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This "Beginner's Piano Suite" marks my so-called '3rd Opus", which sounds so odd to say. (The idea of having an "Opus" sounds awful self-important to my ears, but at the same time, it gives a sense of beginning, middle, and end, and the thought of "I'm done with this, I'm moving on to something else" is liberating, so I really like that aspect of it!) Here's a little backstory. For one thing, I was tired of making pieces of piano music that were extremely difficult to play, and I have a fondness for pieces that are simple, straightforward, and "tell a story", so to speak. So I tried to tone down virtuoso writing as much as possible, and focus on "what" I wanted to say, instead of "how" to say it. I took some inspiration from the idea of video game music, thinking of a scenario or character and having that be what started me off. Most of them are played at a really slow tempo, which is inherently easier to play. A couple are more up-tempo, and probably offer the greatest challenge. Some sections may be tricky, and might be cheating to have in a "Beginner's Piano Suite", but I did my best. It's not a very long suite. There are seven pieces, and to listen to all takes maybe 15-20 minutes or so. Here they are: https://app.box.com/s/3i5d36uhkfwmd0gj5b84jmqplhoioebp [Op. 3 No. 1, "Dawn's Lullaby" WAVE File] https://app.box.com/s/0ecvpduruu110pa9ukksgty2bqmlt8jx ["Dawn's Lullaby" PDF] https://app.box.com/s/9rknasfzt22sdm8kcqx1ot7jzq7ei9y7 ["Op. 3 No. 2, ""A Lamentation" WAVE File] https://app.box.com/s/nfclmphylif5ztavoq7t1d5h5p6y6ifq ["A Lamentation" PDF] https://app.box.com/s/csiounws38ep6waojlityorrdofgt3z1 [Op. 3 No. 3, "Cynical" WAVE File] https://app.box.com/s/rrdfpfkmwortupqtqb1hqh581u16kevb ["Cynical" PDF] https://app.box.com/s/oa840nl7vfyadcv3ey0302fwotrar8h3 ["Op. 3 No. 4, "The Fireplace" WAVE File] https://app.box.com/s/p8haj6opgevr8g90v2i0z9b2qitdxxz9 ["The Fireplace" PDF] https://app.box.com/s/yumtrw9w5rlppww2pi5m0dix24a206jg [Op. 3 No. 5, "Resistance" WAVE File] https://app.box.com/s/fg5mr8o4x6ydnsloqp5q6a82vcrgcz09 ["Resistance" PDF] https://app.box.com/s/5ilpdnvqx27gyj05l7atnyc3d9ar414c [Op. 3 No. 6, "Remembrance" WAVE File] https://app.box.com/s/vgaadllbnc1izmm7meits7vzom2x9rmc ["Remembrance" PDF] https://app.box.com/s/tv8akqk6i409ibxz3i5187571syxwpjn [Op. 3 No. 7, "Adagio" WAVE File] https://app.box.com/s/qhompslta6x3wzh1owzj2a6g7tu74a2m ["Adagio" PDF] Thoughts/comments/criticisms all welcome. Thank you!

Hello Guys, Here's my new track, I hope you'll like it! This music is about the world after the global climate catastrophe. I imagined this world and the result is this track. What do you think? Write below in a comment!

@OliverKovacs Don't know if it's the sound effects or the scale.

Hi @.Em. Thanks for your feedback. Actually the computer played the piece. Unfortunately I am not a performer 😞 I dream that one day my compositions would be so good that some performers will play it 🙂 Anyway thanks for your feedback again.

@.Em. Thanks for listening! I'm glad you enjoyed it. It was written for a competition on this site a few years back. Gotta love the competitions 🙂

Software I know: Sibelius, Musescore, Finale, Dorico. I think Musescore is as good as any other (and free). A handicap is that it is difficult to make it work with third part virtual instruments (at least I find it much easier with other software. I used Finale for years, but I switched to Dorico and I am very happy with it. In fact, I've almost completely forgotten how to use Finale. Yes, it has a price, as the rest. But I took advantage of a crossgrade plus educational discount, and I paid less than the third amoung of its price. Dorico 3 has been released this week. There are two other versions of Dorico to start with (cheaper, you can upgrade at any moment): Dorico Elements and Dorico LE3. One of the best things of Dorico is the support. You have the foro and the facebook group where you can ask to the developers (and they answer quickly!). Anyway, I think these programs are all good. You have to spend time to learn at first. It's a matter of taste, most times.

@.Em. I've used Sibelius, Dorico and LilyPond. All have learning curves to overcome. Sibelius and Dorico also have price tags to overcome. LilyPond is free—it's great for engraving music but worthless for music notation. If I were you, I would start with a free software program, such as Musescore, and save up to invest in a heftier program like Sibelius, Dorico, or Finale. And if you haven't used any of those three before, I'd put my money in Dorico. It's more intuitive (in my opinion) than Sibelius or Finale. Just my $0.02. Hope you find it useful!

I enjoyed this piece very much! At times I thought of a character going into battle, or a dance scene, or an eerie omen lurking. All together it was a story in sound. Thank you for sharing! 🙂

This has officially become one of my favorite piano concertos OF ALL TIME!!!!!!