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A Bittersweet Waltz — Original Piano Composition

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Uploaded on Oct 22, 2014

*Watch the videoscore, pretty pretty please!* What MuseScore comes up with is not how it should sound! Plus it's
my first videoscore. So the rule is: you HAVE to watch the videoscore before commenting on it. At least try. It's okay,
you can cover up the video if you don't want to see my ugly face, I understand. But at least listen!​

So now that that's out of the way, this piece was composed in July 2014, the last thing I ever wrote at age 16 (and
the first thing I wrote at age 17U. I was actually working on this piece the minute I turned 17. So it's special to me. I
was going to post it earlier, but I never got to making the videoscore, and it would have been pointless to post it
without it. So here it is, three months later.​

Its theme and inspiration is basically mourning for my lost childhood, because I'm all uber-dramatic and like to
phrase it that way. That month I was just starting to become aware of the fact that I'm growing up, and will be in
college next year. I'd never really considered how carefree and nice it was to be a kid until then, and I realize that I
really am not as eager to get out of the house as I thought I was... I don't want to go... :( So this piece is very
nostalgic and, as the title suggests, bittersweet. My current style has become a lot more influenced by
classical/romantic composers, so this particular piece draws inspiration primarily from Chopin, Debussy, and Liszt.
Not like it sounds anywhere near as good as they do, though. :)​

And also I was hesitant to call this a waltz, since the meter is all wacky. It's almost entirely in some form of triple
meter, but there are so many irregularities that I don't know if it really counts. Everything in 6 and 9 would be
counted in groups of three. So there's my justification. Deal with it. `D But I might change the title to "A Bittersweet
Serenade" if too many people disagree.​

As for the future of this piece, I may or may not make an extended version which repeats the main theme one more
time, maybe in a different key, and will throughout the piece add a few frills here and there. I often think of many
different ways to write a score, so sometimes I'll just make different versions to satisfy myself. If I do make that
updated version, I would post it on SoundCloud only. I am planning on sending this as part of my composition
portfolio to conservatories I'm applying to, so any feedback will be HUGELY appreciated. Thanks!​

*VIDEOSCORE DESCRIPTION*​
Whew! That took a while to get right... As I have said lots of times I'm a really clumsy pianist, so I have a few very
noticible mistakes in here. It took a lot of takes for me to get it "right," as in to where I got the right feel and didn't
have too many mistakes. But I think it came out okay in the end. Eleven times a charm, eh. xD The camera angle
didn't turn out right, I must have bumped it when I hit record, so you can't see my left hand sometimes, but I can't
complain. And sorry for my messy room. Wait my hair looks weird I should have combed it... Wow I blink a lot that's
weird. And I think that's all the apologizing I have to do today. Bye!

Piano Composition Original Score Nostalgia Emotion Feelings Bitter Sweet

Amabile Dolce ABM Dolore Valse Waltz Sheet Music Andrew Bohman

Pages 5

Duration 03`50

Measures 147

Key F major, D minor

Ensemble Solo

Parts 1

Part names Piano

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gracex5861 · Jan 21, 2022

heyy!! I really love this and I want to see the videoscore but I don't know how to... can someone help me?
Thank you

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Jaewon Lee_ · Jun 18, 2021

bittersweet, indeed. such a inspiring piece!

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Wrathray · May 20, 2021

This is beautiful! *Cough* But waltzes are kind of supposed to be in 3/4 time, and I can't find a single place
where it is...

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SalsaVerde · Jun 06, 2021

There's only one section of it that is 3/4, towards the end. I had to look for it too lol

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bluey819 · Jan 20, 2021

awesome composition

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