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@Monarcheon Well, that's a relief! I was aiming for this grand and theatrical virtuosic arrangement, so it's good to know that advanced players could play it. I'll get rid of all the unnecessary crescendos and cross voicing and see how it sounds. Also, I'm a little concerned by the amount of 32nd and 64th notes I have, like in measure 21. It just looks messy. Is there any other notation I can use in place of those really short notes to get the same effect? Like, if I put a glissando rather than writing out all the individual notes, it would sound the same, right? Haha, yeah...I'm not sure what to do about that. I don't want to remove that high E; otherwise the ascending pattern (I don't know the technical term) would just sound incomplete. Should I get rid of the third left-hand triplet and assign the C#-G-C# chord to the left hand instead? Or would that disrupt the flow of the piece too much?

A year ago, I arranged the Divine Beast Vah Ruta battle theme from Zelda: Breath of the Wild for piano, by ear. This was my first major arrangement of a piece for piano. Here is the original: And here's my arrangement of the theme: And here's the score (yes, I know that some parts need to be moved around; this is not the final version of the sheet music): Copy of Zelda Breath of the Wild_ Divine Beast Vah Ruta.pdf I know the chords aren't exactly the same --- this was intentional, as I preferred certain chord progressions to the ones chosen by the original composer (like in measures 18-19). The feedback I've gotten so far is basically that the harmonies and arpeggios sound pleasant, but that it would be difficult (if not impossible) to play using two hands. I tried playing it on my keyboard, and yeah, I can attest to that. I'm also aware that the dynamics are kinda weird; I tried to do the best I could to get it to sound the way it sounded in my head. Does anyone have advice on how to make this more playable? Because I don't exactly want to get rid of any of the extra embellishments I added. Should I make it even more complex and make it for four hands, or remove parts to make it for two hands?

@Rabbival507 Lol...I already realized after giving the piece a few listens that I was unintentionally inspired by the Hobbit soundtrack, but I only realized now that you could literally edit my piece to extract the beginning of Misty Mountains Cold... 😅 This is a pretty generic-sounding piece compared to some of my other compositions, but hey, having your melody compared to the Hobbit theme is (probably) a good thing. That theme is epic, and Howard Shore is one of my favorite composers --- I know I didn't indicate that on my profile; I just created it yesterday. Hopefully I'll be able to find time to edit it some more today. While I certainly like film music, I love the music of Romantic-era composers (Grieg, Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, Rimsky-Korsakov, Chopin, Liszt, etc.) even more. Obviously, film music has been hugely inspired by Romantic music, and I love both. The first link I sent was actually the score. 😂 Strange how you couldn't open it; I copied and pasted it on another site and those people were able to open it. Whatever, I guess I could send you a PDF of the sheet music once I clean it up a bit. Thanks for the compliment on the harmonies! I consider harmony to be one of my strongest points, since identifying chords and applying them to my music has always been relatively easy. My goal has always been to elicit strong emotions in my listeners, and harmony plays a huge role in that. Also, let me know if the melody can be easily heard or if it's being drowned out by the other parts. Is the melody "catchy" enough? Coming up with a memorable melody has always been another one of my priorities. In order to improve the dynamics, I think what I'll do is study the sheet music of similar pieces, so that I know just how loud or soft certain parts should be. I use flat.io, and unfortunately the String Ensemble soundfont on that site is a bit too bombastic-sounding whether it's forte or piano. I'll just do the best I can. About European folk music --- I love that stuff; when I was in chamber choir I sang a good number of folk tunes. Since I like Romantic music, I guess it goes without saying that I'm a big fan of folk music. 😊 Thanks for your advice on "bad" pieces vs. unfinished pieces. It makes a ton of sense, and it isn't limited to music. I just gotta keep working at it and stop being so worried about it being perfect haha. I didn't even think about how uncommon female composers are; I am familiar with a few female composers (like Soon Hee Newbold) but I can probably count all of them on one hand. I guess most women go into songwriting or pop music instead, which might put me at an advantage. "A Hero's Tale" sounds pretty awesome, especially given that it's one of your earlier compositions! It sounds like something you'd hear in a tavern. You should consider making a guitar and pan flute arrangement of it.

@Rabbival507 Does this work? Also, nice little poem you wrote there xD

Here's the score so far: https://flat.io/score/5af7ec32bafc367ac83ec8a8/edit I would just like some advice on the dynamics for the second theme; dynamics are kind of a weak point for me in general. I also plan to come up with a proper intro to the piece. It will be some kind of slow intro, which will then explode into the theme that is currently first in the score.