An etude I wrote about the ocean
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- Impromptu No.1 Tidal - Donovan Colan, 2024
Thanks for watching!
LINK TO SHEET MUSIC: drive.google.c...
Let me know if anyone wants the sheet music, and as always I would love to see anyone's interpretations of my pieces ❤
@Perryz7 @lydian8914
A mysterial opening paves the way for a chaotic prelude, a boat set sail into the vast ocean to find a gargantuan mass, a horde of water, waving towards and always resisting, boldly. Overcame, approach the calm unmoving wavery of the sea, slowly built back to the same Mephisto encountered from the beginning of the journey, this time inescapable. The sailer meets his demise.
Every note of the melody, the texture of the harmony, everything was perfect.
WOW I love this poem did you write this??! And If so can I use it in the sheet music as a tone poem? ❤️
@@MakoDMusic Absolutely! Feel free! I was high by the way.
The other 95 percent of the ocean we didn't explore
It’s hard to find people who compose pieces like this in the modern days, good job 👏🏻
Thanks man!
*Sees etude in title
*People in comments: "sounds like Chopin"
I thought it was more like Liszt
Umm, actually Chopin and Liszt weren’t the only composers who wrote etudes 🤓
@@aj7bwndn ermm akshually the etude sounds like Liszt its not because it says etude” I am well aware of the fact that etude means study!!! 📖
@@aj7bwndnnah shit sherlock.
@@anoobagain5008 it's a bit insulting to always refer to other compositors when someone try to make a piece. It's not because a piece use modern pianistic technics that it would be similar to Liszt
it's very sad that people only comment "it is similar to", as if every piece exist only by ressembling to another, very useless thinking. great piece by YOU
That has always been a pet peeve of mine, that people say “your piece sounds like…”. I still appreciate the comments, it just gets a little annoying 😅
@@MakoDMusic yeah I had the same with younger audiences that are discovering the big composers and have difficulties to listening to small composers without identifying key points that are not really linked to thoses stars but more into the key points of romantiscm, neo-classicism etc
@@scomu9742well said! I absolutely agree man
Each era has its own rhythmics, metrics, ornamentation, ways of building the cadence etc etc so in my opinion it's fully normal that one piece is similar to another. Of course each is unique, but because of the facts I mentioned above, some are more identic than others
I dont think so. There’s a sweet feeling of melancoly in familiarity. The Most beautiful melodies are to me the one that exacerbate an unspeakable feeling, something that is known only from the soul. It is a great honour to be compared to the most incredible individuals human Kind has ever known.
Rachmaninov in scope, Scriabin in harmonic language, Ligeti in quirkiness... Wonderful use of melodic material and beautiful motivic development. It would be incredible to see the score!
@@penpow Very accurate description! Sheet music is in the description ❤️
I don't think it sounds like Chopin... It sounds like you! Your style, your choices of harmonies and it goes on.
Thats a great piece, i really enjoyed it 😊
This is genuinely one of the best compliments I’ve ever gotten. Seriously thank you man, this means a lot ❤️
Rossil
@@SirloucoPiano rossil mentioned
You can hear the waves going back and forth, and the many emotions that the ocean can have. I always say that the ocean is very temperamental lol. I like this piece! Good job I^U^I
That’s exactly what I was trying to portray! Thank you for your kind works! ❤️
I just cannot move on without saying this, the increase of the top note by a tone at 1:39 felt really satisfying. I love your piece and I hope you keep up the good work!!!
Wow, thank you! ❤️
it reminds me to a stormy sea, than in the abyss of the sea, everything dark, and than the storm after coming on the surface of the sea again. Fantastic piece.
Me when scarbo
When when me scarbo
Scarbo . Gaspard de la nuit vibes . but ocean peace after that. Dang nice. Very rare to see new composition 🎉
It started sounding like la Campanella, then ballade No.2, and there's Chopin 25 12, that's an etude called ocean, a lot of inspiration hahahahaha
Very good piece!!
Thanks! Yeah, I listen to a lot of Chopin, ravel… I think it bleeds into my work lol
@@MakoDMusic that makes sense lol
Prolly cause it is Chopin, just asked ai. This copies the same art style of Chopin. Seems very ai, just composed of parts of different songs transposed and changed melodies.
@@PianoMan-q7yit sounds absolutely nothing like ai. Just because you can’t tell the massive tonal and compositional differences between this and other pieces doesn’t mean that they don’t exist
@@MakoDClips What? It does sound like ai wdym?
2:21 is my favorite section but 2:25 is my favorite part. that note at the end till the rip before the next section. masterpiece
This might genuinely be one of the most beautiful yet stoic pieces I have ever heard, i call myself a composer but wow, not to this level. This is tremendous
Wow! Thank you so much for this comment, u made my day ❤️
0:17 sounds like ballade 2 (Chopin)
Yes! The coda!
bro this pattern (was used everywhere liszt, czerny and thats ok!!🙏 (every song sounds like something that exist) thats still more rare than normal passages for example
i know it's not with a bad intent, but your comment is bad. try to listen to many other musicians, a motif like a big arpège with an opposite strong bass is not exclusive to one compositor.
