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Hi all, This composition is called A Child's Walk. Over the years I have revisited the work .... this version (4th) and has some new transitions, orchestration and a brand new ending. Imagine a young girl going about her walk and encountering lots of interesting encounters along the way. She has a very lively theme ... which by the way is my cell phone ring! Mark Engraving still in progress .... A Child's Walk - 03-10-25.pdf

Hello! I understand that everyone has been waiting for months, wondering every day what happened to the trio and hoping to get updates. Well, your wait is over! Just kidding, of course 🙂 I went through an otherwise busy and largely uninspired period and have not written a note for a while. Then, recently, a couple of ideas came, I was very doubtful, but kept working on them and now, for better or worse... the trio is finished. Or at least, a first draft that I hope to make better thanks to your invaluable comments. This is what happened: First Movement - stayed the same Second Movement - wrote an Allegretto Third Movement - incorporated as best as I could the suggestions I received from @Henry Ng Tsz Kiu and other kind commenters. @PeterthePapercomPoser opened my eyes on how monotonous and boring the whole thing was. It probably still is, but I tried to make it less uniform/dissolved in rhythm and melody. Fourth Movement - Allegro vivace in 12/8. Here's the 4th movement. It's a Rondo ABACADA and any suggestion to make it better would be so welcome!

wait what? one can *give* reputation points? I was not aware! how?

Good morning! Nice to see you again. Here is my fourth scarecrow based on a well-known theme (and rehashed hahaà). I indulge in the poncifs of the genre and I hope you will forgive me my retrograde side. But it's very fun as I often said here, on my almost old days, to have a virtual orchestra and a high-flying piano on hand! My teachers, peace to their souls, must certainly turn in their graves, they who swore only by the French avant-garde... By dint of writing these pastiches, they, turning around each time in their tomb, will end up resting on the right side ! The photos were taken during recent walks in the Parisian streets.

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I'd like some for feedback on this. For context, I do not have any music theory training, and I keep doing this as a hobby. https://musescore.com/user/35701388/scores/23939950?share=copy_link Untitled-139(3).mp3

Hello @Chemathmusician0510, This one is quite jazzy! For me, b.11-12 should be a step lower than b.9-10 to form a sequence and a 4 bar phrase. Then in the designated b.16 just a prolonged G would in G major chord will do! Thx for sharing! Henry

I would like some feedback on how to continue with this piece, the exposition is mostly finished (I only have the codetta left, and of course, to polish it), the recapitulation is also mostly done (except polishing and the transition), but I am having trouble with the development. I would like some feedback on the existing parts (as I am using very obscure modes that are prone to sounding weird) and some guidance to know how to continue with the development I used Phrygian-Dorian and acoustic scales for this piece, and it is entirely built around two motifs: one consisting on an iambic fourth, and the other one being three descending notes in scale. Therefore, I took this piece as an exercise in both having a thematic unity around the whole piece and the use of unusual modes In a few days I will try to play it in the piano to get a better, less mechanical rendition I hope it is evocative and you enjoy it Tale of a Forgotten Epitaph.pdf.pdf

Yo Peter! Yeah god knows why I wanted to modulate to Ab 10 years ago but gosh a past Henry is still a Henry so I retain it and yeah random pause is my characteristic isn’t it and the cross relation is lovely for me haha and the ending is probably my favourite passage and the more virtuosic variation makes the piece less boring haha! (Trying a Joycian Stream of Consciousness here …) Henry

Hello @EnriqueMZ, For me this one has a good melody, interesting texture and lovely instrumentation. Maybe it’s the time to develop it to a longer piece? Thx for sharing! Henry

Hello @princevin, Welcome to the forum! For my honest feedback, I quite enjoy it at the beginning with the constant drum beat and cool sound effect, but later get a bit bored because the track is quite repetitive harmonically for me! Maybe adding some more interesting harmonic progression would make it better? Thx for sharing! Henry

Hello @tsk201911, Welcome to the forum! The mood is quite oriental for me here, particularly with the emphasis on the augmented second of G and A#. I think as one who has no theory training you write really good music! Maybe you can now take on another step by trying to modulate, which means to change the piece to another key, and this could be learned by studying real music pieces or by studying theory books. Thx for sharing and joining! Henry

You just give me one by "liking" my post haha😅

Hi Peter! For me it's because I have to focus in my own writings. When I compose insanely myself I can't review anything here since it will take some of my creative energy away. Only listening is ok, but to provide feedback I need that same creative power for composing. Reviewing is very helpful for my own composing, but only before or after a huge project. When I complete my Sextet which would be posted soon, I never experience a more ferocious composing like this one, so I cannot bare to waste any creative energy other than finishing it. Another reason I don't review some members is because they never reply or give reputation points to reviewers, let alone review other members' works (including mine!) themselves. Since I review because I wanna interact with the composer, if there is no interaction I would feel like my review is futile, therefore I won't review them. Henry

You know, sometimes it's just enough to say "I really liked x!" or "Something about meas. y or timestamp z didn't work for me, but I don't know what it is or how to fix it." I'm sure people will still appreciate the time you put in to saying that! Thanks for responding .. I've added three new answers to the poll!

I suggest you listen to the piano part alone, with a comparison between my two best VSTi pianos: Pianoteq 8 Shigeru Kawai vs Garritan CFX Concert Grand