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    • 张文灏
      Ghost Party

      By 张文灏 · Posted

      Hello everyone, I'm Wenhao Zhang, a singer-songwriter from China. Here I'd like to share with you a song I composed, titled "Ghost Party", which features a tango style and incorporates elements of musical theatre. I hope you enjoy listening to it. 大家好，我是来自中国的创作歌手张文灏。在这里和大家分享一首我创作的探戈风格、融合音乐剧元素的歌曲《幽灵派对》，欢迎大家收听。
    • Chemathmusician0510
      General rules

      By Chemathmusician0510 · Posted

      For Cello (Solo): Repeated four-note scale patterns are a pain on cello. (1812 overture near the end) Double stops up to a octave are usable throughout the range.  Tenths start about from F# (minor) or G (major) (on the C string) as the lowest notes. Repeated thirds involve a lot of shifting. best to do it in higher position for fast passages. sustained triple stops require that some the upper notes be about an octave higher than the open string it's played on. Fast multiple stops can get a bit clunky. Fast alterations between natural harmonic and open string are impossible unless the left hand plucks after playing the harmonic Forced harmonics are much more agile than either natural or artificial harmonics Don't overuse the A string for solos. For some reason a lot of composers love it, but it just sounds to harsh especially in lower positions. High position fifths are harder than sixths, thirds, octave, and tenths unless there is a chance to use the thumb (Shostakovich Cello concerto no. 1 first mvt. near the beginning)   
    • ferrum.wav
      Your Reality | from the game Doki Doki Literature Club | Progress Update

      By ferrum.wav · Posted

      Progress update for today: finished the quiet part after the part from the first post. And yes, you might've figured it out, I quoted @Henry Ng Tsz Kiu's Image in G major (2nd theme). Like, I put his theme on my sketch, pair it with the main theme, and it is just a good counter point for it. Furthermore, I think it fits well with the rest of the piece cus both the main theme and his theme use a lot of pentatonic. Anyway, really happy with how productive I am with scoring today, can't wait to finish it
    • Fermata
      Fugue in A minor(From the Langloz Manuscript)

      By Fermata · Posted

      There's improvement, but some dissonances are still not well resolved. See below for a few ideas—though you may want to reduce movement in quavers to better align with the keyboard style. EDIT: added a 2nd version
    • Layne
      Discussions in Secret

      By Layne · Posted

      Hello all! I'm back with another piece. I began working on this last week and have titled it "Discussions in Secret". As I wrote this piece, I was scoring (in my mind) a scene of two individuals discussing important or confidential information, tucked away from a crowd in a darkened corner...doing their best to stay out of the light and keep their information and identities secret to those around them. For this I challenged myself to keep the strip the instruments back to only the necessities. Almost entirely strings with some underlying synth elements (for atmosphere), as well a cimbalom, celeste, and tubular bells towards the end of the piece. I wanted the piece to keep an uneasy and mysterious feeling throughout without delving into dark, villain-esque territory. More desperation and secrets, less action. Hope you enjoy the listen and am looking forward to the feedback!  
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