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Dear forum... here's the third movement of my piano trio. I've been working concurrently to the second movement (which I want to be a scherzo - Eb? -, lighthearted, having still confused ideas about the middle section). The second movement did not want to come out of the hat, so I worked on the third instead. Hoping to get your always precious feedback. The structure is perhaps a bit odd: [g minor] b. 1-11 A b. 12-21 B b. 22-40 A' expanding A going through b flat minor then back to g with inganno b. 41-51 B' modulating to c minor b. 51-65 transition to B flat major b. 65-83 C middle section in B flat b. 83-88 retransition to g minor b. 88-140 A-B-A'-B'' with B'' staying in g minor b. 140-152 coda My biggest qualms are with section B', I think the modulation is a bit weird. The theme of C I like, but the different bits could be better stitched together rather than having pauses. the retransition to g minor I like but perhaps it would be more effective adding a couple more chords before the dominant D? The transition to the coda could be less abrupt? a few chords longer? Any reaction suggestion recommendation correction evaluation words of encouragement or gentle hints to just drop it all very welcome! Enjoy the summer! triopf andante.mp3

There is much potential with your harmonies and thematic material to further develop this short work. You should run with it and see where it takes you. Mark

Thank you very much! I think this nocturne sounds like a middle ground between Chopin and Scriabin. Yes, I don't do it often. Usually I take many hours for short 2-3 minute pieces. I didn't have any specific inspiration, it was whatever came to my mind at that moment. Thank you! Yes, and also the accompaniment is the same texture all the time and it is simple. Glad to see you enjoyed it. 🙂

Hi @Gabriel Carlisle! I listened to the most recent update YT video. This music is so joyous and full of nostalgia. It has that nervous expectancy a child might experience the night before Christmas Day when Santa is due to pay a visit. It's so magical and beautiful, I don't think you could have better captured these aspects of Winter and Christmas. Great job! Thanks for sharing.

You can get the same results with hidden unplayed notes in another voice. That way your whole notes still look like they're whole instead of two half-notes tied to each other and the machinery behind how you were able to insert a bunch of intermediate dynamics during the duration of that whole note is all hidden and not displayed in the score. The hidden unplayed notes in another voice don't affect playback and can be adjusted to any position within the duration of any longer note and can be used as the hook on which to hang your target dynamics anywhere in the measure.

The round robins I would rate about the same; a lot of Kontakt libraries would do better to focus on RRs for longs rather than a billion for shorts. I'm not a big fan of the spiccato in MS, but that's a bit of a taste thing since I find them not "heavy" enough for the kinds of music I typically write. As for legato transitions that is by the far the best part of Musesounds and its add-ons. I really like the Berlin strings legato and the portamento, and even standard MuseSounds Horns are great. I actually like them better than Cinebrass or Cinematic Strings 2. Though I would say Cinematic Studio strings would be at least as good, but then...CSS costs like 500 USD. I have all the same complaints. Definitely

I made another 3 voice fugue for the challenge. This one is in C minor - once again, with some stretto near the end. Made entirely in Music Jotter! @chopin made another recording for me using Kontakt Organ sounds: Fugue in C minor (5).mid

Hi, I made some kind of a fugue/invention for this challenge. I hope it's acceptable. fuga.mid

Here's my spin on the 1996 Tomb Raider theme, which I expanded the main melody with my own a bit. Let me know what you guys think of it.