UncleRed99

If it hasn't been made clear already, I like to emphasize on depicting the more intense emotions we feel throughout our lives. This piece is no different. I've written this piece in celebration of the lives of those that we have had to grieve throughout our time on this earth, whom we've had the misfortune of out-living. It features a somber chord progression, using a simple melody with some intricacies throughout to help express the turmoil, and unpredictable nature of the human grieving process. Let me know what you all think 🙂 Remembrance_-_Kyle_Hilton_-_UncleRed99.custom_score.mp3 Remembrance_-_Kyle_Hilton_-_UncleRed99.pdf

Hello @JorgeDavid! I used to be a lead Trumpeter for a College local to me, back when I was an undergrad student. im not an expert on how the music is composed, never having arranged or composed Jazz works myself, but I couldn’t identify any immediate concerns with what you’ve done with this one so far. Once the full version is released, I’ll be 100% willing to give you any suggestions I may see in that! so far it appears that you’re getting the hang of it relatively easily!

I appreciate it! I’m particular to the Cello Solo’s too. When my brain-music-box heard them, I got flutters in my stomach! Regarding the modulation, yes, the current way it’s written was a placeholder for an idea yet to come. Just a very simple Caesura + 3 note arpeggio to have *something* in place during the editing process. as of now it’s almost fully fledged out. I’ve just been scratching my head with the modulation transition, and haven’t been able to think of a good way to filter that gap as of yet. But I’m confident in everything else around it so far.

@Thatguy v2.0 @Henry Ng Tsz Kiu Y'all know what I just realized... This isnt even the latest version of this score... I changed it to E minor, and did some magical things with the playback. Let me fix that, quick. 😅

I'll come back to this, later on tonight, when I make it back from fixin' this old pathfinder for a client of mine! I'm still, unfortunately, a full time mechanic. Gotta make that bread

I appreciate the kind words, and the constructive feedback! I didn't notice that I forgot to use an arpeggio for those chords! That was the intent. And you're right about the slurs. I just tend to get lazy time to time, and neglect to go back through, highlight the sections of notes, and press "s" lol (It sounds so easy, but my ADHD brain hates the thought of it because its so boring, to me. I'll probably make sure to do it if/when a performance is confirmed, as I go through to cleanup engraving for each individual part) And I'm glad that the playback sound quality is superb to you 🙂 I used MuseScore's Muse Sounds, paired with changing a few of the instruments to Spitfire's LABS VST3 sounds, and I used panning & Muse ProEQ / Compression for a few individual parts, and on the Master track for mastering the sound. There's also some hidden staves in there, due to my french horns mostly playing through the score with LABS VST3 F Horn, and a secondary hidden staff for Horn 1 & 3, that uses MuseSounds in order to make the Solo section, and the last section stand out loudly. Strings also had a hidden staff for Violin and Viola for a couple of places as well, due to the articulation-abilities of the VST3 playback lacking some of the adaptability that Muse has.

I don't know how I didn't notice that. 😮 🤣 I think it was just because there was no pause between each movement, I didn't even think to check around the score for movement numbers. Not the typical format that I've seen in the past, I'll admit. But in that case, yes, the movements clearly flow together well enough that I didn't even notice they were movements!

Hey gang, I just go through the amount of editing I'm willing to commit to this one, today... It's not complete, so don't mind the gaps, or, the statements where I haven't added in dynamics to a part yet. 😅 Just wanting to get some feedback on it's current progress, and anything I might could make changes to, moving forward. Thanks in advance!! Promise with you.pdf Promise.mp3

