HoYin Cheung

Title Melodies Themes Motives Harmony Chords Textures Form Development Structure Time Originality Creativity Score Presentation Instrumentation Orchestration Playability Execution of Given Challenge Taste AVG Sacrificed to the wilderness 7 8.2 7.5 9.5 8 8.5 8 9 8.21 Hi @Fruit hunter! You definitely achieved good texture in the music through the selection of a variety of interestingly picked instruments. It is a lighthearted and enjoyable piece to listen. Regarding the orchestration, if it is not for this competition, I will definitely go for more instruments in my work just like you do - but I still have to address the 3-5 instrument rules into the marking. Regarding the score, the notations are okay. However, I would love to see more visible lines and with the empty staves hidden, which I think is achieveable in the software settings.

Title Melodies Themes Motives Harmony Chords Textures Form Development Structure Time Originality Creativity Score Presentation Instrumentation Orchestration Playability Execution of Given Challenge Taste AVG The Voyage of a Lone Ship 9 9.5 9 9.7 8.5 9 9.5 9.5 9.21 Hi @ferrum.wav! This is a very creative piece. The harmonic development and texture is really rich here. Really appreciate your exploration of different playing techniques to create different textures. Good work! The motives is passed on throughout the piece and makes the piece coherent. I particularly like the part between 4:33 and 6:33 and I truely believe I am on a cruise! And it is like a parade. The build up and resolution around 8:30 is also very satisfying. Looking forward to a film that can fit your music! 🤣

Title Melodies Themes Motives Harmony Chords Textures Form Development Structure Time Originality Creativity Score Presentation Instrumentation Orchestration Playability Execution of Given Challenge Taste AVG Lamentare Ciobanului - "The Shepherd's Lament" 9 8.5 9 8.5 8.5 9 9 9 8.81 Hello @ComposaBoi. I really like your work. I would say among the entries of this Soundscape competition, I find your piece the most "storytelling"! And that is acheived through minimal orchestration. I admire your gift in this aspect and I really wish I could write melody as you did. By the way, your choice of English Horn is quite tasty as it is mellow and antique and blend well with the sustained strings. Like other said, this work has distinctive sections like "chapters" of a novel. While they have different textures, the overflow is quite natural and the build-up is nice.

Title Melodies Themes Motives Harmony Chords Textures Form Development Structure Time Originality Creativity Score Presentation Instrumentation Orchestration Playability Execution of Given Challenge Taste AVG City Rail and Nightingale 8 8 8 8.5 9.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.44 When I close my eyes, I can totally picture a moving train in a not-so-hurry journey! And I treat it as a success in addressing what you titled. Good work! The block chord did depict well the shutting door and contrast with the ever-climbing line (as the train de/accelerate) as clearly different character. I find your rendition enjoyable, or fitting to this specific piece as the pianos sounds "metallic", or should I say less resonant, that reminds me of heavy machineries or the steel rails. Not sure if such sound can be acheived on a piano, but I am sure a prepared piano may be more ideal. The score is definitely professional and I love you added description for the motives with which I find it easier to interpret your music as a Soundscape. Fianlly, not really a part of the comment, but I would like to share you the a steam version of your work which I am luckily enough to hear it live many years ago, haha. "Pacific 231" by Arthur Honegger - https://youtu.be/wS6XAjd-9h8?si=kg9g1FoLiwjhjcME

Hi @Luis Hernández - It is a refreshing and ethereal excerpts - can't wait to listen more from you! I use Dorico too but I haven't tried Cantai - it seems good to me. It comes quite handy as I can make use of the articulation settings of the Noteperformer, and balance the dynamics of the voices with other instrument in the same software with instant replay. It is also more user frinedly to write on the notation software than using DAW especially when you want to write more sophisticated rhythms for the voices.

