David TocknellNov 18, 20191 minCreating A Scottish Reel - Presentation!NOVEMBER 5 Presented the tune to the composition class. People seemed to enjoy it, and I was able to explain how I created the piece and...
David TocknellNov 18, 20194 minCreating A Scottish Reel - The Day of WritingNOVEMBER 4 I decided, as a challenge for myself, to see if I could write the rest of the tune in just one day. Specifically, the Monday...
David TocknellNov 18, 20191 minCreating A Scottish Reel - Inspiration Strikes in ClassOCTOBER 29 In class on this day we had a look at how a modern Australian composer used ideas from a Beethoven piano piece to create a...
David TocknellNov 18, 20191 minCreating A Scottish Reel - Following FeedbackOCTOBER 25 I revisited the bars that my colleague had commented on and spent some time working on different ways to make the bar sound...