Level: Beginner

Looping: Last Measure to measure 3

This is my submission for the music Motif Challenge II. It is called "little sonata", because it reminds me of a sonata. It features some structural elements like an exposition, a development, a recapitulation and a coda. The Jam's motive is being used as the second theme and somewhat of a transition motive, while the first theme of the sonata is derived from the Jam's Motive. I also tried to make it a bit harmonically interesting, which I think I've managed to do (at least for my level).

I have some knowledge in basic music theory, but I have never composed a completely finished piece until today. I have tried some longer sonatas, but never really finished them, because I felt like my themes were never good enough. That's probably also how this piece ended up as a sort of "sonata". Because I was provided with a theme this time, I could concentrate on creating a musical "shell" around it.

While thinking about how I want my piece laid out, the "Bad Piggies"-Theme Song came to my mind and I thought I want to give this a try. First, I wanted to create something symphonic, but then I soon realized that this wouldn't be possible with my schedule, so I decided to just use the piano. The piece took me around 4h all in all to complete and I'm really happy.

I'm not really sure if I explored the theme well enough or if my approach in the end satisfies the "must loop naturally"-condition (from the last measure to measure 3), but even if it doesn't, I'm really happy to finally have something complete that I can be proud of - and that I want to share with you to enjoy and to comment on. Furthermore, the piece really isn't game ready. Its something I came up with, and something I wanted to show and upload nevertheless.

I hope you enjoy it and if you have anything to say, please let me know.

If you wanna listen to it, I recommend you pull up the score so you can read while listening. It should help understanding the piece.