Romance

[user=14570601]Aɱσƚҽƙυɳ[/user]

I have a question. How did you get Carlos Marquez to play the piece? I am almost finished with a piano piece and I would love it if he performed it.

[user=204621]Rivergrove[/user]

Actually, I got lucky as Carlos contacted me and wanted to record some of my piano pieces.

[user=6745871]Beiji Guang[/user]

can I arrange this for a 2 minute performance I have to do in 6 weeks? I think its beautiful, but its a bit long so I would like to take out the repeats and maybe speed it up?

[user=204621]Rivergrove[/user]

Thanks for the comment! Sure, sounds like a good plan to make it in 2 minutes. Also, if you want to consider a very similar piece to this for the performance, check out "A Love Story" (https://musescore.com/user/204621/scores/264596). It is a shorter piece and lasts about two minutes.

[user=6745871]Beiji Guang[/user]

thanks! I think ill play that one instead!

[user=3493426]dimitrisKoum[/user]

This is so beautiful :)

[user=204621]Rivergrove[/user]

Thank you very much!

[user=205067]Riccardo Collu[/user]

very good composition and also remarkable interpretation from the pianist....congrats to both.

[user=204621]Rivergrove[/user]

Thank you very much! Yes, Carlos always plays wonderfully.

[user=36255]21st ccentury boy[/user]

Really nice. A beautiful prelude !

[user=204621]Rivergrove[/user]

Thank you very much!

[user=2490591]Genna Drako[/user]

Sounds strange, but attracting :)

[user=204621]Rivergrove[/user]

:D Thank you!

[user=2490591]Genna Drako[/user]

You are welcome ^^

[user=2490591]Genna Drako[/user]

You are welcome ^^

[user=928886]donjezza[/user]

This is so beautiful :)

[user=204621]Rivergrove[/user]

Thank you very much! :)

[user=127542]chinadoll[/user]

wow, you are right, the sensitive and feeling interpretation by Carlos Marquez is wonderful. This is a wonderful composition. The only thing that bugged me (and it is my issue, really) is that since the timing is right after Christmas, a certain part of the song sounds too much like "it came upon a midnight clear…" and it bugs the daylights out of me. Sorry, I will try to ignore that since your composition is beautiful in its own right.

[user=204621]Rivergrove[/user]

Thank you very much, chinadoll! Yes, CM is wonderful. Too bad the Christmas song spoiled your listening experience. I guess, with relatively simple music like this, you could get associations of thousands of different songs.

[user=37110]Aaron David[/user]

This is really beautiful!! You've got some interesting chord progressions in there that are unexpected and quite pleasing to the ear. Very well done! :D

[user=204621]Rivergrove[/user]

Thank you very much! :)

[user=52079]Stefanokud[/user]

Like it!

[user=204621]Rivergrove[/user]

Thank you very much!

[user=204621]Rivergrove[/user]

There is a wonderful interpretation of Romance on Soundcloud by Carlos Marquez: https://soundcloud.com/cmdigital/tuukka-jokilehto-romance

[user=71543]Gary Kim[/user]

Hello. I am amateur composer who writes very simple music, preferably piano. This music is very beautiful. I downloaded in PDF file and played by my own. It sounds better in real. It inspired me. Thank you for the good music.

[user=204621]Rivergrove[/user]

Thank you very much! I'm glad you enjoyed playing the piece. Yes, it's always better to play a piece with a real instrument rather than to listen to a lifeless computer version. I'm very happy the piece inspired you. If you are looking for something similiar to play you might want to take a look at "A Love Story" https://musescore.com/user/204621/scores/264596 or "Serenity" https://musescore.com/user/204621/scores/271561 (perhaps my personal favorite), oh, and if you want to hear real versions of those pieces check out https://soundcloud.com/cmdigital/tuukka-jokilehto-a-love-story and https://soundcloud.com/cmdigital/tuukka-jokilehto-serenity by Carlos Marquez.

[user=31399]Santiago Vega[/user]

Lovely music!

[user=204621]Rivergrove[/user]

Thank you very much!

[user=24798]Makoto[/user]

It is so beautiful! I have to look for some time to learn it in my next holidays! Also the idea of the circle is very nice. Great work! :-)

[user=204621]Rivergrove[/user]

Thank you very much! I hope you enjoy learning it! :)

[user=199105]Glimmer Phosphorescence[/user]

This has some beautiful undertones of innocence, very reminiscent of "A Love Story"!

[user=204621]Rivergrove[/user]

Thanks! Nice observation. Yes, the writing for the keyboard is similiar to "A Love Story". I thought that there was a part of the story missing between "A Love Story" (http://musescore.com/user/204621/scores/264596) and the wedding (http://musescore.com/user/204621/scores/313016). (You might already hear the wedding bells ringing at the end of this piece.) All the three pieces are in the same key, b-flat major with two flats. After the wedding it's maybe time for the married couple to move to only one flat. My next piece shall be "After the marriage" written in F major (or maybe the marriage goes in D minor). Just joking... :D