Would the piece sound too repetitive? Also, would the tempo be too quick especially for the bit towards the end? I'd be happy to listen to your advice :)
Edit: I forgot to add the key signature, sorry if it's difficult to read
This is my first string quartet ever written. It has four movements, the first being inspired by Shostakovich’s eighth string quartet’s 1st mvt. The fourth movement is a fugue, inspired by Vivaldi’s fugal writing in his concerti. Any questions or comments welcome!
I am composing a song named “Wonders of Light” it is part of a series called “Phenomenic Wonders” (it has the wrong names on the sheet music but talk get it) Anyways, I’m open to suggestions. The instruments are Piano and Electric Bass Guitar. I made this on noteflight (Work in progress)
This is my firt long-form piece. I would really appreciate any feedback you might have!
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This is my fourth band piece, inspired by the sights of Louisiana’s Mardi Gras parade. Any questions or comments welcome!
So… yeah I want to make this a stand tune but I’m not very familiar with stand tune instrumentation. I’m gonna build on this but if there’s anything horrible you notice other than the crappy audio quality and balance do tell. I made it in an hour with garage band open so be understanding
I've heard before that parallel 5ths and octaves are evil and that if I use them then everyone dies and ends up languishing in eternal hellfire, but I've never quite worked out to what degree they're considered evil?
Is it just in the chordal textures?
Is it in orchestral music or only piano/ solo works?
Is it restricted to certain more academically minded forms like the fugue or is it a forever rule?
I've never quite managed to pin down how this rule is to be taken, did the likes of Puccini damn us all to fester and rot forever by layering his melodies 2 or 3 octaves deep for violinata passages? Or is it just in the accompaniment where this matters to have chord tones in between certain intervals?
Obviously the tone of this isn't totally serious but I am genuinely curious if anyone has the/any answer to this most existential of questions...
I know that there are rules but I don't know what they are. No I don't really know how to expand on this question, it's like how a certain rhythm may not belong to a time signature or a cadence may not fit a key signature. I don't know what they are, I have asked, i have searched I have yet to find an answer to my question.
I tried to compose a fugue out of a scale like subject and a rather chromatic countersubject. Here is the pdf
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KVDTTc21lLmPDE-m5xlR\\\_L\\\_O6HfM\\\_Amm/view?usp=drivesdk
I just released my first album and I'm excited to share it with you all here. Tracks 1 (Little Overture - linked above) and 5 (Interlude) are pure classical pieces (just piano and strings).
The music is influenced mostly by Romantic period (Chopin is my favourite -- see track 5) with a bit of Beethoven too (more track 1).
Hope you enjoy and thanks for listening!
one of my favorite things about alexandrian regional music is its propensity for being tongue-in-cheek. it’s very playful and lighthearted, and tends to feature vamps where rhythm is altered in simplistic ways that still command the attention. so that’s what i did here, the first mvmt melody is reassembled in a vague waltz before an attaca into the final dance. hope you enjoy!
Hi everyone. Lately I’ve been wondering how composers choose or conceive time signatures that don’t feel “regular,” like 7/4, 11/4, or 5/8. I’m not sure whether these rhythms come out intuitively or if they’re used in a more arbitrary or structural way.
This time I decided to work in 5/8, inspired by how Rachmaninoff uses it in The Isle of the Dead. I’d love to hear what you think about this short fragment and what suggestions you might have for developing it further. My idea is to shape it into an A–B form.
Thanks in advance.
Recently, I took a walk during the middle of the night through the old market district and just recorded the sounds that I heard. Wasn’t sure what I was going to do with that so I decided this was a good opportunity to use the inspiration. It’s meant to be somewhat of a living experience that expands and contracts together. Hope you enjoy!
This is my first attempt at a proper toccata and fugue. The toccata, though usually fast and virtuosic, is written slow and quiet here. I took heavy inspiration from Bach’s Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor. The fugue has hints of Vivaldi, with the ending being the classic Picardy Third commonly seen in Bach’s works. Any questions or comments are welcomed!
Hi! I've been writing for a couple of years at this point, but it occurred to me that I have maybe two original piano pieces under my belt, so I decided to go ahead and write something silly to add to my college portfolio (that is, for my college APPLICATION). Anyways, I think it's coming along okay, I've been working on it for a few hours now, and I think I'm at a point where I want some peer feedback (we're peers now).
My main concern (aside from not knowing WHAT to do at 26) is the bass line at 18, it sounds too busy and too bland at the same time, but maybe that's just me. In addition, a lot of the bass line fingerings look really hard to my (non-pianist) eyes, and I don't want something so unserious to be too difficult.
Please let me know what you all think! It's at right under a minute right now, and I like to aim for 2 minutes for silly little whatever pieces, so any inspiration for the next section (I'm thinking a dogfight and then back to the original theme) would be really great too!! Thanks :)