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Hello, If this is something you wrote a year ago, I'd be interested in hearing how your more recent compositions! The intro was pretty cool, the use of effects there was great. I tried to follow on my keyboard, since there was no sheet music. I think I got the main musical ideas. The cool thing about using the D major and occasional D minor chords is that it gives a bit of an epic feel to the piece. As you mentioned, not using the tonic always makes me feel like the music gets this short of push to it. Like, on the move. To me, it gives this sort of subjective quality like a journey. So that's pretty cool! From a structural point of view, I am hearing A/B/A/B/A. Kinda like verse/chorus/verse/chorus/verse. I mean your piece is pretty nice already. The type of structure that you have is great. Sometimes, experimenting with the structure can really make a piece of music sound special. Like any pop song, you could try adding an intro (which you kind of have, but you used effects so I have mentioned it). You could try adding a bridge. You could try adding an outro. Once again, these are all matters of subjective taste. Many great pieces written A/B/A/B/A structure, the length of your piece is also not too long, so it works. But yeah, I like how you are doing this little variations to make things interesting...alternating between the A - E - A -E, and then going E-A-E-A. I think while the overall musicality is fairly simple, you are doing some nice things with it. I find that music can be very dialectical, depending on how you look at it. Like, truly good music is slightly surprising and also comforting. You want to try to be innovative and find your own sound, but also not write something so innovative that nobody can understand. You'll want to take risk and be safe, but perhaps sometimes taking a risk is the safe thing to do, and perhaps keeping it safe is taking a risk? Anyways, just some ramblings from an old guy, welcome and hope to see you around more often.

I thought that was lovely! This captures a pop/rock vibe that gives the piano a lot of drive and motion. The mysterious chords at the start do an excellent job of setting up the dramatic section (starting at 37 secs). You nailed it with that powerful section, and the music really gave me nostalgia for the video game Donkey Kong Country 2, which contains some of the best music ever composed for a Nintendo game (composer: David Wise), so in my book you’re doing great! I think this music could shine even brighter with the layering in of other instruments, especially bass and percussion. A simple beat with bass layered over this could take the whole thing to another level, and it may even open you up to adding more layers. As an example, check out this song from Donkey Kong Country 2, and notice the difference between the beginning (which has no percussion) and the section where percussion comes in (1:09). Both sections are great, but the introduction of the percussion really juices up the vibe. And your music reminds me of this song, a song I’ve always cherished. Would love to hear more from you. Cheers!

I honestly had to take some time away from reading this post to fully absorb what it was that you were trying to say LoL. So the first thing is (and what I also told Fruit hunter) is that these kinds of awards cannot be created because every member of the website would want an award created for their name "The Fruit hunter Award of Excellence", "The TristantheTristan Award", "The PeterthePapercomPoser Award", "The Chopin Award", "The Henry Ng Tsz Kiu Award" etc. etc. etc. These kinds of awards would be meaningless and wouldn't bestow any kind of honor or significance to those they would be given to. The other problem is that awards are still bestowed by the staff so there would be a logistical challenge since you'd always have to ask a staff member to bestow the award to someone for you. Finally - you do have a good idea hidden in your post - the idea of having an award for a good Theme and Variations. Now you'd just need a good concept for such an award and what kind of graphic might fit such a concept. Thanks for the idea!

Not VSL it’s Vurtual drumlime as the VST

Hi! New here, just trying this out. This is a composition on piano I made like a year ago just as a sort of writing practice thing to see what I could do without using the tonic A Minor chord. Hope you enjoy! (Also prob not gonna share the sheet music here since i didn't have the playability in mind and the notation is god awful and this is one of the first times I used a DAW to produce the music lmfao) Azalea.mp3

You mean, VSL. Cine Perc is rather solid library. Still used today in demos. I own it (Musio). When I can afford it, I would like to own BBSO and oddities.

I used vdl and Cine perc

Just a little something for orchestra with a nice percussion section. Sequence I-VI.mp3 Sequence I-VI - Score.pdf

@PeterthePapercomPoser I am sorry about that. 😕 I will reverse what I said. And rescore it.

@Kvothe Please don't spread misinformation like this about the contest entries. The piece is 6 and a half minutes long and therefore meets the duration requirements of being between 3 - 7 minutes long. The piece is also written for a quartet of saxophones which is an acceptable instrumentation as the competition is for 3 - 5 individual instruments.

Entry:Un clair jour d'été Melodies Themes Motives Harmony Chords Textures Form Development Structure Time Originality Creativity Score Presentation Instrumentation Orchestration Playability Execution of Given Challenge Taste 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Average Score: 10 Review: I was blew away by this entry. Great job.

This is quite cool! What sounds did you use for the recording?

I finished my piece! Saxophone Quartet no. 2 - Un clair jour d'été It's written for 4 soprano saxophones. Each movement is based on a stanza from the poem.

