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    • barko
      Potato Chip Waltz

      By barko · Posted

      Thank you for your thoughtful and complimentary review. Just to clarify, the intended harmonic structure (of the A section or main theme) is mostly a quick journey through the cycle of 5ths (loosely speaking): Em7 - A7 - Dm7 - G7 - Cm - Em7/B - Ab13 - A7 - Dm7 - G7 - C  with a few random or nearly random dissonances thrown in. To me it clearly ends on the tonic (ignoring the random dissonances thrown in for laughs) though it's true it starts on 3m. Thanks again.
    • Awsumerguy
      If They May Dance: Grand Waltz for Orchestra

      By Awsumerguy · Posted

      Hey @PeterthePapercomPoser, thanks for replying! I can definitely see that. I rewrote this piece from a much older piano-violin duet: at that point, I hadn't considered structure to be anything significant enough to study or follow (don't worry, I grew out of that phase 😉), so that unfortunately translated into the orchestral transcription. My music teacher also said as much when I showed the piece to her: she said it felt as if I composed linearly instead of harmonically. As an orchestrator, that hurt a little, I'll be honest.  That being said, I envisioned the piece as being something more of a evocation of the feeling of a waltz instead of being a waltz itself: it acts more as an homage to the musical form than being of that musical form (if that makes sense). Or maybe I'm just bluffing at this point 🙃 But what do you think? I'd love to hear back from you 😄
    • Awsumerguy
      wack new 'jazzy' thing

      By Awsumerguy · Posted

      I'll get that done once I'm satisfied with it; wouldn't want them thinking I was happy with an incomplete work 😉 Also, comments on this new edit, @Thatguy v2.0? I added the saxophone solo, but I feel like I'm adding a little too much mustard on this one. It'd be great to hear from you.
    • HoYin Cheung
      Symphony No.1 - First Movement

      By HoYin Cheung · Posted

      @PeterthePapercomPoser I am glad my music is more accessible this time. I am always fond of making a symphony starting with a lyrical, grande Russian theme. I had thought of making a introduction before the theme, but I just find it hard to write a development to the theme without shadowing it (in terms of dynamics/ complexity). There could be lengthy long string chords holding but it may lose your (or at least my) interest. So I decided that to make it straight to the theme.   For the ending section, there will be an attacca to the next movement. I don't want to end strong in first movement - would rather some momentum for second movement. @Aria Donn Thank you for your listening! I am quite surprised both of you recognized my music a "Mahlerian" work (in some place) - Perhaps there are some subconscious impact from him - but yes, that's my way of writing - passing the motive between different instruments and purposely stack them to develop new materials. However, in terms of harmonic langauge, my work might be more "harsh" than what Mahler did. That's my long developed style - perhaps my prefered way of writing - even I am already quite "conservative" in the consonant part (as compared to my other works full of dissonant stuff), I just can't help to add a touch of harsh feeling to it - like a drama cannot be complete just with pure joy - but usually coming with some twist and hopeless scene.  After all, I agree it is a hard thing to balance two contrasting types of harmonic materials. And I hope I can master it one day.
    • elmarad40
      InnerversE - Quest For The Holy Grail

      By elmarad40 · Posted

      Thank you for your input @PeterthePapercomPoser. It is a long composition indeed. The intro song was written years before the whole composition. Firstly i had arrange it all for piano. I used ewql symphonic choirs vst for the singing choirs part, with which you can achieve quite realistic results. Some parts of the composition come from years ago, while others were composed more recently. From an orchestrating perspective i follow my intuition, as i have taken some music lessons in harmony, but not yet on composition / orchestration, so i guess there would appear some issues like the ones you mention with the high pitch of the choirs.
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