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G'day fellas, Happy belated Easter! I must have composed this tune at least two years ago, but decided to rework it a bit. I'm not overly fond of it, I will admit but believe that it has the most distinctly Australian feel out of everything I have ever written. You might also notice some ragtime influence in it, too. I'm considering writing a middle section as well, and hence making the piece into a ternary form. Yay or nay? Cheers, Quinn Humoresque No 1.mid

Hello! I've recently gotten a bit into the art of Muzoracle - a storytelling/divination tool similar to the Tarot card deck, but with cards with musical concepts and 12-sided Musician's dice and Solfege dice. I did a casting of a friend named Bradley - he asked the Muzoracle if he would ever gain "fame and fortune": My interpretation of the cards and dice are attached in a pdf if you care to get into it. I decided to compose a short piece to represent the casting using pitched percussion (since the Minor 7th card at the left is in the suit of Percussion) and choir (since the Conductor card on the right is in the suit of Voices). If you'd like to find out more about Muzoracle and how castings are interpreted go here: https://muzoracle.com/ The piece isn't meant to be long or showy - it's in the key of C since that is how the 12-sided Musician's Die up top landed and uses the scale degrees of So, Me, La and Te (G, Eb, A, Bb). The casting as a whole is a descending one which means that the default direction of the diatonic scale degrees is to fall to the next rolled solfege die. However, if a solfege die lands on a chromatic scale degree it goes in opposition to the predominant direction of the casting (in this case - ascending). So the melody of the casting is G falling to Eb, rising to A, and falling to Bb, which is the melody you will hear in the music. If you've gotten this far - thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy listening to the short piece! Any comments, critiques, suggestions or even questions (if you're curious about the Muzoracle) are welcome!

As you may have guessed from the title. I've been doing little exercises with different melodic ideas and the likes. I wrote out this little piece to convey Lusciousness.

Hey there Peter This is a pretty cool concept. Although definitely not my preferred listening, I really appreciate the leaps you take with your inspiration. Just when I think you'll post another theme and variations, you take the theme and variations to the extreme with your curiosity for the sources of inspiration. Your theme came from the most varied source, randomness itself, and your craftsmanship as a composer helped bring this to life. Copying your handwritten notes is ok, it actually shows us more of your character with your handwriting. But it's very hard to read, and I'm too dumb to figure out how to rotate your images. What about MS Paint? Or if you don't need the arrows and circles, what about typing it out? I honestly prefer to see your handwriting, but it's hard to read the copied image. I admire your intellectual nature, and only hope my brash Neanderthal mind can continue to learn from your endeavors. It's a cool study, but do you have any plans with it? Or was it just a fun checkmark for you as a composer? Are a suite of short prophetic orchestral pieces for a group of friends planned for the future? 😄 [Maybe some could be YC folk (start with Henry lol)]

It is very good. It has that "French" flavour.