Score PDF and Audio Download About the Piece: This piece is written for 4 soprano saxophones. It has three movements: “La soie,” “Le ciel,” and “Le soir.” Each movement is based on a stanza from the original poem by Paul Verlaine, “Donc, ce sera par un clair jour d'été.” ______________________________________________________________________________ I - La soie (The silk) ______________________________________________________________________________ II - Le ciel (The sky) ______________________________________________________________________________ III - Le soir (The evening) ______________________________________________________________________________

Hi @Wieland Handke! That sounds great to me. It captures that feeling of the end of summer—sitting under a tree and reminiscing. The section around 1:34 is really enjoyable, and I especially like the final part at 4:40. The melody line is nice, too. Did you create the thumbnail yourself? It looks good. Thank you for sharing! Best, Lithl.

Hello everyone! I decided to wrap up and record at the piano a short waltz theme that I posted in the "incomplete works" forum recently. I found the theme quite complete by itself so I ended up adding only a coda (relatively long, so it works also as a second theme in some way). I also modified some harmonies, inner notes, and decreased the tempo quite a lot (from 120 to around 90) since I think the theme sounds better like that (and the coda would not work at a fast tempo). The sections are: m.1~16: A theme (antecedent) ending in HC m.17~32: A theme (consequent) ending in PC m.33~49: Coda (based in initial quarter note motive) I tried to record it in one go (instead of doing several takes and mixing them together) so I also share the video I took. I was planning to practice it for longer, but the trill is quite hard and I realized that if I want to play it perfectly, I probably need to go back to it in the future after several months. Also, I played it quite okay every time... until the camera was on, then random mistakes started happening hahaha. As a result there are some mistakes, particularly in the dynamics, trills, and in the coda, where I rushed too much (on top of that, I accidentally played a wrong note too). The audio for both the score and live videos are the same. Thank you and any feedback is more than welcome!

Guys And Award called TristantheTristanThe TristanTheTristan... Name Idea from Fruithunter @Fruit hunter Given to: Great set of Theme and Variations. It is basically something like repetitive name-- repeated theme but with changes so it is a variation right? You can change the name tbh. Thanks! -TristanTheTristan

Ise-Shima Art Company in Japan is accepting entries for two international composition competitions. Both are open to composers of all ages and nationalities. Deadline for both competitions: 31 January 2027, 23:59 GMT. 7th Ise-Shima International Composition Competition (2027) Original works of classical, contemporary, experimental and other art music are welcome. Instrumentation and duration are unrestricted. You may submit a score or work-description PDF, an external audio/video URL, or both. Entries with only a score are welcome. Full rules and application: https://en.iseshimaart.com/international-composition-competiti 7th ISAC International Popular & Media Music Composition Competition (2027) We welcome pop, vocal and instrumental music, jazz, computer-produced music, Vocaloid, film and game music, and other popular and media genres. An external audio/video URL is required; a score, lyrics and a work-description PDF are optional. Judging focuses on compositional craft, originality and sound design. Each work must have a single composer. Other people may contribute lyrics, arrangements, performance, vocals, recording or production. Instrumentation, sound sources and duration are unrestricted. Full rules and application: https://en.iseshimaart.com/popular-music-composition-competition Entry fees and awards (each competition) The entry fee is JPY 5,000 per work if both the application and payment are completed by 17 January 2027, 23:59 GMT, and JPY 7,000 during the final 14 days. Optional consolidated jury feedback costs an additional JPY 5,000 per work. Each competition offers a Grand Prize with total prize money of JPY 100,000 and a certificate, normally awarded to one work (up to two; the prize money is shared if two are selected), plus approximately 35 Special Prizes with certificates. Awards are subject to the jury's decision. Results are planned for 28 February 2027. Previously performed, released, published or prize-winning works are eligible, except works that have already received a Grand Prize or Special Prize in the same competition. Please consult the full rules linked above. We are posting as the organizer. Applications and payments are made on the official competition website. Ise-Shima Art Company Contact: info@iseshimaart.com

@CrystalCanon, @Grant Weep, thanks for sharing music! Both of your suggestions are great! As for the pronunciation of "Lithl", it's similar to lith-el. It goes like how Google Translate pronounces it. However, don't take that seriously, because it is more important to be recognized by you rather than whether the pronunciation is right or not, so please pronounce as you like! By the way, this time, I will suggest this piece by Vasks - String Quartet No. 5: II. So distant... yet near. Also, Rautavaara's Concerto for Birds and Orchestra. I’m looking forward to seeing what suggestion will appear next :)

Ah, The Picture is the Slime who play with cute rabbit. ㅋㅋㅋ not eating ㅠㅠ;; Thanks for your feedback

Here is another banger:

Hey Markus, I really enjoyed this. The rhythms, tempo and beat all worked together to give it a definite dance feel. There were moments I was reminded of Sylvius Weiss. And I could hear that baroque-to-classical styles. Still, it is very coherent. It certainly has drive and direction. Really tight composing, I'd say. It's a prelude....will there be more? A whole suite? BRS

I corrected some embarrassing errors in my score today, and put all the slurs in. Hopefully a big improvement!

A delightful work with rich harmonies and lush strings. The vocals are sometimes a little buried in the mix, and hard to make out. It sounds like you're using quite a strong reverb: so it might be an idea to reduce the wetness level. Good work though. I am interested to know what the graphic means? Looks like a rabbit being consumed by a plastic apple.