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Hello @UncleRed99 and welcome to the forum! I think, for a piece that's based almost exclusively on the Andalusian cadence, this isn't bad! You mix up the chord progression here and there to create some variation from the typical i bVII bVI V progression and you have a key change in the middle of the piece from E minor to F# minor which injects some novelty into the piece. I followed along with the score and I noticed multiple places where you have some incorrect enharmonic spellings. Most of the time you have the right idea in E minor having D#'s as the leading tone. But it seems like you forgot about some of those Eb's. Likewise, in F# minor, the leading tone should be E# rather than F natural. But that's just a nit-pick. You include a lot of variety in the individual parts that keep the piece fresh despite mostly following the same harmonic progressions. Great job and thanks for sharing!

Hey thanks! Just sharing that this piece, and another unreleased one of mine, was licensed by a film company in Alberta, Canada for their documentary on elaborately-decorated houses and impressive horror collections. You can watch it here!

Thank Thanks!!! I think you've reviewed my first symphony, that I submitted in 2022

Lamentation.pdf 20854795.mp3 Here's a piece that I wrote recently named "Lamentation". It features a Mixed group of instruments that include those found in Concert Bands commonly, a standard group of strings, limited percussionists, and a Piano. It was written to represent some of the feelings I've been dealing with in my life, through the last 4-5 years, given how roughly things have progressed in my recent life. Long story I won't bore you with. But nevertheless, this was, in my opinion, the best way to express those emotions and frustrations without using words, and I feel I hit the ball out of the park, in terms of encompassing that. I'd love to know what the community thinks. 🙂

I appreciate the feedback! If only my mind were as musical as it used to be... I've lost the ability to quickly identify things of that nature, and appreciate you doing so. I'll take this into consideration moving forward with other works. I'm glad that you were able to enjoy it to some degree, and look forward to more conversations with you all, here 🙂

Hi @GospelPiano12! I'm glad you finally decided to finish and submit this piece to the competition! I think it's important to move on in music sometimes. You might not even be aware of the things you've learned from this composition until you try your hand at your next big project. But if you had stayed in revision mode with this piece you'd never be able to leave this piece behind you and go on to something new and better. I love how you start the piece right away with your self-professed favorite chord - the Gmaj7add6 over A, creating that suspended dominant sonority you like so much. There's perhaps no particular problem with that choice, except that usually composers choose particular harmonies for their effect in relation to the theme or guided by the melodic necessity. If you don't guide yourself by your themes/motives then your piece might just be a collection of favorite harmonies without any semblance of logic. But the themes/motives can be the guideposts for your harmonies and rationalize them. Because otherwise the possibilities of the different extensions and alterations of the sonorities are so great that one can have a hard time picking them. Thanks for sharing and keep going! I'm stoked to hear your next piece!

Nice! Very fun and quirky