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Here’s a duet I composed for Cello and Piano! I tried to make use of more “modern” harmonic ideas with this piece. Overall, I find it decent, and probably would change a couple of things. Any feedback is welcomed!

Hey @PeterthePapercomPoser, I think these short pieces are really wonderful, particularly with your understanding of harmonic and tone colour! I really love the vibraphone here. When combining with the often whole tone harmony it’s so mesmerising (the same word I use for my last review on your piece LoL). The violin melody just comes from the same harmonies with the vibraphone, but the feeling is so different. The second to last bar’s scale is really nice with those reflection of a 014 set. Thx for sharing! Henry

Using cards and dice to guide instrumentation is really creative. Choosing the violin as the main solo instrument and the vibraphone for accompaniment based on the suits drawn adds an interesting dimension to the piece.

Thank you so much, Peter. Yes, I wrote it as a preparatory Etude for the Revolutiinary.

I have come back to an old piece that I never quite finished. Since the start of this piece I have learned alot of valuable things that I will be bringing in the future. Some of the main things are about ranges and breath control of instruments and more importantly FORM. However much of this piece was before my understanding of form. But the piece in it's entirety is still something I'm proud of, with instruments often having independence, and no instrument falling victim of accompanying the whole time. In the future I plan on making better use of texture, using the different timbre of instruments and more varied melodic ideas.

Hi @Some Guy That writes Music, I finally have time for this one! I had longed for listening this one but I had to compose my music so I reviewed nothing here. The beginning section sounds peaceful, but you introduce a lot of colours here and make it interesting. As we are both featured in Mike’s video, I really love the Ab modulation Mike quoted. I have to note that, you do prepare for that modulation introducing an Ab in b.90. And it’s fxxingly beautiful here. For me the section is more in F Aeolian. It’s so fresh here and the themes are so beautiful. Maybe in b.204 the sustained brass like the trombone is a bit too loud and overshadow the woodwinds and strings, until b.218. The 218 passage is so grand and I love it very much! The military theme is less in my liking, but again b.285 theme is so freakingly beautiful. B. 308 bassoon is nice! That modulation back to C major is so goddamn beautiful!!! One thing is that I think the F minor section is somewhat a bit too long and suppress the original C major too much for me, but that’s subjective. The ending struggling is really great and push that one final climax at the end! One of the great things here I think is that I never feel boring in any of the 18 minutes despite knowing that there are repetitions. Your orchestration is so good to create the aura and atmosphere! The themes are simple, but the effect is so great. I am in awe of this piece, congrats for this achievement! Thx for sharing! Henry

I've corrected a few things, done some minor and medium 🙂 changes, mostly in the development and recapitulation. Maybe needs a short coda? Any suggestions super welcome! Ciao! triopf1.mp3