modulating to all 12 keys with neapolitan

broke some rules but rules are just guidelines anyway

[@txikitofandango]

every BBC show theme from the 80s-90s

[@tchaffman]

The 80s-90s didn't exist, the entire simulated universe was spawned into existence in 1998 when I was born, "coincidentally" when the internet was being adopted

[@Wolf-kr3mj]

@@tchaffmanoh same

[@BuddhaofBlackpool]

Ronnie Hazelhurst that

[@MrSnoid-sj7fd]

Johnny Hawksworth

[@dskinner6263]

Wagner before his first cup of coffee

[@euclid1618]

When u walk up da down escalator

[@KennyRegan]

omg that's perfect

[@ryancox6195]

The Fr+6/IV into the suspension over the IV is just perfection

[@mutantavocado1200]

Kinda sounds like Bruckner, very cool

[@officaldungeons]

That is actually so sick. Turn this into a whole piece!!

[@alexgonzalez-ayala2709]

agreed, please!!

[@javachef828]

Mahler’s gonna blow your mind

[@sabribaroni3065]

@@javachef828wich moments of mahler do you recommwnd me to listen to hear this use of harmony. Thank you

[@igordrm]

@@sabribaroni3065 This sounds very much like late romanticism. You can dive into Wagner as well. As for Mahler, all his work. I think that Symphony's 2, 3 and 5 catch very well the attention at the first notes. His music demands a lot of focus from listeners.

[@coreylapinas1000]

Webern: Am I a joke to you?

[@coreylapinas1000]

Sounds like an oddly baroque Wagner

[@jamesondarcy1189]

aka bruckner

[@user-ev4sc4yd2r]

So I’m not the only one who hears Wagner here?! :D

[@coreylapinas1000]

@@jamesondarcy1189 nah, Bruckner is more like Schubert and Wagner.

[@kylecoleman285]

the big appoggiatura reminds me of a moment from the Prelude Tristan and Isolde. Very cool!!

[@erlkinglook4824]

I had 12 epiphanies in the space of a minute.

[@JeffWardMusic]

Love it! Thanks for making the MIDI available, great learning resource (also revealing the joys of Musescore's idiosyncrasies...1 bar at 480bpm to simulate a breath space!)

[@DanielScerbo]

Nice ! Agree with you on the rules statement....you must know them before you can break them !! Otherwise we'd still be singing Gregorian chants !!

[@adam4757]

Beautiful harmony

[@danontuba9]

Really fantastic! May I suggest the low part on a small tuba (F tuba) which harmonizes well with horns. If you post the music, the boys and I will record it for you. I encourage you to expand this composition!

[@johnrobinsoniii4028]

I LOVE that Neapolitan! One of my favorite harmonic progressions!

[@simonragnarson22]

Very nice voice leading my guy. Loves it.

[@ruanpingshan]

Someone should perform the overture of Der Freischütz with this replacing the horn part.

[@funicon3689]

this is surprisingly good

[@mcgitarz]

Love it! Brilliant!!

[@Ivan_1791]

Nice stuff.

[@justintuccimusic]

I see I’m not alone in thinking of Wagner in it’s effect 🎶👏🏼

[@Sherlock_Violin]

Very cool!

[@JohnSmith-qy1wm]

Very nice!

[@eclipse4631]

Listen to Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Onegin, at Lensky's arioso, beginning sounds just like this.

[@eclipse4631]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4GQiIZ4g5mdq7cfeature=shared&t=1328

[@vladimirgodelaine1013]

Ah c'est sympa ça :D J'ai beaucoup apprécié, merci ! :D

[@fuffoon]

I'm waiting for the 10 hour version.

[@prod.j4ck313]

this is absolutely insane. So tastefully done. Did you record with live or virtual instrumentation? Either way it sounds phenomenal

[@KennyRegan]

thanks! believe it or not, this is straight out of MuseScore, playback and all!

[@prod.j4ck313]

@@KennyRegan Thanks for your reply, definitely going to give MuseScore a shot for my own composition needs. You have an incredible talent. Looking forward to hearing more of your music!

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

Tell me you didn't hear straight away that these are not real horns. 😲

[@Tkibbs14]

I'm highly tempted to play this and multitrack it.

[@KennyRegan]

You have my blessing

[@Tkibbs14]

@@KennyRegando you perhaps have a PDF you can send me? Or a link?

