Eighteen.

For tenor trombone.

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I like some of this ... then again, I love minor keys, so it might just be that. The trombone is such an interesting instrument, and requires an excellent player, otherwise you end up with a type of portamento between notes as they move the slide. Good players can just move the slide and nail those positions easily. Lucky for me, the computer is the best technical performer I know. Ha!

Seventeen.

For Eb Clarinet.

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Sort of based on a melody I used for a film score I did. Although I wasn't terribly impressed with the overall finish of the film, the music I wrote for the credits was pretty spot on. I'll eventually return to that one of these days. Anyway, this rhythmic pattern (3+2+3) has been sort of jumping through my head.

Behind ...

I'm a few days behind, I know, but never fear! I will return with a vengeance this weekend.

I was to catch up last night but had some serious computer issues and, while I could have easily written by hand, was unable to just leave the computer until it was functioning again.

To make up: Wednesday, Thursday and (obviously) Friday. Will hopefully be caught up to night, but will at least do two today and the remainder tomorrow.

Sixteen.

Ok, I lied. Waiting until Saturday to catch up was a bad idea, so here is Sixteen.

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For cello, or other low-voiced instrument.

Fifteen.

This is to make up for missing yesterday. I might be a day behind with my parents in town, but I'll catch up this weekend and do two on Saturday, if necessary.

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Fourteen.

For Horn in F. (Remember! It's transposing!)

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Wow. Fourteen. That's just about halfway to the end of Phase II!

I'm very much enjoying writing every day. I have to fight the urge towards complexity -- if I am too complex with my writing, I find it defeats the purpose of writing for the sake of writing. I should maybe have built into the guidelines a two- or three-day period each month where I could work on one single thing. I hate to go back and change the guidelines that I promised myself not to change, but perhaps once I complete Phase II I'll reconsider.

Writing fragments and phrases are nice, but now that I'm writing again I want to do something bigger. We'll see, I suppose.

Thirteen.

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One more from the weekend. Transcribed for viola. I sort of like this, though my relative consistent use of harmonic minor scales is starting to make me think I need to work more on some modes or other types of scales.