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you could probably get it to write a MIDI file the MID specs are all over the internet, and they're not too hard to learn

Oh, I call it a 'something for piano' because I'm not sure of what it is - etude, prelude, sonata, these things mean nothing to me, I don't listen to much piano music, only orchestral. Is there a generic musical term for 'thing' I can use?

This is a funny little 'thing' I wrote for solo piano. It's very short, only 3:34 in length. In form it's like a sonata, but not. There's no 'theme B' and the development section doesn't really play with the main themes at all .. aside from that, it's in perfect sonata form! :P I've always wanted to write something in D minor. Funny that, I'm working on my symphony and then all of a sudden this thing pops out. Made a welcome break from orchestral writing too. This is the first piano piece I've written which I think is good enough to be criticised by other musicians.:) DMINOR.mid

Hmm. How does one go about performing miracles though?

Absolutely delightful. I really did enjoy the first movement. Your orchestration and harmony remind me of Mozart's, particularly the way you use your winds. It was so restrained, so simple. Modulations were perfect. This really is a classical movement. Keep writing music, you obviously have great talent. In terms of the bass, well the bassoon players should be able to handle their parts, but the double basses might have a problem. I'm not a double bass player myself so it's probably best to get a qualified opinion - but it seems to me that such rapid passages might be extremely difficult.

I write music for fun. Sometimes it's stupid and funny, like my 'Songs for Angry Pizza Guys' CD, containing such classics as 'King of the Road', 'Get Out of My loving Way, MGladman', 'You Call That A Tip, Imbecile?' and 'All I Want To Do (is speed a bit)'. Other times it's 'serious' music, like the project I'm working on at the moment, which is my first symphony. Yay!! :P I know there are professional musicians here. I am stricktly an amateur, everything I know about music I taught myself. So perhaps not surprisingly there are some gaps in my knowledge. Like for example what the second step in this sequence is: 1. Write a symphony 2. ????? 3. Take my rightful place next to Beethoven in the world's collective memory Don't bother answering with 'write more music', I am, the more I write the better it gets too, and I'm certainly not presuming to become world famous after one symphony. (that's what the second symphony is for) But still, how does one get one's music in the international repotoire? I'm perfectly happy to wait until I'm dead and then have my music 'discovered' by my biographer and advocate in the future, but I'd like some assurances that this will happen. Otherwise, I might have to resort to mailing out my manuscripts to orchestras worldwide.

I have updated both the first and second movements, which are now finished. They run to 15:12 and 8:50 respectively. Sorry, I should have made my initial post clearer. The first movement was not finished, it only ran to the end of the repetition of the exposition. Now it's finished. I'm quite pleased with the development section, really. Same with the second movement. It ran only to the end of the 4th voice entry. Now it runs though to the end. It's not really a fugue (although I did include a nice stretto) So that's 1st, 2nd and 3rd all complete - just have to rewrite the 4th and it's done! Wow

isn't it a sort of hat thing the french wear?

If I were writing in C minor I'd probably try and visit Bb major or Db major. Nice contrast there. Bb major should be easy to get to through F major and Db can be visited by modulating through Ab major.

:D I was well aware when I wrote it that it wasn't a 'minuet' proper - don't they have to be in 3/4 or something? But it's structure is as a minuet & trio; that is to say, A A A' A' B B B' B' A A', and I'll be damned if I know what else to call it. :P

Not the name of the symphony but rather an appeal to the reviews - please be gentle. This music is the result of 10 years listening and 2 years writing. No formal musical education here folks! 4 movements; the first three play with their own themes, and the fourth combines them all into a .. well, you'll see. It's not finished yet, but it's getting really close, and I'd love some feedback from the experts (the amateurs love it) First movement's in sonata form, I've got as far as the exposition. Development, recap. etc to come. Second movement is a slower andante. I'm writing it so that it's fugue-like in style. An orchestral fugue, if you will. I've made it to the end of the entry of the 4th voice .... The 3rd movement is complete at least. It's a minuet and trio in structure. The 4th movement is complete, but (as it was the first of the four that I wrote) it's going to be heavily revised once the first three are ready. In particular, I'm going to get its beginning to sound the same as that of the third movement, and run the two without a break betweek them, so that it sounds like a continuation of the 3rd .. it'll trick the audience. What I just said will make more sense once you've heard it. The fourth movements takes the melodies of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd movements and plays with them. It's also the first of the four movements that I wrote, so it's got the dodgiest orchestration/dullest accompaniment/extraordinarily plain segments. They'll be revised out in time ..... In spite of its flaws I love the fourth movement simply because of the sheer number of hidden references to earlier melodies I put in it. I present my Symphony No 1 in G. And I look forward to learning from you all. EDIT: Ok, the first two movements are now complete! mvt3.mid mvt4.mid mvt2.mid mvt1.mid