If you intend to write romantic-styled piece, You may want a good melody to start the piece, like a singable theme which the listener can easily recognize throughout the piece. By good melody, in my humble opinion, should have "up's and down's" and good contrast other parts of the music. There are some horizontal motion but it is rather oblique and it does not stand out much from the accompliment. You may think it as a opera singer singing passionate tunes and interact with the orchestra. I would also expect more chromaticism in both the baseline and the melody. Candences. I would expect a stronger sense of cadences for the phrases in a romantic piece. It is like journey - you need some rest between the beautiful scenaries so you can stay energetic and focused. Your improvisation seems more modern to me as it reminds me of the never-ending minimalistic music with non-diatonic (non-triadic) lines. For the variety part, you may want to try with Change of tempos Change of baseline rhythms Change of scales/ modality ("colour") Change of timbre (high vs low register of the piano) Change of texture (Density of chords)

Thank you for your comment, @Kvothe. In actual practice, a string player will still hold the bow and use the index finger (for violin/viola) to perform pizzicato. That way, they have enough time to switch back to arco. quickly without disrupting the performance, at least from my experience as a violinist. The quadruple stops are also taken care of when I write this piece and should not bring too much of difficulty playing. Most of them are designed and indicated to be played as broken chords for better playability and for intentionally lighter textures. Moreover, open strings are used to make the chord more resonant for better projection. The choice of pizz and arco. depends on the texture - Do I want a richer sound to accompany the main melody? I often consider the sound quality before the playability issue. Nevertheless, the 16th notes are projected better in arco. For the double stops in m.58, they are playable using both A and D strings, with the last note played using the 4th finger to press both strings.

My Submission for the "Landscapes - Soundscapes" competition

Dear all, This is a short piece inspired by my trip last year with my girlfriend on a winter trip to Alishan at Taiwan, and we were visiting it in the afternoon. The photo is taken at the entrance of the Alishan visitor's zone. It is a place of high mountains with tall, spiritual trees, among which we travel with light railways and walked through the bridges. Being from a city with concretes, this jungle is particularly peaceful and you can always find the beauty of nature there. I have always been eager to write a piece as a diary of my visits, and it is a completely good time (the competition) for me to write one. Hope you all like it! HoYin Alishan for Flute Quintet.pdf

Thank you for your kind comments! You are not the first one who recall Bartok while listening my works - I guess it is because of the crude dissonance. I mainly write on computer as it gives me immediate playback which makes my writing more convenient. It is important the method of writing follows the speed my idea comes! haha. It also make the engraving easier. Here is the full set of my Symphony No.1: Symphony No.1 - First Movement - Orchestral and Large Ensemble - Young Composers Music Forum Symphony No.1 - Second Movement - Orchestral and Large Ensemble - Young Composers Music Forum Symphony No.1 - Finale - Orchestral and Large Ensemble - Young Composers Music Forum

I declare my intent to join into this competition

Dear all. I am glad to share with you the final movement of my Symphony No.1! This is the official conclusion of my whole set of Symphony No.1! I can't believe it is done after few years. Hope you all enjoy it! About the work As usual, the highly motivic and related to other movements. The third three notes "dat-dat dat!" serves the main motive (and new material) of this movement. As an answer, the motive from First movement (blue) is immediately recalled with little modiciation in rhythm. The second mvt. motive (green) also enter the party very soon. The work reaches the climax at m.244 from the build up of m.193 which goes into a very big bright chord. The last part of the work starts are m.274 and ended with a crash of different motives.

Thank you all for listening. Seems that I failed to write a proper pop song, but something belongs to me! haha. I mainly used this >>ACE Studio<< DAW where I can use AI sounds with different style (pop/ classical, female and male), and they have violin sound library, too. (No sponser/ advertisement here, I am just here to show you if you are interested) @PeterthePapercomPoser Yes, you can make it work in different languages. You input notes and add lyrics accordingly. Then the software will automatically transform them into syllables. While the system only support English and Mandarin (?) at this stage, you can trick the system by manipulating the syllables despite the "wrong" spelling (that's how I dealt with the strange pronounciations). Let's dm for more details.

Thank you all for listening! @chopin I really hope to add some visual bonus to my audience - and more exposure on Youtube - that's why the Santa is coming! @Luis Hernández Hey, long time no see! When I was writing the mesh-up, I wanna try some sophisticated rhythm (in dance), and flamenco first comes to my mind. I hope it sounds authentic to you as I learn it from Wiki lol @Henry Ng Tsz Kiu Wow, never knew the Gamelan music and that was unexpected you think in that way! @Wieland Handke Hope you enjoyed the music! I know my music may be difficult for some of my audience, and it is always good to add some visual aids if it helps. @PeterthePapercomPoser Hey! I apologize for my bad description. I have attached my detailed annotation for your reference. I hope that will clear things up.

My zeroth submission: