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Hi @olivercomposer, This is real spooky with that sound effect at the beginning. For me I think it's fine to maintain the dense instrumentation since for me this track is more atmospheric and trailer like, rather than narrative. But maybe having a single bell or celesta, or a spooky Aah female voice at the end can scare more people out haha. P.S. I am sure Vince has also said the same thing to me too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thx for sharing! Henry

This might actually be my best current composition. It is my weirdest piano piece for sure. I built the harmonies and "melodies" from a chromatic superset (3+4+5). I can explain it better if I see interest. It took me around 5 hours to compose this piece and I have to say that it is a true nightmare to learn it and play it without many mistakes. I pray for the people who decide to start learning it hahaha. Some of the jumps are actually scary. The piece has an improvisatory nature like some of my other compositions, but this time it is easier to imagine a horror plot behind it. Also I think there is no official performance version of the work, you can play it very different to the way I played it today. Here you have a performance a friend of mine recorded: I hope you enjoyed it! Let me know if you have any doubt or advice.

Here you have my last composition. I crafted both preludes without the use of a piano or any other tool. Only pen, paper and my harmony knowledge were used. I challenged myself to do it this way because they are dedicated to a friend of mine who is a colorblind artist, and that reminded me of Beethoven. Both preludes use the harmonic minor tetrachord between the V and I degrees. I also make a heavy use of augmented sixths and phrygian inflections. It is probably my best composition when it comes to quality/length ratio. And it shows where my harmonic tonal limit is without the help of a piano. I hope all of you enjoy these creepy miniatures. 🙂

I see you're writing the orchestra part as a condensed piano part. Usually this is done after the orchestra part, as a method of making performance easier and cheaper. While it's an interesting idea to write the part as a piano part first, will everything really translate well in orchestra? It's hard to tell exactly what you have in mind when it's just a piano part. Try orchestrating it next! Your virtuosic writing is very impressive! It's all very pianistic. I would like to see more moments of contrast though. Almost everything you've sent so far sounds like one big coda with the orchestra going off and the piano flying away. It's impossible to effectively keep energy like this. There has to be contrast, low moments, for the high moments to really shine. The one quieter orchestra section isn't enough. Let's hear some secondary themes, some alternate textures, some interaction between piano and orchestra. Even the most virtuosic pieces have moments of slow beauty, Gaspard de la Nuit, Islamey, etc.

Medial cesura!!! Ha, I just learned something. Thanks again Henry. Glad you are feeling better. Well, human beings tend to name everything--its the secret of our success as a species! And it allows us to precisely communicate. Now I can talk to Henry about my "Medial Cesura" problems!!! Anyhow, I realized these "spaces" were a problem in my compositions, and I am working to provide more fluency to phrasing and overall flow by FILLING these where appropriate...it works!

Thanks for the feedback Henry! I am actually revisitting the piece so I will keep that in mind for the next version. I am actually trying to make it a habit of revisitting pieces since it seems to be a practice of the old composers.

Hi @Bjarke, It's nice for a quick composition made in an hour, but I really feel like you should have invested more time into the piece! You could have added more details, change the accompaniment pattern and develop the middle section in tonic major! Henry

Hi @olivercomposer, So my image lost LoL... I enjoy the Neapolitan chord at the beginning. I like that you maintain the staticity of the music to match it with the image. The music is not moving forward, but rather showing how in the world of the image works, and this will for sure make good descriptive music. Thx for sharing! Henry

Hey Alex, First of all I think I conceive this piece more in 3/2 time than a 6/4 time, as I feel like it's more in a simple triple meter with some syncopation and hemiola in between, rather than a compound duple one. For the key it indeed begins on B flat major, but you modulate to B major in b.16 and rests on E major in b.25, but I am not sure whether you would change the key signature for that. But I will at least change the Eb to D# in b.16 and 18. I think you should change the E natural in alto to a D#, since the dissonance there for me is unnecessary. I think maybe you are imitating the parallel organum? The tenor and bass moves in parallel fifth almost throughout the whole piece. But if you do want to imitate an organum, maybe you should give the cantus firmus to the tenor as well? Since it's the melody carrier in organum, rather than the cantus (Soprano). The movement from E major to Bb major in b.26. You should use an Ab in b.30 since it's Ab major chord there. Thx for sharing! Henry

Hey @Setthavat, Thx man! I think I am better today. Congrats on able to perform your own piece in the composer's concert! The piece is indeed whimsical with those applied and quartal harmony and unexpected modulation. I quite like the first section of the piece with those capricious and not so functional harmony. It's interesting that even though the piece is named "Whimsical Waltz", the character of waltz is keep losing throughout the piece: the waltz pattern is lost in section B and the time signature is even changed to a duple metre in b.131! I feel like the direction of the piece is a bit lost after the modulation. Even though the climax at the end is well built, I feel like it's built for the brilliance of your ability as the pianist rather for the piece. But of course I am subjective and can be nitpicky on this. The Cbs in b.26-29 need not to be marked since it's already indicated in the key signature. Thx for sharing the piece and your shoutout, I really feel it😊. Henry

this is my new piece, hope you like it! the video: 【拼贴微分音】作品6之2 大杂烩_哔哩哔哩_bilibili