ACGunnells

That is probably the most important, peoples feedback who have a great amount of experience composing, all of which should be taken with a grain of salt. I have found my own style, and at the university about 2/3 of the composition professors love it, and the other 1/3 i'd say don't quite get it. It's quite funny in the jury at the end of the semester, they listen to what i've worked on, one professor will say to change somthing, and then another will say to leave it as is :P You should probably start off with a solo instrument, or a simple combination of two instruments. The first piece I chose to write was a Violin Duo, with an orchestration book by my side the whole time.

A really good modern piece that uses the harp is Webern's Passacaglia. Check it out, it is quite an amazing piece.

Oh yeah for sure :) I was referring specifically to the idea of twelve-tone. Yeah serialism is much broader than just pitch selection, i thought he was saying he was scared to bend or break the rules, and I was just sayin, go for it. Unless you were instructed to stay strict.

Yes the rules in twelve tone music are quite commonly bent. Look at the three big ones: Webern and Schoenberg at times stuck with the rules strictly, but ventured away in some pieces. While it was quite common for Berg to not follow the rules strictly.

I'd use Cb Major over B Major any day. :happy: