Clarinet With Horns

A short march at the end of a long day.

Sonatina in D – Sketches

While waiting for the last of the snow to fall (so I could finish shoveling), I started a sonatina in D major. The 2nd subject is sketched below in its exposition and recapitulation forms:

Sonatina in A

What started as a chord progression over which a set of variations were to be written ended up, without the chord progression, as a sonatina. An mp3, performed by the box on the desk, can be found here.

Three Winds

Last weekend, while at a local coffeehouse, I transcribed ambient sounds other than the background music. Two fragments became the two opening motives of this (larger) fragment for wind trio. The harmonies are tonal and progressions primarily Classical, while the rhythm at first alternates between two and three, then layers three over two.

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Two-Part Invention in B-Flat, Part Two

Last night, I finished the walk, returning through G major, G minor, and that domineering F major to home at B flat.

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Two-Part Invention in B-Flat, Part One

Tonight, I took a brisk walk from B-flat through F to d minor and then to the neighboring D major.