@@scomu9742 I was just making a comment that that moment reminded me of the “Presto con fuoco” of ballade 2, I don’t think that’s so bad!
@@Apex_Piano it's bad because as a musician to always be reminded that your work is unoriginal and exist only by the prism of ressembling to another thing is very depressing.
Nice! Sounds really interesting, unique… it gives me Feinberg 6 vibes
Glad you like it!
As a composer myself trying to find my own style, I can say I really really appreciate the originality of your composition
Thanks so much! And btw, I just made a discord server with other composers where we were talking a lot about individual style, so if u want to join that would be awesome!!
Yes of course! I would like to
@@gabvirgo231 amazing! Here: discord.gg/9ZewD8jX
This is so amazing! When I see pieces for piano people have written on YT I don’t expect much, but this legitimately blew my mind it’s so good just subbed❤ pls post more of your music!
Wow, thank you! I will!! ❤️
0:17 This gave me deja vu, it’s like the second theme in chopin’s ballade no 2
those notes had a family
Very beautiful composition and playing. It definitely evoked various emotions related to an ocean. I felt the terror and danger throughout, yet also the calmness and beauty during the middle portion.
That’s so great to hear! The piece is actually based on a story, in which in the start their is a hurricane on the ocean that is approaching, and then it hits the boat as the main theme starts, the contrasting part is supposed to represent unconsciousness and sinking ❤️
@@MakoDMusic Oh that’s interesting! I initially had that thought of stillness and sinking as well! Very cool compositional storytelling.
Beatiful
I close my eyes and imagine many big waves and a ship that is getting lost in a big storm at the sea. As a composer, I say, it's one of the best "ocean" pieces I ever heard! Congrats!
This is the second piece in my collection called “etudes from hell”! Let me know if I should continue this series❤
EDIT: also here's the sheet music! drive.google.com/file/d/1Nwl5TijawVB1ber2yX5tY3iPA2AB1z3L/view?usp=sharing
I think you should absolutely continue this series, if you'd like! It's very good, I love how this piece feels. I don't see many etudes being written in today's time, so this is really good. Is it okay if I share this video with my friends? I think they'd also like it a lot! Hope you have a good day :3
Extremely underrated.
Very beautifully written, love the harmonies!
Glad you like it!
I liked this video a lot, thanks por sharing this piece with us :) keep composing music please
Thank you! Will do!
I love the dynamics in this piece, would appreciate the sheet music ❤
So sorry for the delay! I have it here, and I'll also post it in the video desc. drive.google.com/file/d/1Nwl5TijawVB1ber2yX5tY3iPA2AB1z3L/view?usp=sharing
@MakoDMusic This actually made my day. I appreciate the work you put into this piece. You're a sweetheart ❤
@@jieya817thank you so much for taking the time to comment! Glad you enjoyed this piece ❤️
We should be teaching kids how to play piano with theese etudes
Awesome work!
Thanks a lot!
Interesting piece: I world like to read the score!
What a score
So sorry for the delay! I have it here, and I'll also post it in the video desc. drive.google.com/file/d/1Nwl5TijawVB1ber2yX5tY3iPA2AB1z3L/view?usp=sharing
@@MakoDMusic thank you!
@demsen9430 a score is a music sheet
Exelent, grat job!!!❤
Thanks!! 🙏
As i Pianist i loved it, i still have lots to study to get at that level but i will. You did a great etude! Thanks!
Wow thanks man! I have lots to study as well lol
What delightful shifts towards and away from tonality! Very engaging piece
Thanks so much!! ❤️
The beginning of this Piece is currently torturingly stuck within my head, lol.
This is really awesome man, keep it up.
Thanks, will do! ❤️
Instead of saying it sounds like Chopin (which tbh it doesn’t really), it sounds like a classical composers take on natural things, which they all did, a nice sense of beauty and a nice sense of dread and suspense
To be be fair someone in the comments was kinda right, it does sound similar to Scarbo
wooow charmfull!!!
Thanks!!
I've always wanted to be able to write classical, and I see you do it. It simply tells me, that It's still possible. Thanks for making this piece, It was great! (on my favorite pieces right now) Annd, that octaves part in the b section is so amazing and creative 👍
Wow! Thank you so much mate! But yeah I’d say go for it. Just start writing, and if u don’t like it just do it again lol! I literally have at least 300 rejected half-written pieces on MuseScore 😅
daamn brother really gave us a 4k video of the etude
Yeah I love making these graphics of my pieces
Wonderful
Thank you! Cheers!
