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@Quinn This kind of lydian feel created by 2 major chords a whole step appart over a pedal note is really nice. It's used by Joe Satriani in "Flying in a Blue Dream" almost exactly like that. Really recommend listening to that song, it's great.

https://soundcloud.com/user-777001654/work-in-progress I'm new to composing. Please criticize this short piano piece.

Woke up early and composed this. Kind of going for a zany, unbounded effect.

Wish I could just wake up and compose a piece. I sometimes wake up with ideas during the night - but that's aside! A jolly piece, optimistic, assertive, energetic. Ok...zany. But I loved the harmonic flow, the tune, the occasional doubling at what sounded like the octave. Good ending - at first I wasn't sure about dropping the rhythm but you made up for that in the interesting harmonic movement. Excellent but could do with a little polish in the production, balance, dynamics. Maybe after the second coffee? :)

Ok so it's a major triad in third inversion with a note a whole step below the root. I know the final note mentioned is a fifth below the key center, but other than that I don't know what to make of it. I know it's super useful when trying to create a sense of ambiguity and I use it all the time but I have no conscious knowledge of how it works (I don't even know how to define it as a chord). I feel like there are many opportunities generated by using this chord that I'm unaware of. Maybe that's why it sounds so mysterious to me. Anyways, if you could help me sus out the meaning and utility of this chord it would be much appreciated. Thanks. cool chord.xml

Here is my new symphonic movement in BbM with a romantic character. Maybe in the future I can include it as a middle movement of a three-movements symphony. It's the longest movement I ever composed and the first time I use an English horn in a composition, so I've been experimenting some sound combinations (unison/octaves) of the E. Horn with Bassoon, Oboe and Frensh Horn. I like its sound and since it has a middle register, it can double many orchestral instruments. I'm pretty new in that kind of long compositions, so any feedbacks are wellcome.

Thanks Luis and Jean for listening and giving your feedback. I think I will add some divisi indications. About the non divisi effect on the viola I have to check how it sound like...but I don't know if it fits to the staccato acompaniment, and if my VST can reflect the effect of a life performance....

Reminds me vaguely of the close of one of my pieces.

Couple ways to interpret this: E major with added 4th (11th in jazz), or an Esus with the third as well (less common) A major 9 chord in second inversion with no third.

This is the second part (a piano was added). Some parts are built on a large canon in prolatio.