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Hello everyone, here is a little ditty I whipped up for @Left Unexplained 's Christmas music project / event. It's kinda sappy, and I'm not very well-versed in jazz writing, but I think it turned out OK. I had originally planned to do a big orchestral thing based on an old fragment of mine, but I couldn't really reconcile that with my actual feelings about Christmas Eve -- my favorite part of the holiday season. It's the time when all the stress finally melts away and you can spend a nice evening with your family. Of course, there could be more verses attached, but I thought I would refrain from belaboring the point, especially since these are fake instruments with a bassoon instead of a human voice. I also thought that in a real performance, there'd be more of an element of improvisation, but that's kind of hard to capture in a scenario like this. The sappy lyrics are in the PDF score under the vocal line, but here they are in case you'd prefer to read them this way: On Christmas Eve, We'll bundle in our sweaters and our overcoats And all our cars will clutter up the driveway And as we say hello, we'll lament the lack of snow And then we'll all come in, And holly will be wrapped around the banister The sound of all the children laughing can be heard It seems not long ago that we were in their place Over the years, some have come, some have gone But I think it's comforting to hear those same old songs The world outside keeps spinning faster and faster all the time But it's good to hear those same old songs (On Christmas Eve...) Comments and criticism are very welcome. Thanks for listening. Merry Christmas! 🎄

Hello, everyone. First, I’d like to thank Luis Hernández, Gustav Johnson, and bkho for their comments and advice on my last upload over a month ago. They were very much appreciated and encouraged me to continue composing. Unfortunately I have been traveling frequently since then and as such have been unable to access a piano. This has caused the difficulty of my compositions to increase rather dramatically, and I wouldn’t be surprised to hear that some are virtually unplayable, though I have done my best to exclude chords beyond the octave. In the same way it would also not be surprising if some are in a key different to the one in which I have written them, the major focus of these studies (or expositions) being A Flat Minor. Consider No. 11, the easiest and only one not written in this key, as an apology for any such flaws. I should also mention that I am working on pieces longer than eight measures in length, but in the meantime any feedback you could give would be greatly appreciated.

Yes! It's very nice and sweet.

Cool stuff 🙂 It's very "christmassy" while having a mood of it's own.

Haha! The magic is working already.

It sounds good. Intense trailer music. What VST did you use for the percussion sections?

I'm intrigued. Best wishes to her from me.

This is so sweet and I love it! Every part, sappy lyrics and all! It fits the holidays perfectly and captures feelings that I can very much relate to! Great job!

This is such a cool idea! So creative! Like how salt helps bring out the flavors in a dish, your music enhanced his words quite a bit. Dangerously zen though, I'm reclined on the couch and nearly fell asleep because I was so relaxed by his voice and the music!

A chord is any combination of pitches (no matter the intervals involved). A triad is a three note chord. A triage unit is the emergency room (ER) found in your local hospital. Seriously though, why stress over these types of topics. Just write your music. Leave the analysis and over-analysis to the theorists. Let them make sense of what you write and how it works -that's what they get paid for (?). If a combination of notes sounds interesting to you, explore it.

I love the use of harmony and the meandering feel of the piece. Good work.

@Esper Here's a spotify link if interested , song also released on YouTube, Deezer, and MediaNet.

Thank you all for reviewing my work! I agree that the simple pattern repeating is a bit comical, i will try to think of interesting ways to modify it. I also feel song is not complete. Id gotten frustrated with how long it was taking to get what I already figured out played smoothly so i posted something to be done with it. Making music takes patience though. The revised version will be up soon. Thank you all for listening. 🙂