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Hello everyone, Since this is my first post here, I will add a small background of myself. I am 17 years old, a senior, and have been composing since 8th grade. I have had little music theory training up until last year when I took AP Music theory. I have additionally been playing trumpet for 8 years. I drew inspiration for this work after hearing the genius of Václav Nelhýbel in his work, Symphonic Movement, as well as the works of Danny Elfman and his various film scores. The main premise of the piece is to convey the mystery and intensity of the night, with a pseudo chase theme in the beginning, fading away to a calm yet unsettling theme, that builds into a dramatic climax. After the climax, a more evil chase takes place, leading to the finale, which briefly recapitulates on the cascading woodwind motif in the beginning, and ends with quite a punch. I hope I did an alright job explaining the general structure, and I would greatly appreciate any feedback I have attached the score and MP3 file in a Google Drive folder. The sound engine is NotePerformer 4 and Finale 27 is the notation software

@Ivan1791's habit of writing "dark preludes" kind of inspired me. also toru takemitsu

Hi everyone. I'm excited to share my latest work for orchestra, with a very provisional score. Still have to tidy a whole load of enharmonic spelling issues, and add expression marks, dynamics, etc... I think the piece may be finished; but perhaps I should extend it further? Let me know what you think? The instrumentation in the score doesn't quite match the rendition. That's because the original instrumentation isn't very practical: so I decided to replace bass flutes and oboes with a more conventional orchestration for the score. I think my original instrumentation sounds nicer: so I've left it in the rendition for now. Would be interested to hear whether my triplet figures in the violins are playable? Not sure I need the staccato markings in those passages? That's just the way Notion decided to interpret my midi data. Not at all sure F major is the right key signature. MuseScore chose it automatically; but it doesn't look right to me. Possibly should be G major? N.B. I've posted the first part of this piece before, in the Incomplete Works forum; but have extended it a lot since then. New revisions of this work will be posted lower down the thread.

I want to experiment with a 10 levels of harmony style video on YouTube. And I thought to myself, maybe we can turn this into a challenge? The idea is to take the simple melody of Brahms' lullaby, and test out your harmonization skills to it. Since I am aiming for 10 levels, you are free to submit up to 2 or even 3 variations for this challenge. Simple harmony could be categorized as all notes that are within the key. Medium harmony would be basic key changing (notes that are related to the key) and complex harmony would be, extreme rule breaking, unusual combinations, combinations well out of key. And if we go extreme, this would be your atonal territory. Keep in mind that I need progressive examples. So it is OK to write simplistic harmony! However if you are feeling adventurous, I need those examples too. I will be taking all of your submissions, and rating them from least to most complex. There's no need to be offended by these ratings. I'm asking for these levels, and I may bring in the judges to help me. Then I will make a fun YouTube video to demonstrate that even the most basic melody, can be transformed by the usage of simple to complex harmony in music! Everyone who participates, is opt in to being on YouTube. Not a big deal, you still own all copyrights to your music.

Hello! In my portion of the US we've been hit with some pretty hefty snow. As the snow fell last night, I decided to make a song to reflect it. As well as a little video accompaniment that I also filmed. I wanted to make something to reflect the cold and dreary snow as it fell in the darkness of night. This piece is for piano and string. The VSTs I used are LABS Glass Piano and Spitfire Audio's Intimate Strings. Hope you enjoy the video, song, and am looking forward to your feedback!

Here is the start of an arrangement of In a Sentimental Mood by Duke Ellington that started. How does it sound? Any feedback is welcomed In a Sentimental Mood (Original Arrangement).mp3

Hey @jejrekmek, I don’t feel the piece in C minor at all, but as really love this! Your motivic usage is great throughout the piece. There are many dissonance in the piece but they are made with smooth voice leading. The high register passage in b.2s is very lovely! As in @Ivan1791’s preludes the thick texture really help create the mysterious mood as in Scriabin’s later music, which I am totally unfamiliar at all. Thx for sharing! Henry

Hey Alex, I love how you utilise the opening chord progression in b.1 throughout the whole piece and for me it”s very coherent to do so. I am not sure why you have to use two lines for the cello. Is it the Musescore thing again? I think it’s good for the beginning since it’s G Dorian there. But after that I am sure it will be better to have different key signatures, since you definitely modulate the music in the midway. I think the development is great, but the ending is quite abrupt and you should add a coda here. I think it works, it’s up to you whether you want non legato or staccato for the violin. Thx for your update! Henry

My first quartet, for violin, viola, cello, and piano. I've grown really fond of this piece especially the last movement. Strangely, I seem to struggle a bit in sonata forms, perhaps I get too carried away in the development section. Please give your opinions! I. Sonata form - g minor II. Ternary Form (B section only cello+piano) - g major III. Ternary form - c minor IV. Rondo - g minor

A fantastic piece. There are a lot of very well placed chromaticisms. What happens to me with this fugue (and with others I have heard of yours) is that it is a bit "frenetic", there is no rest for the ear or the mind. It will be my particular taste but I think that a more relaxed section gives the listener a choice.

Hey Pabio @Fugax Contrapunctus, This fugue features a lot of sequence, ore than you past fugues! I like the more adventurous key changing to C major and A Minor. The fugue usually consists of thick imitations in four voices and I think some lighter texture can be included! Btw I will also post a fugue in F sharp minor tomorrow haha!! Thx for sharing! Henry