Gabriel Carlisle

heres a little piece im working to get recorded. Is the sheet music correct for the tempo fluctuations? Let me know any issues and so on. Thanks. Adagio for Flute and Piano, Op. 2.mp3 Adagio for Flute and Piano, Op. 2.pdf

Study his works very closely and carefully. Then try and mimic it but not an exact mimic. I’d suggest going to IMSLP and downloading and printing your favorite works or pieces then print them out and staple each one together. Then study all that you love about it. What are the chords? What is the melody doing? What techniques are being used that you don’t understand? What do you not understand? Does modulation occur here? etc… this will take a lot of time but also makes it really drill into your head what makes Mozarts music Mozart. Anyways hope this helps! -Gabriel Carlisle

Depends if your after a more modern taste or traditional taste. I normally name mine with traditional names then a subtitle sometimes. For example for one of the pieces I’m working on right now is called: Symphonic Miniature No. 3 in B Minor “Winter Storm” Or sometimes a much larger work has the name while the individual pieces have traditional names. This is another work I’m also working on: “Nocturnes pour le Romantique“ Nocturne No. 1 in E Major Nocturne No. 2 in C# Minor Nocturne No. 3 in A flat Major anyways hope this helps! Also I agree with Henry that finishing your piece first then naming is best unless it’s within a much larger structure. Hope it all goes well 🙂 -Gabriel Carlisle

Currently finishing this up any tips or anything concerning the score itself or any other tips? Thanks and Enjoy! 09 Winter's Passing - Ballet in One Act, Op. 1_ IX. Dance of the Little Snowflakes (Moderato).mp3

I fixed the following myself: turned quarter notes at the end of piece to whole notes to fit fermata. removed random notes on the score. removed 1st bar (this bar was there so the audio wouldn’t glitch when I was creating the track)

06 Winter's Passing - Ballet in One Act, Op. 1, VI. Coda (Allegro).mp3 continuing with my ballet scoring. Heres a coda that happens in it. Lemme know if its good! I really need notation tips and orchestration if possible! I also just realized I left my notes on the score. Silly me. Winter's Passing, VI. Coda.pdf

just realized i didnt put the link down so sorry!!!

@Henry Ng Tsz Kiu heres the newly revised version. Yes the harp is not formatted correctly but I’ll work that out soon enough once I learn harp composition as a whole.

Thanks! I see that I need brush up on studying for harp. Also totally forgot dove tailing and the fact I have two of each woodwind existed. Thanks again!

@Henry Ng Tsz Kiu thanks a lot for the tips! I see these issues and will fix it up. There are two things though. The woodwinds issue from b. 9-18 and also b 47-64 (since they’re relatively the same just x2 and with sustains) how could I have breaths but without taking away the sound it already encapsulates? And I noticed myself that none of my harp is really formatted well (with the note flags and having absolutely no slurs [silly me]). Any suggestions for the harp notation? Thanks again!

Made this. PDF's are self explanatory. enjoy! Please tell me if notation is any good or if its bad. The untitled document is the info page for the score. the other pdf is the title page. 01 Winter's Passing - Ballet in One Act, Op. 1_ I. Overture.mp3 Winters Passing, I. Overture.pdfUntitled document.pdfWinter’s Passing (dragged).pdf

Thank you! I noticed that the notes are like that. Do you know by chance how I can fix this issue where the notes are in correct 4/4 time? I’m using musescore 4.

If anybody has some tips for dynamics I think thats my number one issue. Thanks!

Hello this is my first time composing a symphony and i wanted to know if this was any good. Comment all the good and bad please I'd love any feedback! Also please know that this is unfinished so there are certain things that don't make sense just because I havent gotten to it yet :). OH and this is using musesounds so my dynamics and such might be an issue.

@Artdreamer77 to be completely honest I created this without that knowledge. All I did was used borrowed chords outside of the D minor scale by using base notes found within the last chord I used. For example in the section where it sounds like key changes I simply went from D minor to the 3rd resulting in F minor then from F minor I went to the 3rd again and went for G# minor then I went a half step up to begin the conclusion for a return to D minor (in this case it was A minor then a sudden C# resulting in A major (which is D minors fifth creating a cadence). Often times film scores do this to create tension and drama. Using chords from base notes within your main key or simply do what I did (taking a note from each key it changes from to change the chord). Anyways I hope this helps some sorry I can’t really provide the information your asking for. i would like to add though that I imagine since an octatonic scales are just scales with 8 notes instead of 7 that it may just be that. Some scales don’t have 7 notes either some only have 6 notes even. Creating with these special scales can really add a lot to your music especially if you’re going for something more ethnic or trying to evoke a certain culture. I’d suggest watching a YouTube video on it!