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Brother, that's most of us! Don't worry, no one here judges your music based on a Hollywood polished soundtrack, we're all here to learn and get better. People generally ask for a score to better understand your music or ask specific questions, but if you use software that the score isn't a part of the writing process, or you just don't want to share, that's fine. Either way it's all welcome. I'm curious of your writing process. Your language is far different from mine, but I really like a bunch of the ideas. Were you working with themes or motifs? Or was it more an improvised sort of plethora of sounds? With the dissonant language, it can be hard to grasp ahold of the language, but a strong sense of rhythm might benefit well, even if it's just here and there, or a strong feature in a movement. I'm thinking of Beethoven SQ no.14 mov 4 if you're familiar, little rhythmic interjections in a sea of smooth string writing. Just thoughts as I listen. Overall, a wonderful work. As others' mentioned, a score would be great! Otherwise, I love to hear more on the thought process. Thanks for sharing!

Y'all are so nice, thank you kindly. Sorry, the Tennessee gets ahold of me sometimes 😁 @Lithl Thanks for sharing some thoughts! I agree, this is definitely a bluesy in a bar feel, perhaps the rhythm could portray a drunken aloofness? You're very kind, but if I come across your new music and it blows me away... well, consider that badge an easy win for team Lithl :) @Seni-G Hey thanks for listening! I did put a lot of time into this one, especially with the flow and form of it. For either of you, I don't think I know your music, so send me something and I'll check it out, or I'll just look out for your name and share some thoughts :) P.S. @Henry Ng Tsz Kiu, Please don't remind me I'll never be able to receive the most prestigious award our forum has to give... it pains the most precious recesses in my soul 💋

Hi there! It's been a while, mostly because of internet issues. Hopefully everyone around here has been well :) I never share much about these, I figure I'll start trying to be better about that. Because of said internet issues, I started focusing on writing by hand, and it's been great. As I translated back and forth from paper to Sibelius, I felt my voice was more intimate and clear, without the possibilities of what a computer can do. Especially for dynamics, just reading the score without playback has been instrumental in getting better at envisioning dynamics. Maybe that sounds dumb, but it's been a plus in my new writing habits. I've actually more or less finished all of these (there are 24 in total), I've just been touching up scores. I'll probably give a few weeks in between each post, but the goal is regular posting. These preludes aren't preludes to fugues or any other planned pieces, but rather preludes to a future voice I'm always amending and crafting. I also think a prelude should be somewhat experimental, and with each one I've strived to have some interesting nugget to explore compositionally that I haven't before. With this one, No. 17, I wanted an abstract rhythm to be dominant, for the tonal center to be constantly moving, and a palindrome-like form as a structure. This is one of the strangest of the bunch, and as always, and advice or comments are welcome! I hope you enjoy 😁 Prelude 17.mp3 Prelude 17 - Full Score.pdf

Do you just input already written music into some program and then post? Are these just really loud renditions? Or reorchestrations? Sorry, you and your aliases have always confused me... it's probably me tbh Have a swell day

Agreed, this is wonderful! I would bring out the RH just a touch to really let the melody be heard, but this is beautiful. I feel like I'm at a fancy restaurant drinking wine :)

