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David Tocknell
Nov 18, 20191 min read
Creating 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...
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David Tocknell
Nov 18, 20194 min read
Creating A Scottish Reel - The Day of Writing
NOVEMBER 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...
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David Tocknell
Nov 18, 20191 min read
Creating A Scottish Reel - Inspiration Strikes in Class
OCTOBER 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...
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David Tocknell
Nov 18, 20191 min read
Creating A Scottish Reel - Following Feedback
OCTOBER 25 I revisited the bars that my colleague had commented on and spent some time working on different ways to make the bar sound...
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David Tocknell
Nov 18, 20191 min read
Creating A Scottish Reel - Friendly Feedback
OCTOBER 20 Had a conversation with one of my colleagues who traveled with me to Stringmania. She had a listen to what I had done and...
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David Tocknell
Nov 18, 20191 min read
Creating a Scottish Reel - Getting Ready for a Tutorial
OCTOBER 8 This was the day which I had to present some material for the composition. Although I had some outlines of ideas (as shown in...
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David Tocknell
Nov 18, 20192 min read
Creating a Scottish Reel - Composition Assessment
OCTOBER 7 To begin the process, I took out my viola and started experimenting with ideas. I started by playing the tunes I had learnt a...
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David Tocknell
Nov 18, 20193 min read
Went to Stringmania and learnt some tunes
From the September 30 to October 7, I was a part of an awesome strings camp down in Warburton in Victoria called Stringmania. At this...
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