Music: My piano is chanting

Posted by Henry E. Powderly II on Jul 24, 2009 in Music, Portfolio | 1 comment

228253734_54af27f603Today I share a piece of music, Chant 1, which is last piano piece I’ve written in a while.

The general idea of the piece was to create a melody and to repeat it, each time adding a new note to the harmony. The motive, which is played in unison with its harmonies for the entire piece, starts out as a two part harmony, later picks up a third, fourth and lastly fifth voice.

I chose “Chant” because of the choral nature of the melody, and perhaps I will score it for choir one day. For now, I like how it functions as a piano piece.

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And if you’d like to print out the score and play it yourself, be my guest.

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One comment

  1. pianopress
    July 26, 2009

    Wow! This is a very nice piece. Simple yet meaningful, I’ll give it a try on my piano. You should check out my blog also! http://pianopress.wordpress.com/

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