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This is a nocturne inspired by the death of my grandfather, whom I was very close with. I wrote this when I was 15. Youtube with score Nocturne_Op9_20230706_202850.mid

This is definitely a far cry from the best piece I've ever written, but it may very well be my favourite. A little backstory: the motif for this piece came to me about two years ago, when I first started composing music for school. Given I had only just started, I wrote what I could on a template sheet (a FULL orchestral sheet, funnily enough) and had a relatively serviceable composition by the first few weeks. I wasn't exactly pleased with what I wrote (let's be honest, very few people can say their very first orchestral piece could rightfully stand toe-to-toe next to some of their more recent works), and I spent the next year tinkering with the piece, trimming the size of the orchestra down and adding enough 'structure' until it 'sounded right'. I suppose me working on it for a year should serve as testament to my love for this motif (and theme): I wouldn't have come back to a year-old forgotten theme today, even if I was starved of thematic material (as I was before having penned this composition). I was so proud of this piece that I had gone and bought empty sheet music in order to copy everything down so I wouldn't lose it. After I finished that ordeal, I put it aside and moved on to other projects. Roughly nine months went by, and I happened on the piece again by chance: at this point I've finished the first movement to my symphony, started other side-projects, and had just started winter break. I was dismayed: a piece I was so truly proud of back then (even now) fell apart at the seams right in front of me. There were unplayable passages, fundamental orchestration sins, a catastrophic lack of structure: it had it all. Knowing that this simply wouldn't do, I sat and worked on this piece for the better half of two days, and reworked everything into something better according to my (thankfully higher) current standards. I had just finished the piece yesterday, and now I present it to you. The piece is through-composed (a relic of my non-structural compositional style at the time), in C major: it is a programmatic piece, meant to evoke the giddy enthusiasm of townsfolk from some remote village welcoming their king (or queen) coming through their village. I hadn't taken the liberty of extending this piece to fit the 'required' length of a symphonic poem (as I had previously labelled it) or even a concert overture; that being said, I believe it conforms more to the latter in terms of length and material frivolity. And besides, I just can't be bothered. Constructive feedback is always welcome. Thank you for listening! 😄 P.S. This is the newly revised piece. If you'd like to see the original, do let me know: I'd be glad to share it in all of its (hideously amateurish) glory!

Hi @Ben Callender, As Peter mentioned I love the opening chord, as well as those dissonant chords! The 0:45 section shows some warmth which should be the great moments you share with your grandfather. The modulation from G major to B minor to G minor is lovely. I also love the section with the triplets, but I have maybe you can tone down the virtuosic passages a bit! Thx for sharing! Henry

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Very lovely piece - I want to play it! I enjoyed your piece, I'm getting Sonata form, but it's short, so I'd call it a Sonatina. Your harmonic progression is very clever and well written as previously stated by @Henry Ng Tsz Kiu. Your development section is probably my favorite part of the whole piece - it's so different, but in an interesting way. Your harmony is immediately so different from that of your Primary and Secondary themes, which instantly changes the mood of the piece before settling down some - it's just enough to signal the change of section. Random, but your scalar figures remind me of "Ripping Spring Waltz" by Estelle Ricketts. It's a different style, but those runs reminded me of that.

Hi everybody! This is my concerto for clarinet and band! please feel free to share your thoughts!

I really enjoyed listening to this piece. I know that this is a clarinet concerto, BUT your orchestration for the rest of the ensemble is just INCREDIBLE. It really helps to keep the mood of the piece going, and when the clarinet is playing, the band is supportive, but not overbearing, which I like. I also enjoyed how dynamic the clarinet is in this piece. The range and different "sounds" all flow nicely and really drive home the emphasis on the clarinet. Overall a very successful work.

I don't think music has ever made me laugh lol. This is a hilariously, well composed piece (hey, I think its well composed, even if its a joke!) that turns Beethoven towards the end. Your fugue section is also quite dissonant, but I was still able to follow it. Things get really funny at the 5:20 mark and beyond. Thanks for making me laugh, I needed a little boost .

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I definitely wanna troll Vince's theme!!!!! Wait wait wait!!! It's a joke man!! ANDA IA AMA A SELF-PROCLAIMEDA GENIUSA!! WHATA MOREA EXERCISEA YOUA WANNA MEA TOA PRACTICE A? I AMA SICKA OFA THEA SIX-PARTA FUGUE IN MYA STRING SEXTETA AND ME NEEDA SOME REST A!!!! I know I can haha!! BUT AGAIN I AM A SELF-PROCLAIMED GENIUS AND YOU DEFINITELY ARE NOT MY SELECTED FEW!!!! WHEN YOU WRITE LIKE THIS IT'S TRASH BUT WHEN I WRITE LIKE THIS IT IS A WORK OF GENIUS, DO YOU UNDERSTAND A?? I DEMAND AN IMMEDIATE UNIVERSAL RECOGNIZTION FOR MY WORK OF GENIUS HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM A GENIUS SO WHAT I DO IT'S ALL DOGMATICALLY CORRECT!!! (Ha it's that fun for a joke.......) I do deliberately use broken chords becoz I wanna act like a novice composer who wanna impress others but fail to do so LoL!! Also isn't that 8 bars "stretto" and "canon" 4-voice bells GREAT HAHA?! Thx for listening!! Henry

For the most part, ever since MuseScore 4 was released roughly a year ago, I have abstained from using it on account of a long list of relatively minor inconveniences, chief amongst them the complete removal of smooth panning/scrolling options. In formatting my videos, I had thus far fully relied on this functionality present in MuseScore 3, and it was truly a shame to find out in dismay that the current version of MuseScore 4 does not support this rather useful feature (albeit low in demand and acknowledgement by most MuseScore users). However, it remains undeniable that its integrated MuseSounds library is on all regards quite superior to the orchestral soundfonts I have in my possession. As such, I decided to tinker a bit with my latest fugue in order to produce an orchestral arrangement thereof, which was to be rendered into sound by the MuseStrings sublibrary. And to be entirely honest, the results forth presented have not disappointed me in the slightiest. Enjoy! YouTube video link: