The clock reads 2:11Am. I'm burned out, still awake. Writing my very own variations on the theme by pachelbel's canon in d. Feeling so tired after having analyzed several variations and both freaking in different keys. I was thinking of modulating but was too lazy, (I even wanted to go from D major to C# minor). I'm around bar 37 of composition, which is 3 pages according to my handwriting. It's not going to be easy because I wrote it with the intention of it being an etude. Of course, there are tons of arpeggios, double octave leaps, 4,5 finger thrills, staccato in thirds. I still retain the melody (if not why is it based on canon in d), but at some point I was thinking of whether to sacrifice the "canon genre" for more etude character.
But now when I look at it, I don't think I can play it without practice, let alone sight read it. (despite having written it myself). the melody so far is exactly the same (except for maybe adding more notes, more jumps, melodic lines shifting between hands etc), but intend to add my own variations towards the end.
Wasted my entire night which was intended to study a little of chemistry. I wouldn't say wasted. I'm quite satisfied with my work as of now, I haven't tested it. Hopefully it's playable.
All that effort, just because I love canon in d's melody but the actual is way freaking easy.
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