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Time for the actually score of you entry! Entry: Morning on Windby Island Review: My above comments remain! I took those in affect when I scored this! However, I will add something about the harp. The rolled chord in the left hand are too small for the harp. Usually rolled chords are played by both hands. Nothing major. That is why is only .5 off in the score and playability sections. other than...Kudos Total: 9.75 Melodies Themes Motives Harmony Chords Textures Form Development Structure Time Originality Creativity Score Presentation Instrumentation Orchestration Playability Execution of Given Challenge Taste 10 10 9 10 9.5 9.5 10 10

@Fruit hunter ! Below you find my review of your entry. Entry: Scarface to the wilderness Review: The percussion set up of the score of the score is too hard follow. Usually, you would have would have one or two players with a different set of instruments per player. It kept changing between staff types. Thus, that is in that category a four was given. Along with that, no list of names of instruments was given at the start. This made it made confusion to know what instruments was were being used. Please! tell us this next time. As for the playability...it would be hard pass on levels. I was lost when I listen to this piece. I asked myself: where is this piece going? structure? form? I could not make one out. Alas, i need a clear road. That is category is scored low. The textures throughout the piece were interesting, but too repetitive and lack a sense of direction. The only melodic material was in the pitch percussion(?). But it did not seem to flow naturally from the piece, sadly. I must this you did try to be creative, but too hard. relax and have fun. For taste, it different and unique on it is on merits. Total Score: 5.5 Melodies Themes Motives Harmony Chords Textures Form Development Structure Time Originality Creativity Score Presentation Instrumentation Orchestration Playability Execution of Given Challenge Taste 3.5 6 4 8 4 5.5 5.5 7.5

UPDATE: New score and description for this project!

Any feedback is welcome! May 1.mp3

@Omicronrg9 Ah I see I might try using that method then. I think the recording sounds bad because it was recorded on a phone and the piano is not in great shape.

Who knows; I might write a sort of piano prelude based on that chord and its transpositions and variations, but I'll finish my piano sonata first. Only reason it's not done now is that there is this brutal sort of flu running around in our small town...and it's been kicking my buttocks!🤒

Hey guys, I composed a LOTR-inspired piece featuring powerful female vocals and a symphony orchestra. It is based on Tolkien’s well-known poem “One Ring.” If you have any thoughts about it, feel free to share them with me!

"This piece is an entry in the Scorefolio composition contest. I’d greatly appreciate your vote if you enjoy the work. Thank you for your support!" https://scorefol.io/w/xkqjbwgslaz6wbigkgakmg8w

Thank you for the quick reply. You’re very kind! My main purpose here is to learn and get feedback rather than just showing my work, so I want to make sure I respond properly!! I’ve managed to export the score, so I’ve attached it to the beginning of the topic (under 'Piano Composition no.4'). Please note that I don't know if the score itself is correct, so I'd appreciate your understanding! Thank you again! Kind regards, Nd.

Hi Nostalgia, and welcome to the forums! This piece put a smile on my face. Maybe because of its light character at times. It seems to be a hard one at other times, though, and I'm sure that if I delved deeper I would end up finding some less convincing passages (to me) but I'll leave it like that and just suggest you to keep composing! I know this is not very helpful but... I just enjoyed the piece on a first listen and I am afraid my time won't let me to listen it again to better analyse it. Best regards, Daniel–Ø,

I see! Feel free, yeah. Trying to maintain a certain balance between number of posts & number of replies is a wise choice. In my experience, uploading too much and replying too little leads to being ignored because others fairly see you as someone that only wants a bit of attention and that doesn't really care about anything else. It's a valid stance, but it leads to rejection. That said, I encourage you to keep posting & interacting here. I'll make sure to check your No. 8 whenever I find a bit of free time! Regarding this: do you use a software to make these pieces that doesn't provide a solid PDF output overall? Regards!

Piano Composition no.8 - Cheap Nostalgia I would appreciate any kind of feedback. Piano Composition no.8.mp3 Piano Composition no.8.pdf

Thank you for your reply, Omicronrg9! I don't have the PDF. I'm sorry. Thank you so much for the specific feedback!! I'm really happy to hear it! You're right, it does feel like those sections were forced together. I appreciate your valuable feedback. I haven't posted No. 1, No. 2, or No. 3 on this forum. I don't have plans to post those, but I felt like I might share some of the other numbers. I don't want to be a nuisance by posting too many, but for now, I've gone ahead and posted No. 8. Glad to be here! Looking forward to interacting with you all. Kind regards, Nd.

Hi Piano1324! I do record a lot of my improvisations. And I also do use them as a base for some of my pieces, yeah. That, or the other way around! I do not think there's a single fixed way to approach composition, but some may be more feasible than others depending on your background. The recording is a bit muffled. Audio quality can be helpful when you come back to a past segment you improvised, talking from experience here. The first part sounds a bit like a waltz, then you start accelerating or rushing... And there's not much more I can add, sorry. Kind regards, Daniel–Ø,

Sometimes it's not about your skills, it's more about whether the judges' taste is similar with yours and your work's skill level can still be very high even if they think it's not good enough to advance to the next round. I think of winning any prizes more like a chance event, just like having job interviews haha. Keep going and you will for sure pursue what you want! Henry

Thanks for the words :) It is not a soul crusher, however it has made me upset. I am proud of this work and saddened to not be given the chance to hear it live. It may be another year before I have the same chance. Yet... we push forward and strive for the next opportunity. In the end, it won't keep me down, and I will still work and increase my skills to win the next one(s).

Iv been kicked in the teeth , and rejected several times in life but when you drive your car into a Dead-End....................The Sat-Nav "RE-ROUTES" And its the same with the Human Brain..................... https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/second-time-lucky/

UPDATE: I unfortunately did not make it to the finalist round with this work: ☹️

Could also think of that as a 13th chord without the seventh... so, maybe something jazzy as well? Ravel-ish? Makes me think of a music teacher I had, wrote all kinds of big band type stuff.

You then did not actually need a melody leading in the piano. This new version with the flute looks a bit more promising 😀 Regards!

I made a better version of this now, based on points raised by Luis and Kvothe. Still have a few big jumps in the trombone and bass clarinet to sort out. Also need to put all my slurs in; but otherwise it's more or less done I think? Nocturne No.1 in Eb minor (Faure orchestration) #73 (midi).mp3 Nocturne No.1 in Eb minor (Faure orchestration) #73 (score).pdf

The piano piece was a job for a female singer. I rejected the job after I started composing. The payment was too low. The whole story takes too long. No, no one should play it. I have a very early version of a part with flutes. I tried to break up the 4 bars scheme. Piano Ballade_86 new branch_14.mp3

What a wonderful piece. It captures the late Romantic style perfectly. And it’s of a very high standard. Is there a score available?

I don't really think of myself as a "pianist" but more a piano player, as such, I tend to shy away from writing piano music and focus more on orchestral works. However, I've been lately trying to spend a little time each day, just playing around on the piano, and record it, just to see what I come up with. This was a piece I improvised this morning and liked enough to share. Stream of consciousness no. 2.mp3

So in this context, what should he have done that he did not? That's what's unclear to me, sorry! Neat choice. FL Studio is indeed a very strong software, but this is then incidental music, and it's not intended for anyone to play it, right? Don't hesitate on posting here how it went if you feel eager to! Regards!