Wow!! These are great! I only wished that you posted these separately, as I hope these pieces get the attention they deserve being all together. I love this one, the drama in it is set up nicely with the climax, and the chord colors are wonderful. Great too, I maybe would have made bar 46 twice as long to really set up the cadence. Beautiful in it's simplicity, I like that you spread out the difficulty in the set, letting some be much easier to play than others. It gives a better flow to the pieces as a whole as well. Part of the arpeggios are in the right hand, correct? I would have notated that in the score. I really like the drama in this, and even though it wasn't my favorite theme, you developed this really well. I like the texture change in the middle. Lol mock serious swagger :D This was super fun! The jazziness was a welcome change after the first 4 pieces. What about marking "freely" at bar 27? Do you want the RH rhythms right on the dot? Or is there an improvisatory aspect you're going for? It might be cool to let the player syncopate the rhythms to go with the steady walking bass. I like that this one broke away from the ABA style, I like the evolving part of the form. like an ABAB, textures markings the sections. I really like those ethereal RH figures with the low bass. Awesome fun! Kind of reminded me a bit of Baba Yaga, Mussorgsky piece. The ffffff is kind of excessive, but I'm guessing it's for playback purposes. Loved this one! Much needed after number 8, as overall these preludes are on the heavier side. It sounds sweeter to my ears after the last one. Ended with a bang, the drama is great here! I must say, that overall I really loved the order of this set. Not sure how intentional it is, but it really made listening to this as a set more fun and enjoyable. Your talent is massive, I wish we heard more from you! Life is busy, but I'm glad you find the time to stop by and share what you've been working on. There's some small editing errors, nothing major that jumped out at me (copyright 2025, stuff like that). Your style is right up my alley, and I immensely enjoyed these. Thanks for sharing, friend.

Hey Peter, this is great! The reverb reminds me of Wonderful Christmastime :D Very interesting harmonies, especially the ending. The sections like bars 9-12 threw me off at first with the rhythms, I really like that syncopation. Did you play this for her? Does she like it? Well done buddy! :)

Can't wait to hear all the entries!

Definitely a few noteworthy moments you could build a piece from... sounds nice!

Could also think of that as a 13th chord without the seventh... so, maybe something jazzy as well? Ravel-ish? Makes me think of a music teacher I had, wrote all kinds of big band type stuff.

Thanks for listening luderart, glad you enjoyed it :) Hey Kvothe, thanks for listening! Regarding your point #1, yeah you're correct, it was more for playback. @Henry Ng Tsz Kiu was kind enough to record it, I could just write con pedale or something now 🙂

Hey there Weiland! Thanks for checking this out, it always means a lot to hear great feedback. ❤️ Thank you, friend. I'm acutely aware of the style of each of these preludes, as I'm constantly thinking about the overall feel with each one, wanting them to possess their own unique character. One of my weaknesses as a composer has been counterpoint, or at least using it in the foreground versus just thinking about it with melody and harmony. I've posted the previous preludes on the forum (check the topics tab in my profile, I'm lucky enough to have @Henry Ng Tsz Kiu give his interpretations), and a style they lack was one that focused on a more contrapuntal foundation. Personal challenge accepted. 😄 I'll also say that it makes me bashful to hear you enjoyed the counterpoint, as your talent with it is drenched in the music I've heard of yours. I wrote the first twelve a few years ago, with the intention of having each one focused on a different tonal center. The scales and approaches used varied a ton, at least that was the intention. There's blues, Chopinesque ones, soliloquys, video game character adaptations, etc. These next twelve started differently. I'm varying the tone centers, but maybe I repeat some here and there. Not sure yet, but the restriction this time is I'm limited to the 61 keys on the keyboard I'm using to brainstorm and workout things. Thanks for listening and sharing your thoughts, it means a lot!

Hello there! Here is the latest installment of preludes, no.16. This one deals with a lot of two voice counterpoint and a relentless ramble on one theme. As a personal side note, these have been a lot of fun to write, and it's been great simultaneously writing a bunch at once. I had a sporadic burst of ideas when I started this one, and it lead to a lot of spread out writing. I guess what I'm SAYIN' is... more to come! :D Thanks for listening and reading... any comments of any kind are welcome! P.S. some of those tempo markings are to mimic rubato, dunno I suck as an editor Edit: 🔥 @Henry Ng Tsz Kiu 🔥 Prelude No 16 - Score.pdf Henry Prelude no.16.mp3

Hey Tristian, very cool music! I always like to hear this! I think this is something that will always carry your curiosity with music, at least it does for me. You went with your gut and inner ear, and although you may not exactly know what you're doing, you hear it as correct and satisfying. Those are the moments where I would look at my own music and analyze it, always trying to figure out why I liked a particular thing I did when I didn't fully understand it.

Very proud of you my guy, keep us all updated!