Elegy For My Father (Part Four)

Tom Atwood

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Traditionally, and by definition, an elegy has lyrics. Unfortunately, sometimes, there are no words. This meditation, the finale of a four-part piano piece, was written shortly after my father died.

My plan is to post the first three parts as they are recorded. I have sheet music for Parts 1-3 and would be happy for a real pianist to lay those tracks down. Anyone interested?

(Dedicated to A.T. Atwood)

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Hits: 1433
Comments: 15
Fans: 2
Plays: 171
Downloads: 77
Votes: 16
Uploaded: Apr 01, 2005 - 12:07:28 PM
Last Updated: Apr 02, 2005 - 01:07:28 PM Last Played: Nov 05, 2009 - 02:38:40 AM

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Comments

spot	spot said 1698 days ago (April 1st, 2005)
	all beautiful like white pepper ice cream, you don't know wether it's spicy or sweet, hot or cold. This tune walks the line between laughter and tears, joy and sorrow, all of which make up life, and all is beautiful. Thanks for sharing your music. Check out my latest song called To Be With You

Tom Atwood	Tom Atwood said 1698 days ago (April 1st, 2005)
	all beautiful Thanks spot. Glad to see you are jumping in, listening and commenting as well as posting your own stuff. I appreciate the kind words. Welcome again to this site. Check out my latest song called Keep Looking for Jesus (MJRF)

K.I.S.KISMET	K.I.S.KISMET said 1698 days ago (April 1st, 2005)
	Reflective Sometimes you don't really need words. In this case, you seem to have expressed great emotion in this piece without them, and you have played it beautifully. Can't wait to hear more. Check out my latest song called Your's

Tom Atwood	Tom Atwood said 1698 days ago (April 1st, 2005)
	Reflective Thanks K.I.S. As a pianist I am kind of clunky, that's why I am hoping to find someone else to play the other parts. I am glad you took time to listen to this piece. Check out my latest song called Keep Looking for Jesus (MJRF)

DeputyDoofy	DeputyDoofy said 1698 days ago (April 1st, 2005)
	Nothing Like A Good Piano Excellent piece. Check out my latest song called Sweet Smell Of Success

	zendog said 1697 days ago (April 2nd, 2005)
	No words needed Music's about communication, and you did it quite effectively in this. Loss and hope. Living and death. Very personal yet something, musically, to which everyone can relate. I'll keep a lookout for the the first three parts. And don't worry about your playing. Clunky or not, it sounded good on this end. Check out my latest song called Sold Out

SlimGirlFat	SlimGirlFat said 1697 days ago (April 2nd, 2005)
	A Beautiful emotional and touching piece Tom. Thanks for sharing this with us. Slimmie Check out my latest song called Not Enough

Mystified

Mystified said 1697 days ago (April 2nd, 2005)

Touching

...and beautiful. I agree with what has been said before,
here, and think that this music--played by *you*--speaks
volumes, and needs no words.

In the very beginning, I detected a passage vaguely
reminiscent of Satie's Gymnopedies...poignant and
beautiful.
What a wonderful tribute to your father this is.

Thank you for sharing it here.

Check out my latest song called For the Beauty of the Earth

Tom Atwood	Tom Atwood said 1697 days ago (April 2nd, 2005)
	Touching Hmmm...you are right about that, Cat. Sounds like I have 'borrowed' from Satie. Not surprising since I have listened to Gymnopedies many, many times. Thanks for your comments. Check out my latest song called Keep Looking for Jesus (MJRF)

core

core said 1697 days ago (April 2nd, 2005)

Good play
I like the slowly emerging synth the background, but it
increases the artificial feel of the piano. A grand classic
piano of Garageband would have possibly been the better
instrument choice. The slightly random dubs of higher
piano notes towards the ending are nice accents, but they
fall off a bit in timing.

I'm trying to be constructive and hope you don't take it as
criticism. To me, it usually helps to read what people write
in their comments. It puts on a different perspective you
can not get from the inside.

Check out my latest song called Skeleton

Tom Atwood	Tom Atwood said 1694 days ago (April 5th, 2005)
	Good play Thanks core. I agree with you about the timing of some of those piano 'echos' toward the end. In fact, I removed them from the complete version of this posted as "Larger Than Life," which includes the 1st three segments. Thanks again. Check out my latest song called Keep Looking for Jesus (MJRF)

core	core said 1697 days ago (April 2nd, 2005)
	Forgot to mention Aside of all music theory -- I also enjoyed the piece and found it expressed your emotions very well. Check out my latest song called Skeleton

bronco	bronco said 1695 days ago (April 4th, 2005)
	Sweet and true As usual, you are too modest but that speaks of good values which I am sure your dad had a lot to do with. Beautiful melody! Check out my latest song called Strange Feeling

thetiler	thetiler said 1688 days ago (April 11th, 2005)
	sounds very reflective Nice sounds, I know you said clunkiness in one of your posts but it sounds really tight to me. Thanks for sharing Check out my latest song called The Bluebird Cafe (with two other guest)

timothy devine	timothy devine said 891 days ago (June 17th, 2007)
	hi Tom this shuffled up on the random player on the home page. On fathers day of all things I just loved it beautiful, beautiful song! thanks tim nicely recorded and performed i lv the random player one great idea Check out my latest song called Mankind Needs a Change/WoodstockII

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Name: Tom Atwood

I guess I could be a 'poster child' for MacJams. I joined the site on New Year's Eve 2004, after several years of not making much music at all. A long dry spell. Since then, I have posted more than 50 songs here, collaborated with some wonderful arti... [see more]

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