Piece for Cello and Piano

[Kevin]

Are you a very experienced cellist?

[Deleted]

Fairly. It's my major lol. Currently I am a senior and will graduate in May.

[Kevin]

Would you mind me sending a piece I have written for cello and piano?

[Deleted]

No. What do you want me to do with it?

[Kevin]

Have a look at it!

Here you will find an mp3.

www.scoreexchange.com/scores/82484.html

Thanks for your time.

[Kevin]

Have a look at it!

Here you will find an mp3.

www.scoreexchange.com/scores/82484.html

Thanks for your time.

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So far I've listened to it a couple of times (thought oddly your mp3 stops before the end of the piece) and I think it sounds nice. It has some very nice melodies and I enjoyed it. Tomorrow I will try to give it a closer look.

[Deleted]

Good grief! I don't know how much revision you went through with this piece, but the cello part in the PDF and the score on Score Exchange have numerous discrepancies. I thought it would probably be easier to follow if I talked about everything in order. Prepare yourself...

There is no crescendo in m. 5 or 6 but there is a dynamic change at first and second ending; however this error is only in the score and not the cello part. Also, the crescendo in bar 3 and 4 is different between the score and part. I think with the phrasing, the crescendo as it is written in the score makes the most sense.

On the first page of the cello part (I didn't pay as much attention in the later pages), some of the markings look funny. Some of the poco rall. lines are wrapped under the words, and the line showing the second ending is too long.

Something you could mark in the cello part and not necessarily the score, m. 13 should start up bow, the slur in m. 14 should be erased, and the eighth notes in m. 16 should be slurred. I felt this allowed for the best use of the bow/allowed even bow distribution.

Along the same lines, I can see how the slur in m. 20 shows the connection between the lower and upper notes, but the bowing is unrealistic. I would recommend writing a slur over the whole measure and allowing the performing decide how to play it.

In the cello part between m. 21 and 29, there is an incorrect number of rests notated.

In m. 32 (33 in cello part), pianissimo is written in the cello part but not in the score.

In m. 53 (54 in cello part), I would extend the crescendo to the Bb in 54 (55) and write an accent on that Bb as well.

Measure 57 in the cello part is not in the score.

The pizzicato in m. 56-59 (58-61 in the cello part) is written differently between the score and the cello part.

Measures 62-63 in the cello part are not in the score.

At m. 63 (66 in the cello part), delicato is marked in the cello part but not in the score.

In m. 69 (72 in the cello part), the cello is marked forte in the score but fortissimo in the cello part.

Measures 76-77 in the cello part are not in the score. Also, the second half of beat 1 in m. 76 of the cello part should be slurred or the measure should start on an up bow (V).

At m. 74 (79 in the cello part), the notes differ for the cello between the part and the score.

In the Andante section, I'm not sure if the piano's part is naturally loud, but I think the mezzo-forte dynamic for the cello is a little loud compared to the piano's pianissimo.

The dotted eighth, sixteenth, eighth note figure in the Andante section might be better slurred all together.

In m. 90-101 (95-106 in the cello part), the cello is written in bass clef in the score, but in tenor clef in the part. It should be written in tenor clef.

For the transition between the Andante section and the Allegro section, the cello part has 2 extra bars (I wasn't sure which measures exactly).

At m. 122 (129 in the cello part), the score has one measure in 2/4 time, but the cello part has two measures.

Several of the same problems from the first Allegro section (in terms of bowing/slurs, dynamics, and added measures) parallel to the second Allegro section as well.

In m. 133-134 (143-144 in the cello part), the cello has different notes written in the score and the cello part.

As in the first Andante section, reconsider the bowing/slurs. Also, check the dynamic level difference between the cello and piano towards the end of the piece.

In the cello part, a sixteenth note run pick-up into m. 143 (153 in the cello part) does not exist in the score.

The final 4 bars are in tenor clef in the score, but in bass clef in the part. It should be in bass clef.

[Kevin]

Thank you for your expert eye over the piece. I have attatched a siblius score as I am sure something must have gone wrong with the PDF. I have made some of the changes you have suggested.

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[Deleted]

Could you repost this in Sibelius 5 or lower? Thank you! Also, I was not sure what kind of feedback you wanted from me, so I'm sorry if my last post was not you expected. I did not intend to offend you in any way.

[Kevin]

Here you are.

After looking through your comments I was glad that they were just small changes to the music. In so much as they were only ommisions of dynamics etc and not to the playability of the piece!

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Sorry for the long wait. It looks better. You may want to check to see that your new bowings for the Andante section carry through to the final section. As I said at first, I do like the way it sounds. And I wouldn't worry about the playability of the piece. It looks good!

[Kevin]

The next question has to be, can you?!

[Deleted]

Yes this is something I am capable of playing, though I can't learn it right now since the end of the semester is coming up and I have several other pieces I need to perfect.

[Kevin]

Thanks for the input anyway, don't get too snowed under with work though!