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    • Luis Hernández
      Mozart-style Sonata in F Major

      By Luis Hernández · Posted

      A very enjoyable piece. Leaving aside some noise and clicking issues in the audio, I think it lacks something to bring it closer to the style, and that is dynamics. Although classicism (and Mozart, of course) did not make extensive use of gradual dynamic contrasts (but rather more powerful ones such as piano and forte), there are none here either. More than that, it is the accents, sforzandos, etc., which were very common in this period, that make it sound like it.  
    • Luis Hernández
      Fughetta in F minor for String Trio.

      By Luis Hernández · Posted

      A beautiful piece. I think the subject matter is very original and distinctive. That really helps with the recognition of the entries. The parallel descending movements are very beautiful, with those appoggiaturas, etc., as in bars 19 onwards and later with the reinforcement of the bass. I think it loses none of the essence of counterpoint, but it has many touches that make it sound modern, such as the profusion of articulations. Best regards.    
    • ferrum.wav
      Rhapsody on devText | from The Interloper Series | scoring progress

      By ferrum.wav · Posted

      PROGRESS 3 hello, it's been a month. work on finalizing the piece has been dwindling but i'm here to start it off back again!!! this progress is all about the repetition of the A. section. you can see that i tried to variate the accompaniment, most prominently with the active celesta section and the climax at b.329, which is taken from b.180 onward. The counterpoint from that section is now sung by the vocal with a new stanza, which is another piece of the second part of the main theme: from the sky x to y distant light just keeps calling me from the sky aight that's it for now. hope you all enjoyyy  
    • Fugax Contrapunctus
      Fughetta in F minor for String Trio.

      By Fugax Contrapunctus · Posted

      The subject of this one first came to mind roughly 7 hours ago already in its current form, and realizing its potential I wasted no time in writing it down, lest I forgot its exact melodic contour whose progression has been able to accommodate for elaborate chromaticisms in the other voices. Now, after yet another sleepless night put to good use with tireless contrapuntal machinations, this little fugue for string trio is at last complete in my eyes.   YouTube video link:   
    • JorgeDavid
      Elegia in C Minor for String Quintet

      By JorgeDavid · Posted

      Hello everyone,  I recently updated a little draft of music for string quintet on the incomplete works forum and I just developed it into a full piece. After some thought, the section felt somehow like a developed theme, so I composed a main theme by using some of the musical features found in that draft I composed. I also changed instrumentation, having two cellos instead of a double bass (as in the initial draft) and increased the tempo from 60bpm to 70bpm. The piece is an elegy and has the following sections: [m.1~m.9] Introduction -- The introduction was composed by making use of the most important harmonies of the piece: Cmaj, Cminor, Dbmaj and Gmaj. [m.10 ~ m.25] Main theme -- Main theme in C minor. It works as a period but, in this case, both statements end in a half cadence (the second has a stronger modulation to G) [m.26 ~ m.40] Development section (original draft) -- Developmental section which starts with the main theme in Cmaj. This section is repeated once. [m.41 ~ m.51] Restatement of main theme -- second part of the main theme repeated once, this time ending in a perfect cadence (with picardy third in last chord).   I think the atmosphere fits the title of "elegy", but let me know what you think!  Also, a distinctive feature retained from the draft is the use of pauses that resemble deep sighs (or holding ones breath). I took as much care as possible to make those moments sound natural but the midi sounds showed its limitation in those cases :S.  I am thinking on updating it so both violins get to play the melody at some time, doing some voice exchange like that one I did in measures 14-15. Is it standard practice to share melodic material between the two violins in order to create an echo effect and add variety for both performers, even if the melody could be written entirely for Violin I? Also, I used dotted notes for those moments in which they need to cut the phrase a little earlier. Would there be a better way for notating that? As always, every feedback is more than welcome and hope you enjoy it!  
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