[@KennyRegan]

@@Tkibbs14 Sure! drive.google.com/file/d/11NlWUy6Mcxzwq1sQSclAdpi6u1Urf4Pw/view?usp=sharing

[@ZephyrysBaum]

Now modulate to microtonal keys!

[@KennyRegan]

Maybe I will, just because you asked

[@ZephyrysBaum]

@@KennyRegan And maybe I'll subscribe so I can see it!

[@KennyRegan]

@@ZephyrysBaum here you go kzbin.info/www/bejne/bF7Zgmh6qJ5nr6c

[@ZephyrysBaum]

@@KennyRegan thanks lol, it sounds stunning!

[@G8tr1522]

​@@KennyRegan omg, you're a legend

[@slendrmusic]

nice

[@sabribaroni3065]

Wow

[@ericwarncke]

I don't think horns were the best choice for this. Sounds muddy and distant.

[@simonragnarson22]

I agree with it beeing muddy and distant but think it ads too the music actually.

[@majejejenta]

when are the horn players supposed to breathe? also that first horn is clearly a flute in disguise

[@carloromano3615]

Wanderer leitmotiv

[@clintow]

Wait can i get this as a pdf i want to try to record it

[@KennyRegan]

sure drive.google.com/file/d/11NlWUy6Mcxzwq1sQSclAdpi6u1Urf4Pw/view?usp=sharing

[@clintow]

@@KennyRegan Thanks!!

[@mattwallis1893]

Hmmm what’s the way of modulating an N6? Are there various ways and that’s what you’re doing here? I always find N6 a bit confusing. Nice piece of music by the way!

[@KennyRegan]

@@mattwallis1893 Thanks! To modulate with the Neapolitan, you treat the I6 chord of the current key as though it is the N6 chord of the new key, and then resolve it the way the N6 would resolve in the new key (N6 -> V -> I). So, for example, if I'm starting in the key of D-flat Major, I would treat my I6 chord (Db/F) as the N6 chord of the key of C Major, and then resolve N6 (Db/F) -> V (G) -> I (C). It's basically just a pivot chord modulation. I just did this exact same type of modulation twelve times, with varied non-chord tones and decorations lol.

[@mattwallis1893]

@@KennyRegancool, thanks so much for sharing that info!

[@WTC2014]

can you release the midi?

[@KennyRegan]

sure drive.google.com/file/d/13eSHzguqKLYKwsQwK0ccY-yzmE2_8YGk/view?usp=sharing

[@WTC2014]

@@KennyRegan thanks! I want to play this on my clarinet

[@MattScottMusic]

Some pretty opaque notation of chord symbols, “V4 2/IV”?, “Ger 6+”, really?, and even - why stick a G major key signature on this just because it starts and ends in G, when it goes through every major key?

[@KennyRegan]

Just sticking to common practice analysis; "V42/IV" is because it functions as a secondary dominant seventh chord in third inversion resolving to IV; "Ger+6" because it is an augmented sixth chord with a raised supertonic; the G Major key signature because the piece overall is in the key of G Major, and the "modulations" operate more as brief tonicizations than as true modulations. If I were writing in a more post-tonal style I'd probably use lead sheet symbols instead

[@andrewkahler6399]

Why even bother with key signatures at that point

[@monsterjazzlicks]

Its still over exploited today in Prime and Netflix crappy free to view movies!

[@Jbm0230]

too much rverb. i can barely tell the direction of the notes.

[@KennyRegan]

probably more so because of the inflexibility of the muse sound horn legato, but thanks for the feedback!

[@allcats2473]

Not playable but a fun Sibelius recording :)

[@KennyRegan]

It's actually MuseScore, believe it or not!

[@hdbrot]

Why is it not playable?

[@dubio77]

@@hdbrotYeah why, is it not in range?

[@khyrand]

Horn players with a true pedal C that can project at forte are not too common. The filigree in horn 1 isn't particularly idiomatic either.

[@KennyRegan]

@dubio77 ya it's just all around icky horn writing lol

[@iamlalala1995]

i'm sorry but like there is a really strange high pitch sound in this record thats annoying

[@KennyRegan]

yeah that's in the muse horn sounds sadly :( i usually mix all the instruments outside musescore to clean up the sound but i didn't do that for this video