothers you. I always slow songs down when I sing them anyway, so I hadn't even noticed. ^_^
hS