Greetings, all,
I started working on a little tuba solo (with piano) tonight and I really like what I have so far. What I'd like to ask all of you is just some advice on the writing of it. My biggest cause for worry is the piano part. I'm not a pianist and I don't know if the part is "good" for an accompanist to play. This is a very raw score. I'll start polishing it, finishing off all the notation once everything starts to shape up. What I'm linking is a .PDF of the score I have so far and a .midi file to hear it. This is a short little snippet, about a minute in length, and I think the whole piece is shaping up to be a suite with short-length movements like this.
The .PDF score file
The .midi file
My thanks in advance!
Jackson
Seeking advice/suggestions on new composition
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Re: Seeking advice/suggestions on new composition
A fine start, there. The piano part is fine, but I would prefer as an accompanist to see the "3+2+2" or "3+4" beamed together, like this:

Not a huge deal, but I think it makes the part more readable. Good luck with the rest!

Not a huge deal, but I think it makes the part more readable. Good luck with the rest!
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Re: Seeking advice/suggestions on new composition
Thanks for the help! I'll add those parentheticals for all of the irregular x/8 bars.