Dude, this sounds very ... hm. Reminds me of the Hobbit Shire in Lord of the Rings or a Hobbit's tale or any other JRR Tolkien story that includes that scene! Very Majestic sounding. I haven't seen your other movements to this, at the time of writing this response to your piece here now, so I can't speak to their overall compatibility. However, in regard to this piece, there's only a couple of things that stood out to me that would potentially make the piece's readability easier. at b.9, adding in a key signature change to Gb Major/Eb minor would help the instrumentalists avoid having to read the accidentals. (i'm sure they'd be fine after a rehearsal or two, but I just recall, when I was a trumpeter, I always preferred to see less accidentals on my sheets! I could comprehend music better, but that's just me.) additionally, at b.34-b.49, changing the meter to 6/8 might also help with legibility. Although, the rhythm notation there is perfectly ok as it is, and wouldn't be too difficult, it would just clean-up the score a bit, by removing those triplet brackets! Other than my tiny knit-picks, I loved listening through this one, thoroughly. Especially some of those Horn statements, and the Oboe! 😮 Made me wanna learn how to play one. I've always loved em', just always been a brass guy 😉

Oooh, I'd love to see that Sextet! I appreciate the time you took to review this piece, and am elated to hear the detailed feedback on my overall construction of the score. It was definitely something of a "love child" of mine. I attempted to portray my personal emotional journey that I had the misfortune to experience a few years ago, of which, I am still coming out of. I'm glad to have been able to translate it onto the pages, in this one. The kindness, and the correction with my use of accidentals, is appreciated. Though, if you haven't already noticed, I have a hard time with comprehension when it comes to what accidentals would be "correct" to use with the context of the mode... However, to play it safe, I've always tried to avoid the double flat & double sharp, because of my time as a musician, regardless of the mode / key signature of any piece I performed, I rarely ever encountered the double flat or double sharp accidental during sight-reading or rehearsal/performance of repertoire. But I'm okay with being corrected on it, since I don't have that training to really 100% comprehend the difference in using double sharp / natural / double flat / flat... I've always figured since, for example, G Natural and F Double Sharp are in-harmonic notes, that it wouldn't matter, in terms of how the piece would be played, ultimately. If you're alright with it, I'd love a lesson in lame-man's terms on how to correctly use accidentals in a given mode 🙂

Is it weird that the first word that comes to mind after following along with the score & video audio is the word "Adorable"? 🤣 Reason for that is because of how much your score represents a personal notebook. I like it when people use their own little phrases and staff notes to indicate what to do. Often times, it's even easier for another player to read and play along with it that way. Being someone who's a bit of a perfectionist with the work I write, Personally, I'd have notated the articulations, dynamics, tempo, and used music terms for some of the areas that you have notes marked at. But that's just my personal take on it. You've clearly got your own style mastered, and I applaud you for that, Jackie! Very well done performance, and a pretty lookin' score, to boot! 🙂

Yes! If you could attach a PDF copy of the score, I'd also love to follow along with the notation 🙂

Yes! Musescore has this feature. Makes a score look a lot prettier many times 🙂 A very easy way to achieve this without having to dig through the formatting windows, is to make sure you have nothing selected in the score, press F8, (or Fn+F8 for laptop), and then click the "eyeball" icon next to "Empty Staves". I typically leave the properties panel open all the time anyhow. It's a useful toolbar!

Chopin: "What a beautiful and cinematic approach to the Christmas holiday. Clearly, Christmas met Hollywood this year!" @chopin I appreciate the compliment! 🙂 Glad I could contribute to the wonderful pieces that we have submitted for 2024, and I'm happy to have recently become a part of this forum! Happy 2025 everyone!

Man, having someone be excited to collaborate with me would be a dream-come-true! lol I don't have as many connections as I used to have, back when I was a musician full time. I've clearly abandoned that career path, and haven't spoken to many of the individuals that I knew who "knew a guy" since then. (it's been 7 years). Although, one of my old band directors, who has since obtained his Masters Degree, stated that he would like to try to help me with getting an ensemble together to play this piece, in addition to my other piece "The Long Arctic Midnight". I told em' he'd have to find some trumpeters who could perform it for me, because I picked up my horn the other day and realized that my range is significantly diminished, as well as my endurance. 7 years really does a number on you I suppose. But that's about where its at, currently. I'd love to either have it recorded, or, receive a request to write for a B - grade film score, or, for another project someone is working on. I believe the sounds from MuseScore mixed with Spitfire VST3 (used in the recording above), are able to allow digital music to "come to life" so to speak, in a good enough way where It would actually be feasible to use it in those contexts.