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Well, you can do both. You don't have to "finish" it. I recall one time writing a wind quintet which my teacher liked but I thought was too rough in its presentation of ideas. He said that is what he like about the piece. On the other hand, I wrote a piano piece which I always got this reaction of a general liking but nothing big. It seemed something people wouldn't mine listening to but would forget pretty soon. When I had a performance opportunity of the piece, I had not worked on it for awhile. The time off and then the return made me see how I cut off one section for fear of being TOO repetitive when all I had to do was continue a canon to its natural end and it would lead automatically to the section I wrote. I fixed some minor things - a few notes and voicings but that was it. I find that there is one point where we get myopic and need distance and time for our mind to make connections. It must be organic because I do best when I either 1) work intensely for a stretch and then take time off or 2) think about it for a long time but don't do anything, as if you were thinking about a vacation spot and what you would do and then as the deadline gets close get to work. Finally one simple method is to determine about how long you want the piece to be and divide it up into daily and weekly amounts of music you need to write. BE sure to show your progress to a very experienced composer to keep you on track. This is an excellent method to get large scale works of a significant duration done. Finally, patience! It took me nearly 2 years to write a 10 minute wind trio. The reason was the form I thought of initially - write a series of mood pieces without worrying about how they linked. However, as I worked on it I found they were linking ... so I took my time to have all this material to flow as one while still presenting these changing moods.

Saves me having to say that.... :whistling: That said, even for ensemble parts of any style, I fail to see how me trying to play something will shed any insight onto whether it's playable / recommended. :dunno:

If we're "starting again" and remaining with this system from here on in, I suggest that you completely clean up the archives. Remove all the dead threads, dead links.. dead pieces. Who cares about site statistics, the thing that will keep people/draw people in will be a clean, organised, functioning site.

Hello! This is a very cool piece here. The main theme sounds sorta like something I'd write... maybe. The rhythms are certainly upbeat and cool, which I'm glad to hear! Well, there's your compliments, now it's down to business :P Up until bar 23, there aren't any issues, I don't think. It's a good, strong start to the piece, albeit not all that difficult. From bar 23-31, it's the same thing that we heard before in the bass. That's good, but then it seems like you just clicked "repeat repeat repeat" and moved each bar up a note. I think it needs variety in that part, so it will be less static and sequential. Then you have a little running line into the chordal part, which works quite nicely! I think there should be a slight ritard there. Then all those big blasting chords come out. And that jolts you in a very good way, however there are a few notation issues: 37 and 39, the 2nd chord is F#, C#, Ab. I think you need that Ab to be a G#. It would make more sense, plus it's already in the key signature! The next part, with the 16th notes is a nice variation on the theme. Same Ab issue, make it a G sharp. Then from 49-56, the notation is right, but when you first see it it might be a bit... AUGH WHAT'S THAT?? haha. But it's correct! The chords coming back work perfectly at that spot. (G SHARP! ;))Again, a ritard into it would be nice. The spot with the repetition of the notes is good. The ending of that needs to be a bit stronger. I was thinking maybe you could add a bar there, and have the notes repeat and get louder to a big bang at the end. I think it would be a little less sudden. My comments for the next section are the same as the first. The ending I think you could use the repetition of the notes there too. It would bring a reminder of the B section into it, which would be really nice. Usually I don't give such in depth reviews. lol look how long that is! I guess I just do that when I really like something and want it more... perfect. haha :D Thanks so much for posting this! It has a lot of potential :) Heckel