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jvvg · 2012-07-25 12:06:21

This morning, I was bored so I decided to see if I could write really ugly music.

I came up with the Apocalypse Quartet in B Flat Major.

It is scored for:
1 Flute
1 Violin
1 Accordion
1 C Trumpet

So, if you want to listen to it, go to http://www.mediafire.com/view/?htcdyiwlnwjgymh or http://soundcloud.com/jacob-g-4/sets/th … se-quartet.

For the score, go to http://www.mediafire.com/view/?htcdyiwlnwjgymh.

Last edited by jvvg (2012-08-13 11:43:28)

stevetheipad · 2012-07-25 12:20:02

I was sure it was going to be the Rick Rolled song, but it turns out otherwise. tongue

Jackieee · 2012-07-25 12:26:43

Hmm... I really liked that, actually. It sounds like a victory theme from some SNES RPG or something.

jvvg · 2012-07-25 12:29:35

I'm now writing a second movement, in C Major.

jvvg · 2012-07-25 18:40:58

I finished writing all three movements. A complete performance is a little over two minutes.

Movement 1: Moderato, B Flat Major
Movement 2: Calmly, C Major
Movement 3: Allegretto, B Flat Major

You can download a recording of my computer playing it at http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?gve2i2qngrsmff8 (WAV) and download the score at http://www.mediafire.com/view/?htcdyiwlnwjgymh (PDF)

(oh, and, 1600th post!)

Daroach1 · 2012-07-25 19:30:24

You know what? I'm going to use this as the boss music in the game I'm making. It's epic.

soupoftomato · 2012-07-25 20:06:01

Can you put it on soundcloud or some place I don't need to download?

jvvg · 2012-07-25 20:51:34

Daroach1 wrote:
You know what? I'm going to use this as the boss music in the game I'm making. It's epic.

Yay. It's nice knowing that someone likes it. smile

jvvg · 2012-07-25 21:00:19

soupoftomato wrote:
Can you put it on soundcloud or some place I don't need to download?

http://soundcloud.com/jacob-g-4/sets/th … se-quartet

The first track is all three movements, the last track is just movement 1.

Daroach1 · 2012-07-26 08:46:28

I just noticed... this song bears some resemblance to what a song in say, pokemon emerald might sound like.

jvvg · 2012-07-26 09:21:29

Daroach1 wrote:
I just noticed... this song bears some resemblance to what a song in say, pokemon emerald might sound like.

I wouldn't know, I've never played pokemon.
The resemblance is a coincidence.

imnotbob · 2012-07-26 15:51:42

You should have included trombone/baritone and tuba. They're great for bass

Downloading when home

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jvvg · 2012-07-26 15:54:03

imnotbob wrote:
You should have included trombone/baritone and tuba. They're great for bass

Downloading when home

I chose flute, violin, accordion, and trumpet to make it sound weird.

jukyter · 2012-07-27 10:25:03

It's... interesting.

a1130 · 2012-08-13 00:41:45

Very nice... composition? tongue

I like how instead of the typical sonata form (exposition, development, and recap), you just made it a free form piece that has 3 completely random, wild movements. Despite all the dissonance and cacophony, the piece still gives a feeling of triads (i.e. B-flat major).

Reminds me (somewhat) of Mozart's "A Little Joke," which gives you the feeling (in some parts) that the instruments aren't tuned. big_smile

jvvg · 2012-08-13 10:28:11

a1130 wrote:
Very nice... composition?

I like how instead of the typical sonata form (exposition, development, and recap), you just made it a free form piece that has 3 completely random, wild movements. Despite all the dissonance and cacophony, the piece still gives a feeling of triads (i.e. B-flat major).

Reminds me (somewhat) of Mozart's "A Little Joke," which gives you the feeling (in some parts) that the instruments aren't tuned.

I wrote the whole piece as a joke. tongue
What I did was in Musescore, I put in notes that sounded good when I put them in, but I didn't put them in order.

BirdByte · 2012-08-13 10:38:37

jvvg wrote:
a1130 wrote:
Very nice... composition?

I like how instead of the typical sonata form (exposition, development, and recap), you just made it a free form piece that has 3 completely random, wild movements. Despite all the dissonance and cacophony, the piece still gives a feeling of triads (i.e. B-flat major).

Reminds me (somewhat) of Mozart's "A Little Joke," which gives you the feeling (in some parts) that the instruments aren't tuned.
I wrote the whole piece as a joke.
What I did was in Musescore, I put in notes that sounded good when I put them in, but I didn't put them in order.

Musescore FTW!

I think I'll make my own... how long did this take?

jvvg · 2012-08-13 10:48:31

BirdByte wrote:
jvvg wrote:
a1130 wrote:
Very nice... composition?

I like how instead of the typical sonata form (exposition, development, and recap), you just made it a free form piece that has 3 completely random, wild movements. Despite all the dissonance and cacophony, the piece still gives a feeling of triads (i.e. B-flat major).

Reminds me (somewhat) of Mozart's "A Little Joke," which gives you the feeling (in some parts) that the instruments aren't tuned.
I wrote the whole piece as a joke.
What I did was in Musescore, I put in notes that sounded good when I put them in, but I didn't put them in order.
Musescore FTW!

I think I'll make my own... how long did this take?

It only took a few hours. However, if you want to make something good, it will probably take longer.

funelephant · 2012-08-13 10:49:32

Some of it was okay, but other than that it was jumbled.

So you achieved your goal.

fire219 · 2012-08-13 11:26:02

Still better than most mainstream music today. tongue

jvvg · 2012-08-13 11:35:40

fire219 wrote:
Still better than most mainstream music today.

Yes, totally. tongue

sccar3 · 2012-08-13 11:39:58

There's such thing as a C trumpet? Who knew?

jvvg · 2012-08-13 11:43:00

Seriously, MediaFire? It got the links wrong. mad
Anyway, I fixed them. The old links were just for the first movement. Now, the links link to all three movements.

16Skittles · 2012-08-13 12:23:07

sccar3 wrote:
There's such thing as a C trumpet? Who knew?

I thought that normal trumpets were tuned to C... Doesn't matter, Eb Saxophone FTW.

BirdByte · 2012-08-13 12:27:25

jvvg wrote:
BirdByte wrote:
jvvg wrote:

I wrote the whole piece as a joke.
What I did was in Musescore, I put in notes that sounded good when I put them in, but I didn't put them in order.
Musescore FTW!

I think I'll make my own... how long did this take?
It only took a few hours. However, if you want to make something good, it will probably take longer.

'
lol I'm using EMC and Musescore to make something, and so far it's going really well! I'm nearly done with the score for the first instrument. smile

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