I’ve finally begun working on a string quartet this week – I’m looking to have it played by one of my friend’s quartets, and they have two cellists; thus I’m creating a score for violin, viola and two celli. I’ve dubbed it Tranquil Raindrops for the time being, and I think that’s ultimately the vibe I want to go for. I’ve been looking for inspiration in multiple places, like I’ve mentioned in past posts – Coldplay, Gareth Coker, among others. I’m not super happy with it just yet – I’d like to write something in 3/4 but I don’t think I have a super established core idea yet; I think I keep trying to write new ideas that end up being in 4/4 which obviously wouldn’t work, haha! Might end up writing something in mixed meter, who knows? I tried looking at some YouTube videos on writing string quartets but they seem very oriented towards traditional, classical-style string quartets, which isn’t necessarily what I’d like to write. I’ve included a sneak peek below of some of what I have so far:

Until next time!