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I don't want to be rude, but this honestly looks like you placed notes and symbols around randomly with 0 intent. Unfortunately, I can't listen to it to really determine its musical-ness since you provided no audio. On top of that, I can't see below the snare drum because you did the wrong page size. Despite these, I will attempt to provide something constructive. 1. There are several moments in the wind instruments where there is more than one note played at once. All wind and brass instruments can only play one note at a time, unless special techniques are used, which are notated a specific way. 2. Throughout the score, you use several markings that are either impossible, change nothing, or are contradictory. For example, none of the instruments shown on this score have sustain pedals, and yet you score pedal marks. You have some instances of the tempo marking Allegro Moderato repeating reduntantly, since there is no tempo change between. You have seemingly random crescendos and diminuendos and hairpins that overlap in contradictory ways. You also use the Volta 2 frequently despite not having any repeat bars, thus making it useless. It seriously looks like you opened musescore, selected the preset symphony orchestra, placed notes randomly, then clicked and dragged things from the pallete panel, named it, and called it a day. To me this reflects a absence of any knowledge of music theory, so first, I will suggest you take lessons on an instrument if you aren't already. This will give you a basic grasp of music theory. Next, I will suggest that you study these topics in depth: - How to write a Melody - How to write Harmony - How to write with Musical Structure - How to develop ideas - Instrumentation - How to use Voice leading All of these can be studied pretty thoroughly simply with google. With knowledge of these things, you will be able to catch the attention of listeners with melody, provide context to the melody with harmony, give the piece coherency with structure, transform the melodies with development, bring colour to the music with instrumentation, and lead listeners ears with voice leading. Hopefully all of this helps you in your journey as a composer. 🙂

I felt a bit miserable, I hit record and improvised around a theme that suited my mood. Listening back, my ears wanted to hear the rising staccato motif played in counterpoint which would have sounded cool i think. The second improv is short and sweet, it sounds familiar somehow and it got me thinking about where in my mind the music comes from. Just as our personalities are a mixing pot of every person we've interacted with, our speech is like a kaleidoscope of all the conversations we've had, our music when played on the fly must be like the twisting of a kaleidoscope where all the colourful pieces are just getting mixed about.

it's just a case of "dominant pedal point to recap is too normie" lol

Nice! You have succeeded in creating a great and mysterious atmosphere, in a short piece. I guess that you have been influenced by my idea of the "sententia". I hope to hear more short pieces!

Hi Alex, For me your edited version makes the music less repetitive, especially in the latter half! I do find it more attractive now with melodies on top! Although I don't remember the original version when I say this haha! Henry

I wrote this short piece to test Noteperformer 4 + Dorico (concert pitch)

Hi @Luis Hernández, For me the sound is quite authentic! That's a great lament in brevity. The opening Eb major is displaced by D minor as a Neapolitan key which is tragic in itself and reminds me those key changes of a recitative. Thanks for sharing! Henry

First, let us begin to talk about the role of a solo instrument in concerto. The soloist role is to exhibit sections that 1)emblish what the orchestra stated; 2)create dialogue between orchestra; and 3)demonstrate high level of technical skill. In this short example, I didn't hear anything of this. It is imperative to know that while this concerto, the general form is sonata allegro. That is why is important to reinstate themes when the soloist plays them. Then there is harmony. I hear mainly diatonic chords, and the texture that is piano plays could be greatly improved. My overall arching advice is to look at concertos by Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven. And probably some in the romantic period.

Hi @hw1234 @HtWinsor, The first period (b.1-8) is quite likable! I think in b.9 it suddenly becomes a flamingo for the RH melody. The tuplets are quite playful but you can have diferent notes instead of repeated notes. After b.16 it indeed becomes marchish. I think you should maintain the waltz rhythm! The E flat major ending is fine but you have to establish with finer modulatory proces like using half cadence and PAC. Thanks for sharing! Henry

Hello Guys, This is another disgusting and silly cinematic track. 😄 Of course I made it for a competition, and the task is, participants have to depict an image in the language of music. (You can see the mentioned image is on the player.)

I don't know man but old-fashioned stuff is very welcome here anyway. I agree. All these harmonic progressions could be most enjoyable with a better soundfont. The score is very detailed, and I did enjoy it a lot. Perhaps some crescendos here and there would have benefited some passages (e.g M184-M192). I have mixed feelings with the ending... Depends. If you really wanted a non-solving ending I would say you almost nailed it, and it is indeed surprising for the first time but it might be not satisfactory for the listener. It eventually depends on you, perhaps you just need a companion piece for this ballad to be played next. Whatever you choose, make sure that it convinces yourself. Looking forward to check your next work. Liked and subscribed, of course! Kind regards, Daniel–Ømicrón.

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I'd discribe this piece like a blooming flower in a war field, it makes me feel the same feeling as lillium (elfen lied opening) because its harmony is shocking, sometimes cruel, but the melody is delicate and bewitching. I like how the piece is 'descending' as each bar is in a lower pitch than the previous one. The only problem that i find is that the piece is very uniform, maybe, an inner section which is faster, more dissonant and has bigger leaps may have been very appreciated. But, in general, i like it a lot! Btw, how do you do that sheet music animations? also, which software do you use?

This is one of two demos I recently made for a prospective video game company. They wanted Japanese anime-styled music for their game set in a hot-spring/onsen. The game is supposed to have romantic undertones. I made this one in Musescore 4 with Musesounds piano and strings. Then I imported it into reaper, changed the guitar to harp (BBCSO harp) and added Spitfire Labs Percussion. I made the percussion sound lo-fi with a hi-pass and lo-pass filter. I'd appreciate any of your suggestions, comments or critiques! Thanks for listening.