Oh wow, that’s such a beautiful and unique composition. I love your style!!!
Glad you like it! Thanks so much!! ❤️
This is definitely a step in the right direction. I suggest you stick with some of the material with this and edit some other parts because it is quite good.
Here is some feedback(This is meant to be constructive criticism; I hope this helps you out):
0:46 to 1:17 with the trills and other material seems a little lackluster. I think you can some more meaningful transition material that resembles the first theme but has hints of the second theme. Preferably something that sounds more like a cohesive theme as opposed to repetitive motifs.
1:28 The second theme has some solid harmonic progression. I think some of the single notes you use in the left hand can really have more denser textures. The theme will benefit from that.
1:41 The La Campanella-esque repeated notes are a little unnecessary. Considering the surrounding textures it's best you use alternating single notes instead.
2:03 The repeated C octave is unnecessary. Instead, leave a pause and then start the first theme as the left hand anyways plays the c octave first.
2:48 Go for something a lot more virtuosic. Currently, it feels too weak, considering the intensity of the main theme.
@@AS_Piano wow! Thanks so much, this is exactly what I wanted for feedback! I’ll work on an updated version. Cheers!!
Oh my god, antoher Medtner lover!!!
@@teodorb.p.composer what’s medtner?
@@MakoDMusic He is a composer
I like that, good job!
I love the tone of your piano! What soundfont do you use and what software do you use to write?
Paper, then MuseScore, and I use SoundPaint 1918 Steinway
holy shit this gave me chills when i first heard it goddang bro NICE!!!!
Wow! Thanks so much!! ❤️
So dramatic! Definitely going into my playlist. Well done.
Glad you like it! Thanks!!
I felt something while listenning to your piece. Definitely gonna learn this one
Thanks so much!! And please do, let me know what you think about how it feels under your fingers!
One day people will write their own compositions and the comments will be like "bro that reminds me of Mako D's etude 🗿"
🤣🤣
I really like this
Congrats broo i thought it was from a famous composer you are an inspiration for me because i also try to compose, you are Just incredible. I would also like if you publish it with the midi file
Thanks a lot man! U can download the midi file from MuseScore, but if you want the actual midi file from the performance let me know! Also you should totally post ur pieces, I would love to hear them ❤️
@@MakoDMusic yeah i want the midi from the performance if you can. Mine pieces are not kinda good to be posted 🥲.
I am terrible at piano and composing for piano, this is great! Keep up the good work!
We all think our work sucks, I’m sure you’re a lot better than you think! ❤️
I just read through the sheets today with my piano, and what a joy to play. It sounds oddly complicated whilst still being harmonically not to scary, and the hand positions fit comfortably for all the arpeggios. A great composition. Would you mind if I posted clips of myself playing it online? I would tag you of course.
@@carterbowlin3144 absolutely go ahead! That’s so amazing that you gave my piece a try thank you!! 🙏
Your music is Awesome
Thanks!!
Wow, this is just absolutely beautiful. I really love it. Very intense, reminds me of Chopin and Scriabin.
Wow, thank you so much!! ❤️
It's so good
Thanks!! ❤️
This one of the most underrated channel i've ever seen, i set there closed my eyes while listening to this, i could hear the waves and the wind brushing against me.
It was truly magic, keep it up.
Ps : I really like the contrast between the stormy ocean and the calm and soft one, Love it !!.
Wow, thank you so much man! You have no idea how good it feels to read this comment ❤️
@@MakoDMusic No problem you deserve it !
Great work mate! Love that sound
Thanks a lot!
Great composition!!
1:23-1:47 nice soothing passage. It's one of the techniques, nice job 🙂 👍
Thanks man!
2:13 love it sounds amazing keep it up
Thanks so much!!
Awesome etude! I always wanted to find modern artists playing this type of old style classical…modern classical music feels all very similar to each other…but this is the type of music that feels like its from romantic era and I absolutely love it! All the great pianists from those times and I bet you would have been one of them too
Thanks a lot! Btw, I just made a discord server with other young composers that write classical music, and discuss our compositions, so if u wanna join that would be amazing!! ❤️
@@MakoDMusicI’d love to 🙌🏻
Hi! This is ValkyRiver
Hi! Sorry, have we spoke before?
@@ValkyRiver wait dude I just realized we’re interested in exactly the same things! Classical piano, chess, Minecraft escape rooms
this is literally so cool
1:27 No words, just beautiful. Pieces like these remind me of the winter instead, that might be just me though 🤷🏻♂️
I could definitely see that! Winter is actually one of my favorite motivations for pieces!!
I really like it
Thanks man!!
very VERY nice style, wow I am a big fan of your harmony!
Thank you very much! Glad u like it 🙏
Definitely a cool interpretation of the ocean!
Many thanks!
