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I think you should call this a sonatina, it is too short to be considerer a full sonata. Is this supused to be a classical soanta? if it is then you should work on your first movement, because it doesn't have the proper form, if not it is okay because it sounds pretty good. I measure 9 it is pretty imposible to sustain the D for 7 measures at that speed, you'll run out of bow, so you should check that.

I guess trying doesn't hurt. This tango is one of my best and most recent compositions, it is for bandoneon, violin, viola, double bass and piano, bandoneon is not very popular so could be a good example of flexibility: Tango: https://www.youngcomposers.com/t42420/tango-attempt/?tab=comments#comment-1186700768 The pdf and mp3 is at the very bottom. Maybe this waltz in F major could help as well. Waltz: https://www.youngcomposers.com/t41725/waltz-in-f-major-getting-out-of-my-comfort-zone/?tab=comments#comment-1186698228 I hope you find something useful, if not it is okay. Good luck with your comercial :3.

Hi, I just wanted to share this little try that I did to lofi, it's bassically just piano with a bass and drums and a harp in some parts, with lofi effects and a sampled spech by jordan peterson called "Advice for hyper intelectual people". I called this, soft intellectual lofi. It's a random name Ik. I just have a mp3 but I writted all of the piano parts, so it is original, the only sampled was the speech and some vinyl effects.

Pretty good, was pleasant to listen to, unfortunately I'm pretty much a troglodyte when it comes to writting for larger ensembles so I can't give a good critize, even less without sheet. But for what I heard I think you did pretty well with your themes, maybe they sound a little stereotypical of what you will hear in a waltz but somehow you managed to make them sound original, the only criticize I have is that sisincu have multiiple insitruments, you should try to make the repetitions of the main theme a little different each timieee, that ttwill help to keep a simple piece like a waltz pretty insteresting at all times. You can hear something like this in shostakovich waltz no.2 to put an example. Overall good work, keep composing :3.

Sincerily IDK, how should be a pava a talking about structure, harmony etc, and without a score is Hard to tell. I think It sounds pretty good, your themes are interesting and the harmony is good, this would be excellent to relax to with a proper Interpretation, good work, keep composing.

I would say your Mazurka, feels very waltz like, the only thing that makes me think that this is a Mazurka and not a waltz is the characteristic dottet rythm that you use in every first beat. The accent in the second beat almost can't be feel. You could put a silence in the third Beat at the end of some phrases, that would help to state more clearly the rythm and phrasing ,as it is commonly used in Mazurka, also would help with the tensión-release dynamic. About the rythm in your melody I think is too repetitive, It is okay if you use only that rythm in the question, but for the answer phrase you should use a different rythm or some embellisment like thrills, grace notes etc.. The B Part is mostly a harmonic variation of the A part, if that was your point It is okay, but if you tried to make the B part contrast with A part you didn't archieve It in my opinion, It sounds more like A Á A, instead of A B A. About the change in the 24 measure I think it is okay in the left Hand, just take in count that due to the Mazurka accents, the E°-->F7 movement sounds a lot stronger than the F7-->Bb. And for the right Hand, I think the chromatic spproach of the melody would be better in the Bb instead of the A, that would help to balance the already strong movement of E°-->F7. So instead of doing Ab A C Bb, do C Ab A Bb Or Bb Ab A Bb.

I was wondering why this had that many answers, now I know why xD.

If you really like a melody or a structure, you can take inspiration and that's okay, even myself some times copy a melody note by note but, I modify it in a way that I make it mine, and even If I tell you that my melody is based in another, you wouldn't be able to tell. That's the "correct" way of "plagarism". Music is based on another music, like art is based on more art, but that doesn't mean you copy note by note sometthing and can claim it as your composition. Copying is a good way of learning, but be sure to change everything and make it original for the final result.

Thanks for answering :3. I decided to use a double bass intead of cello just because I like double bass more, I love it's deep and powerfull sound. Also I have a Double bassist friend and I wanted to include his intrument in one of my pieces.

1. Who are your top 3 composers of all time? Provide one example of their work you feel embodies their greatness to you, a link is even better. I don't think there is a "best composer", but the 3 that I mostly enjoy is Beethoven, Bach and vivaldi, I'm a pretty simple boy By beethoven I love apassionata: By bach Bwv 914: By vivaldi: concerto 4 violins in B minor, a lot of people say he wrote the same concerto over and over again, and it's true, all of his works are very similiar, but that doesn't make his music les enjoyable, I find the beauty of repetion in his work without being to monotomous. 2. Who is one composer you feel is incredibly underrated? Likewise provide one example of their work and if possible a link. I don't think he is incredibly underrated, but locatelli most of the time gets shadowed by paganini, I don't understant why, there would not be any paganini without locatelli: 3. Who is one composer you feel is terribly overrated and why? Mozart, I'm tired of hearing "listening to mozart makes your smarter", "plants grow faster and healthier with mozart music", I mean, he is a great composer but is stupidly overrated by the media and non musicians. 4. What original piece of yours do you think is your best work? Provide a link and I will listen to it (no longer than 10 minutes) and comment on it (I guarantee this for the first 5 responses then will try to listen/comment on others as my time permits). Sincerily IDK, I'm pretty amateur, but when I wrote my first sonata I felt like a master composer xD, and even if it was one of my first compositions (second one to be precise) I think is pretty good.

Hi to everyone, since finally I have vacations I decided to try to compose a tango. I called it "primer tango?" Which could be translated as "First tango?" because it has some things that get out of the genre, so you can say that this is a personal interpretation. Also it's the first time that I writte for bandoneon so the left hand is pretty empty. So what do you think? it sound like tango?. The structure is simple. Introduction: A A' with repetition: B: bridge: Introduction: A A'. Also, I tried to make a sheet music video with a animated background intead of just the sheet music so it is also a experiment in that, I also attach PDF and mp3 if it is easier to read that way.

I liked your piece, pretty simple, but sounds good and has an interesting modulation to the dominant in major, that isn`t very common in minor mode music. The only criticize I have is that the bass is too simple, and maybe if you add some more notes or even change notes to have chords in inversion instead of just root position would make your piece a lot more enjoyable. But, if your point is making a very simple etude-like piece, is perfectly fine, good work. Also, check out musescore, is free, and you can make very professional looking scores with it, is pretty easy to get started with, so you'll be writting your music in no time,

Well, this is my second week of the waltz challenge, it is pretty late because engineering is sucking mylife out and I dont have much time to compose :c. With this one I tried to get out of my comfort zone, I used extended harmony,some basic counterpoint and writting mostly in major which are some of the things that Im bad at. Hope you like it, any feedback is welcome.

Pretty good, loved the modulations and the developtment that you made for the melody.

i agree with most people here, just start writting melodies, yo have all the basics, just learn a little about phrasing and you have most of the tools needed to compose.