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I don't usually start in a DAW and then export into a notation program but Musescore has really worked for me thus far! Maybe @Alex Weidmann has done that and can provide first hand experience? Yes, that's how I usually work. MuseScore tends to translate the midi data very literally, and you can end up with a horrible mess of overlapping notes and multiple parts. Lately I've started using the Notion app on my iPad to interpret the midi data from my DAW. Notion makes a better job of interpreting the composer's intention, and tidying some of the mess automatically. (It's also free for iPad in its most basic version.) I then export a MusicXML file from Notion, and import that into MuseScore. (Since MS is much more versatile, and has more flexibility for revising the score.)

This is intended to be the second part of the second movement of my String Sextet in G flat major, after the part of Lamentoso. These two parts are very different from the more fleeing and transcendental first movement as I hope they capture the sadness of the time and what I feel, before leaping back to the world of the pentatonics later, which would make the pentatonics more grounded. Here is the first movement of the piece: Here is the first part of the second movement of the piece, the Lamentoso, which is actually finished after this fugue: Here are the scores, the original version and a version with my own (painful) analysis on it: Final Fugue from String Sextet movement 2.pdf(With Analysis) Final Fugue from String Sextet movement 2.pdf And here is the youtube video: The piece is dedicated to Mr. Johnson Ho. The finishing of the fugue is prompted by hearing his worsening health, so I really want him to stay healthy. The inspiration of the fugue first comes from my friend Mike @chopin and my mentor David (I am very honoured to name him my mentor even though we have never met in real life since his videos form the skeleton of my composing skill. Go watch his analysis videos NOW!) said that the middle fugato section from the first movement is the best part of the movement. I was shocked since I believed it was the worst of the movement! Then my bro Vince @Thatguy v2.0 (who also makes this perfect audio) inspired me to write a dense fugue for the second movement, and so I challenged myself to write a six part fugue, since I feel like it’s not fully realised in the first movement. This is he most difficult I have ever written, but finishing it I now consider it my most beautiful work composed up to date. It’s so emotionally deep, even weirdly I feel zero emotion during the composition process, only calculating the counterpoint haha. I am so satisfied with the result. The fugue comprises of three subjects, all from the 1st movement. The 1st and 2nd subjects are from the 1st movement fugue’s subject, while the 3rd subject is derived from the opening theme of the Sextet’s first movement. Here is the plan of the movement (time according to youtube video): First part (00:03): First subject enters in each instruments, inversion introduced at . All of sudden C minor enters (01:55) and I quote my subject of the C minor Clarinet Quintet 3rd movement fugue here to intensify the sadness. Also kind of replying to the relationship of G flat major and C major in the first movement, but while freedom is shared there, now sadness is shared. Second Part (02:12): Second subject enters and the section features a saturation of stretti. The C minor section (03:56) comes in at and it’s my favourite section of the whole fugue. It’s insanely tragically beautiful here. Third Part: Third subject enters (04:58), first and second subjects combine in the manner of the 1st movement fugato. The intensity is kind of lowered after that insanely tragic C minor section, maybe kind of accepting and reflecting upon it, and it’s less saturated with the subjects. However things starting to get intensified, first the third subject is treated as in Bach’s Chorale Preludes when it is cut up and divided to four phrases alongside the other two subjects (06:29). The only pentatonic entry (07:16) arrives to kind of relate itself to the first movement and hints what will come at the end, but at the meantime it’s defeated by disappointment and the fugue ends in a doubtful manner, which will lead to the chant section. Hopefully I would finish the whole movement as soon as possible! Hope you enjoy the fugue now! Henry

Hello all! Today I bring something longer than my usual submissions to the forum! And with a twist. I designed a poster for fun, and then decided to make a song based on it. Below is the poster, and then I'll get into some details about the song! My goal for this song, was to capture the power and waves of the ocean, while stopping off and making some sections representing some classic seafaring mythological creatures. (2:33-3:32 for example, represents a Siren! 4:42-5:26 to me, is a theme for a Kraken.) But always returning to my central themes. Cymbals often represent the waves, as do rolling drums. The hand pan is used rather frequently and in one of the recurring themes because to me, it's sound represents water. There are many VSTs used here: BBCSO Discover, Intimate Strings, Epic Choirs, LABS, and Amadeus Symphonic. All in FL Studio. I hope this all makes sense and you enjoy the listen! It's the first piece I've made that is this long, but I didn't want to cut it short and kept having ideas to grow it into a full suite! I look forward to the feedback! I would love to know what this piece brings to mind when you listen.

Thank you to both of you! I will look into these options. Installing Musescore now and going to play around with it. I don't have an iPad, but Notion is available on Windows! So I will try this method. Thank you for the advice!

I don't usually start in a DAW and then export into a notation program but Musescore has really worked for me thus far! Maybe @Alex Weidmann has done that and can provide first hand experience?

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it. And yes, that's true about the hand pan/ steel drum. I think there are just some differences in their construction to differentiate the two. At the moment, I do not have a score. I don't actually know how to write sheet music! That's something I want to work on soon, and don't think it'll be too hard of an adjustment. Even if it's to export the songs from FL Studio, then annotate where needed to change articulations, change notes over from whole notes to the proper length, and such. Do you recommend any software to use for that?

Very interesting. I enjoyed your changes of modal colour and orchestral texture. Extending your harmonies into dissonant territory for the Siren was a good choice.

Great job! Kept me attentive and engaged throughout the whole thing. I think the instrument you call a "hand pan" I'm used to being referred to as steel drums. Kudos for including them and using them quite idiomatically as far as I can tell! Could you provide a score for this? It's really interesting harmonically. There are many harmonically intriguing parts. Thanks for sharing!