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I'm no counterpoint expert so I'll just say what I feel, don't take it as a lecture but rather with grains of salt as I understand the harmonic progression of the subject and the countersubject is VI-IV7-VII-V7-(i) I might be wrong but the second beat does not feel very invertible for some reason... what if the subject's fourth note is moved down a tone? (GABbGCBbABbCADCBb) just a thought... actually, that's what you exactly did in bar 16. For bars 28 and 32 this will also avoid the apparent parallel fifth. The inversion seems fine. There are a few other places I felt strange but I can't exactly find solutions. Hmm... I've been less useful than I'd imagined. Sorry. Btw for me sitting in front of a keyboard and trying the notes helps.

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

I was bored yesterday, so I composed a bicinium based on 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.' Let me know what y'all think! I used cantamus.app to render the voice, by the way.

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Hi again, I had the thought that I wanted to do some smaller stand-alone pieces that would require less stamina for people to play and that were short enough that I could do the calligraphy aspect without a significant time investment (I don't use stencils or anything)....the thought kind of arose out of doing the piece for Mike's slur video which was along those lines. Here they are with the scores in the video, and the newer one is on flemish virginal instead of clavichord which is cool. They're not a set but they're both small so I figured might as well put it in the same post. It would be awesome if someone out there decided they wanted to play stuff like these, since I made them so they wouldn't be such a huge undertaking but would still give people the vibe they're looking for with the late Renaissance.

Hi @BC345, I quite like the soundtrack! The modulation up an semitone is quite nice. Henry

I've been listening to a lot of FM chiptune music lately, so I decided to make a chiptune melody! Yay! :3 mellow.mp3

Following suit after my latest video's warm reception by my dear audience, I have decided to continue composing vocal works and rendering them through means of the choral rendering website Cantāmus. Interestingly enough (mostly given the fact that I am not that devout myself), religious texts appear to be among my best options when it comes to this kind of contrapunctal vocal works in Latin (though this need not necessarily always be the case, for more secular lyrics might as well be included on one of these compositions of mine later in the future). Enjoy! YouTube video link:

It probably shows that I barely remember anything from music school, but here's a piece I made. Would love to hear any kind of feedback 🙂

Hello everyone This is my first post here I am hoping to get some reviews / feedback on one of my piano compositions. I'm a self taught pianist and I learnt music mostly through listening to and doing cover of other pieces. I would like to take my compositions to the next level but I feel my skills have plateaued somewhat, it's hard to figure what's missing or what could be improved on my own. This is my latest piece and is roughly where I am in terms of overall skill. Thanks !