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Reviews for "-Orr-Nocturne in C# Minor"

Excellent.

You've been deserving of a detailed review by me for a long time, and having recently submitted a Nocturne from Grief, and currently working on one of my own, this one is really up my alley!

The piano sounds wonderful. I can't really tell if you played it live or just sequenced it really well, but it's very nicely loose, a lot of pensive pauses and delays, it drags the listener right along.

The composition is good - typical Romanticism most of the times, sometimes a little hint of pop music (add9 chords and such). The theme is well-constructed, the listener "understands" it immediately and will recognize it in the variations as well. Still it doesn't sound generic or predictable.

However, it would have been nice if you varied more in the left hand - after a while I started longing for a break from the arpeggiated chords.

A break which I eventually got in the interlude part at 2:01 - I thought that part was the best, it broke the mood in a real nice way and was just beautifully composed. I wish you had lingered on that a while longer, from 2:31 you seemed a little eager to get back to the main theme, which resulted in what I experienced as an 8 second modulation rush :)

Also, that right-hand part in the intro is really good, you should consider using that technique for another variation on the theme, give it that Chopin feel...

Overall, a 5 and a download well-deserved. Last advice I have is to check out what Simon_F wrote in his review for my "Notturno", it's downright encyclopaedic and you're bound to learn from it!

(Oh, and you may like the tune, as well)

DavidOrr responds:

Wow, this is one of the most detailed reviews I've gotten! All very good points, certainly things to consider. The modulation was very abrupt. I used a variation of the main theme to modulate back to try and make it sound less peculiar, but I could have given it a few more seconds and made the keys I modulate to closer in kinship to eachother.

Arpeggios I feel are this piece's biggest weakness. I was going for a chopin feel, yet a few more variations away from this motion would have been good.

I have a lot of respect for Simon_F and his knowledge of musical theory, it's great to know there are people on Newgrounds that actually spend time to learn that stuff. I'll be sure to check out the review, your tune, and leave a review :).

Thanks for the support!

Very nice

You have a wonderful piece here.

For whatever reason it reminded me of Spirited Away for a few moments... Maybe it's because of the soft, but decisive keys, each one seeming to have been passionately played.

Great work on!

DavidOrr responds:

Spirited Away? Don't know what it is, unfortunately, but I'll go google it and see what I come up with.

Thanks for the support!

Beautiful.

This was such a relaxing piece of music. I was really impressed by it. Soft and delicate...I honestly can't really think of any ways in which you could improve it. I've listened to it about 4 times now and I'm still loving it. Can't wait to see more of your work.

DavidOrr responds:

It's reviews like these that are really inspiring. Glad you liked it, and thanks for the review!

Oh snap

this is a very nice piece indeed
this started off like a piece I've heard before,
just cant remember which
i love when u get into octaves
Sounded like u played it live but not sure if u
did. great ending as well
songs nowadays dont have good endings at all
at first i thought it was a guitar haha till the
right hand came in
how long did it take to compose this piece?

Great job on a very touching piece
beautiful on every level

WinterWind-NS

DavidOrr responds:

Hey buddy! I played this into Reason 3.0 using my MIDI keyboard. I considered playing it live on a piano, but mics always pick up unwanted fuzz and the quality of the recording isn't amazing unless you have some top-notch equipment.

I wrote this piece the night before I had a composition recital for my teacher. I had found out that day that I had to play an original composition in it, and so I wrote this.

Glad you enjoyed it!

Great work

Very beautiful, it feels like you paid such close attention to your opening melody and it really pays off. Chopin himself would be pleased to have written such a sensitive opening! I wonder about the middle section, which for some reason doesn't quite satisfy me. The repeating chords are very effective as is the briefly stated melody that comes right before them but I can't help suspecting the whole development is a little short on material. It feels like you were in a hurry, by the third minute, to get back to the opening melody albeit with some very nice variation. There is a truly gorgeous moment at 3:20 - I love the way you played the part with octaves in the right hand during this part; the slight pause before you play each note as if in hesitation which seems to really work here. Wonderful work overall despite my criticism of the middle section.