Starting this blog has made me look at my back catalogue and there sitting rotting away on my hard drive was “If Possible”. Something that I wrote over two years ago, had fun with it and then moved on to the next big thing. The minute I reheard it I was drawn in. It has an unsettled feeling but is still melodic. The unsettled thing is because I used Bartoks Axis
It was short and I thought too simple with just a piano over an arpeggio of the cords. So I said to my self “I am going to fix this”. First I wrote a little middle section, that allowed me to repeat the piece and change the order of the bits, to give it variety. I added some guitar to play the harmony and a bit of percussion to enhance that waltz feel. “Do you now what? “ Yes I was very disapointed. The melody still shines through but the backing is like clockwork. It dose not work. Where did I go wrong?
I think I did not analyse the music enough. I needeed to ask myself “what do I like about this?” First when I originally wrote it and now in my second encounter I though the cords where the most important. It is the notes of the appeggio. They at times cause dissinance but then at the end of a phrase they resolve. Thats where it gets its movement from. In my opinion this is really counterpoint. So if you have had a look at the score you seen many notes are enharmonic, To agree with the harmony.
My to do list on this is
- I need to simplify the notes, what is realy going on here
- look at doing this as a solo again, there may be room for more instruments
Then I think more of it’s secrets will be revealed
Jim
I reserve the right to Re-visit this at a later date.
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