Wow man what a coincidence
@@sleepy4205 Hello lmaoo
This would fit in perfectly as the score of some scene in Land of the Lustrous
Wow i totally get the ocean vibes, love it
Thanks man! ❤️
Cool composition bro keep going
Thank you, I will ❤️
Hey, man. I'm interested in how you make these midi videos. What software do you use to create these videos? What software or app do you use for music composition?
Sure! It's called SeeMusic, But I also use PianoVFX which is free
Did you play this on your piano while connected to a DAW? Or is everything in the video played by an automatic feature?
It’s recorded by midi into a daw from an electric piano, with only slight edits! ❤️
@@MakoDMusic Yeah, but it's still amazing. I still blank out during my recordings.
Could you make a vid about your composition process and any advice you might have. I am not as advanced player as you so my pieces are more simple and I also struggle to finish my pieces
Absolutely! I've already started on it! also, if u want help with composition, I started a discord with a bunch of other composers who talk about their processes a lot if ur interested!!
@@MakoDMusic Yes that would be great ! Thank you
A beginner composer here. Where did you get that melody from? Did it just come to your head or did you hear it somewhere or something else?
Well, I think the melody itself is pretty simple (the three notes in left hand), this piece is more about structure, and portraying the waves and rough ocean. But to answer your question, I’d say just start somewhere. Once you’ve put notes on the page it’s easier to write more. ❤️
it sounded ravel, nice job ;)
Thanks!!
Beginning reminds of ravels une barque sur la ocean cool peice
Chopin? Are you there?
No. He's six feet under.
Nah, i think he died, I'm not entirely sure though...
great job
Love it
what software did you use to make this video?
Its Called SeeMusic, and I also use PianoVFX which is free!
Love how in 2:16 you went back to the original (and haunting) passage after the calming passage
Yeah, although I feel like I could have added something the second time to make it more of a cadenza…
@@MakoDMusic Agreed! It's a good draft nonetheless if you do have plans adding those elements in:)
Would recommend too that you prolong the middle part by maybe ~20 measures so that you can further smoothen the transition back into the original passage
@@nathantheredstonenoob3687 great idea!
Cool!
sounds like MakoDiMusic
i might be mistaken but etudes are about a specific technique right? what's the trick here? ❤ i liked your piece thanks for posting😊
Thanks man! But yeah theirs actually no definitive definition for etude other than it is a study of music. Chopin popularized the hyper-focus on specific technique, but others (Liszt, Scriabin, Rachmaninoff) wrote more broadly focused etudes! Thanks for watching ❤️
@@MakoDMusic Ohhh i didnt know that thanks!!
When liszt goes soft
I wouldn’t say soft…
Looks great, I really like it
I think you can keep the tutle as it is
Keep the turtle?
the people saying it sounds like chopin are insane
if anything it sounds like scriabin or liszt
This is beautiful. May I ask for what piano VST was used?
Absolutely! It’s the free piano from SoundPaint, I think it’s called smth like “1918 vintage Steinway”
The beginning sounds like the start of the la Campanella coda. Nice
Beautiful etude i love it
Thank you! I'm glad you like it!!
Yeah it's nice
Absolutely beautiful!
Thank you so much! Cheers ❤️
@@MakoDMusicI wasn't expecting you to reply that fast; I comment on all of the other smaller artists I can find. I don't know how many people still listen to classical music radio stations, but this would go viral if this were on some station. I love the ominous amounts of dimished tones on these pieces. It makes me feel like I should hide under my bed like I'm in a horror film... ;)
I'm currently trying to spend as much time as possible writing down suite versions of my best songs (I mostly do a bunch of improv, so it's going to take me like 2-10 years to do this.. I have way too many 😅)....
@@Tomiepsirverh it’s so great to hear that my piece portrays those emotions! I’m going to a composition school next year and your comments are so great for a self esteem booster! Many thanks 🙏
@@Tomiepsirverh btw I checked out ur channel and I really loved kannykareakannkann (I definitely incorrectly spelled that)😅
@@MakoDMusicI hope you do really well at the school you're going to. I bet you will, you're pieces will probably suprise your professor (or whoever teaches).
im trying to see another composer in this piece but man, its completely unique. ive never heard anything like this. maybe i hint of ravel but thats literally it lol.
Thanks so much man!! Yeah a lot of people have been saying it’s like Chopin or smth and it gets a little annoying when people say I’m trying to copy a style 😅
So deeper bruh❤❤❤
This is really amazing!
Thanks man ❤️
What kind of ocean’s have you seen? Must have been traumatic for you! I was expecting a beautiful lyrical rolling piece. Apparently the rolling part was fairly accurate. I think stormy seas would’ve better suited the style of the piece.
@@isaacshaw1596 yeah, I come from Nova Scotia and the oceans can get pretty crazy there! ❤️
I need sheets music🔥
It's in the description!! ❤️
@@MakoDMusicthanks