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A piece for string orchestra.

This was back in 2017. The people in this club aren't really that active anymore. Basically the club is obsolete. 😕

I know that in MuseScore 3.6 - the program I use - simply writing "ritardando" into the music is not enough. I have to write new tempo indications where I want them and gradually wean the piece to a slower tempo (and then hide the tempo indications so they're not visible). I think your piece is definitely simple enough to be played by a school orchestra as it is. However, writing more complex harmonies would not necessarily make the piece harder to play since harmony is more of a function of the interactions between the different instruments (although tuning in more exotic chords could be a snag).

Thank You very much for the feedback. I wanted some transitions to be done by ritardando, but I somehow can't handle how to do that in my music programme, so this may add some of the suddenesity to the transitions. Writing the programme is indeed a good idea, I shall do that as the next thing right away. In the matter of the simplicity of the melodies and the harmonies You are totally right; this piece is intended to rather school wind orchestra (although they've never played it 🙂), but it is very likely also affected by my inexperience (related to the development) as I started composing (in some actual way) approximately 2 years ago and this piece was composed cca 1 year ago. Thank You again for the reply.

Some of the transitions in this are quite sudden and unprepared. Seems like some more drawn out transitions between the different sections would have been appropriate. I assume by your title that your intention in composing this piece was to depict a program but I feel like maybe an explanation of the extra-musical context of each of the sections in this would have given the listener a better understanding of the purpose of the music. On it's own the music harmonically and melodically seems kind of simple. Not that that's a bad thing and I don't know where you are in your development as a composer but it seems like focusing on writing more interesting melodies and harmonies would be more conducive in a chamber music context or for a smaller instrumentation. That's just my suggestion though. Thanks for the music!

LoL I hate to be the only one to keep reminding you of this but ... where are the lyrics? Really great word painting on "I didn't know heaven reached so low, so low, so low, low" since you descend lower and lower as you sing that. Really great harmonic ideas which keep this fresh. Also the rhythm of your words in the 2nd verse is different than the 1st so that adds some great variety. I love the raunchy bass near the end. You should go on "America's got Talent" with this! Either that or get Rod Stewart to sing it for you as his raspy voice would be perfect for the feel of this song. Really great modern song influenced by glitch and hip hop music!

Hello, I like the melancholic mood of the piece; surely can be useful for many occasions. It does not have any strong, ear-catching melody or harmony progression, which is very good because of the purpouse of the piece. I am not sure, what in this context "madrigal" means, so my remark might be inadequate, but since it's march and You write that people should be marching to it, I think that it would be good, if You add some rythmical section which would be beating the rythm throughout the piece, so the "marching part" is easier to follow (but without it I think it could be used in some movie eventually). Best regards.