Experimenting with Music Creation 2

 Area of Inquiry: 4 (modern/electronic music)
Composer: Creo
Arranger: Neel Navare
Context: Global Context (Vienna Composer)

My vision for this song was to turn an electronic composition from Europe into a playable piece on the cello. I did this by not only giving multiple parts to each part in the original piece (both melodies, drums and synths, and the bass) but also added my own elements which can only be played on the cello. For example, I used the power of different articulations like slurs in order to connect notes together to produce a smoother tone, or accents for a sharper tone.


Finally, I added dynamics in order to put certain parts above the other as the melody switched around. As the song got intense however, all of the parts overall got louder while mixing with each other. the top 2 staffs mainly had the melody, but every once in a while, the middle staff would take it as well. The bottom 2 provided support as the bass notes/drums parts.


Original (arranged for piano):






My Adaptation:









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