Re: [linux-audio-user] Very new and unfinished

On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 10:10:32 +0100
Thorsten Wilms <t_w_@email-addr-hidden> wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 11:09:02PM +0000, Folderol wrote:
> >
> > It sort of conveys the idea of some sort of exotic caravan journey
> > across the ancient middle east. A small band of friends maybe?
> >
> http://www.musically.me.uk/music/Orient.ogg
>
>
> Chinese in the alps, I would say ;)

Well at least someone found SOME Chinese flavour!

> It's full of volksmusik phrases. If you want to get away
> from that, you should perhaps study some to not do what
> they do.
>
> 3/4 can only make it hard to get away from that. AFAIK
> some belly dancing music uses wicked time signatures
> like 9/8 or 7/8, so consider switching.
>
> The chinese touch could be emphasized by working
> out the pentatonic character, I guess.
>
> Aside all that, there's some notes that drag against
> the beat.

This is quite deliberate and will need refining, but is done to make
the melody sound more lazy, almost careless.

I would like to thank everyone for their comments and suggestions ...
even though they weren't what I expected!

I have done more development and the music has rather taken control of
the direction. I don't think it would have been a good idea to try and
shoe-horn it into a style it didn't fit. I think that would have
ended up as a, not very good not very oriental, piece.

However in recognition of it's starting point I've renamed it 'East To
West' and I won't even attempt to define a style for it :)

There is still a lot to do.

http://www.musically.me.uk/music/East_To_West.ogg

No typos this time!

-- 
Will J G