Say that five times in a row.

I've been meaning to finally make use of my solo strings library, so I decided to write a little something for a string quartet. I wrote a theme on the sadder side at first to fit with the theme of the week. Then I thought an angrier second theme could make sense to explain the "apologetic" theme.

The structure of the piece is inspired by the sonata form. Basically, I wanted to find two musical ideas, then really focus on developing them, taking them through multiple keys, etc. Then, at the end, re-stating both themes in the original key. I don't think this is really "proper" sonata form though, the second theme never returns fully on its own.

Contrite Quartet (Song-a-Week 2024/4: Apologies)

This week, I made another string quartet piece. For whatever reason, I interpreted "rush" as syncopation: the first theme is syncopated. Then, I made a second theme in 7/8 which feels like 4/4 but "rushed" because it's missing an eighth note at the end (1 and 2 and 3 and 4 | 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 | 1 ...).

Rush (Song-a-Week 2024/6)

I've been wanting to make a slower piece and to work with harmonics for a bit, and this theme seemed fitting.

I tried to make it very much the opposite of a love song: cold, lonely, isolated.

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