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Cool! I'll make the corrections eventually. This thing was written pretty fast, and I actually like the folk-like first position chords! I do less of that in the Symphony-Concerto because I really took my time writing that back in 1997-1998, four months or so. Had a manual of all possible chord inversions until my sister's crazy boyfriend borrowed it and didn't give it back! When I write lighter guitar music, I do those first position chords when the guitar is in a merely accompanying role.

Movement 1 - Just commenting on the guitar. - must show fingering and hand positions with notation. There are several moments where I had to try and figure out things, and when I did, sometimes the chords worked but felt awkward. I write tablature with notation, it helps and I don't have to show positions and fingerings. Sometimes I'll write fingering if it's weird. - in general, the guitar strumming sounds very parallel 5th heavy, to me it clashes with the string writing. Parallel octaves and fifths don't sound bad on guitar, but they just jump out in the midi. Maybe it's just that, dunno. Some of the chords could have smoother voice leading, it seems like you were rooted with open chords. - bar 2, last chord doesn't work (mistake?) - bar 8, why not have the pedal A? - bars 13-16, you do this a few times, but check the voices. You tend to drop or add voices freely between chords, and it gives a choppiness to me - bar 18, why the different Bb shape? - bar 49, first chord sounds out of place - bars 75-77, voices again - bars 85-87, because my hands are too big, I can't play that C barre chord on the A string (my finger mutes the high e), I have to play in on the E. When I got to bar 87, it took a minute to realize I couldn't play it there and had to be on the A string. I would've omitted the top note if I were the performer. Just an example of why positions in the notation are very helpful. - bar 90, let any of these ring? - bar 99, impossible chord - bar 107, last chord sounds out of place, it's a jarring transition That's all that popped out at me, hopefully this helps your writing!

When @Henry Ng Tsz Kiu first joined, he posted his clarinet quintet, it's like an hour long... and it wasn't until SIX weeks later that he got someone to give legitimate feedback, and all that while he listened to nearly everyone's music and posted quality advice. It seems unbelievable, but like literally everyone lol. No one even cared to reciprocate all his generosity and FREE labor for weeks and weeks, and it wasn't until @Omicronrg9 gave him quite possibly the greatest most in depth review I've ever seen. From that, I got to know Henry and Daniel better, and eventually @PeterthePapercomPoser, @chopin, and I all started conversing on discord. It's cool how you can meet people from all over the world with like-minded passions, and we still chat here and there on discord. I'm thankful for the community, for the friendships. But this happens because we're all actively engaged with each other's music. We're interested in helping each other out, getting to know each other, etc. Now whenever I see any of their new music posted, I'm quick to notice and excited to share a thought or two. Mostly because I just WANT to, but also because I know they'll do the same for me. Even if I never post music anywhere else, I know the YC bros will at least check it out. You seem young, get to know some people first! A lot of people here are in their teens and twenties, and they'll be more eager to share thoughts with a familiar username than a foreign one. You'll fit right in. And until then, poke around the forums too! There's TONS of cool music here. TONS of great composers roam this forum, even if some only come by occasionally, so don't be afraid to reach out 🙂 People will get around to your post, it's usually not as instant as you (or I) would like. I write song lyrics, but not much else as far as words. Keep posting more music too, because the more cool pieces people interested in your question can sift through, the better chance you'll have.

Wnas that too many question marks?

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That I will update.

About the dymanics, I usually just simply put it for contrast.

@everyone I am soon going to be writing third sonata. The plan is A major, 4 movements.

Choir Intro.pdf Choir Intro.mp3 Attached is the score and audio recording of the first few bars of a symphony that I've been working on. I'd just like some feedback as to whether it sounds like something out of the romantic period - that's the style that I'd like to emulate the most. I love Rachmaninoff, Mahler, Wagner, Tchaikovsky, all the greats, Mahler particularly standing out for me. I've made no lyrics to the piece, but it will follow a sombre, relating to death, and resistance against death kind of mood. The opening melody, characterized by the rising sixth, falling seventh, then back up a semitone to the dominant, is the main theme, and is repeated throughout the symphony. I'm just looking for any kind of feedback on how I can make this more classical.

Not me; Freddie Mercury quote!

Too much beer to compose now, but I can still research or listen! Beeerrrr...Der menschliche Zustand erfordert Medikamente. The human condition requires medication.

So, be like a Tritone; Diabolus in Musica. Be the Devil, and Devil may care!

“Ein Teil von jener Kraft, die stets das Böse will und stets das Gute schafft” Hey, Goethe quotes never fail, even if he was (the quote) the Devil, Teufel. A part of that power that would alone work evil, and creates the good.

FYI, Classical Period Proper is by a nose the BEST period in music, and really if you think about it, the farthest we should ever have gone in technology in general. It becomes unsustainable...

GOTT IM HIMMEL! My YouTube channel has compositions I wrote in college and grad school in 1987-1993, and they have some good ideas, but my compositions improved after I jumped off that Ivory Tower. Some drunken Rock covers...

Because I'm at work right now I'll check it later. I subscribed to your channel already my dear friend

Well, me: can't play piano at all! Well, a simple thing like that Chopin E Minor prelude or the accompaniment to Schumann's Ich Grolle Nicht aus Dichterliebe, 1840 I could play if I practiced for a few hours, but it still wouldn't be very good. I guess the best instrument I play is Electric Bass, and I'm far from the best!

Hi ... the English Horn is in F it is not a C instrument. Did you transpose the part? As written it cannot be played ... the English is scaled to a low Bb similarly to the Oboe. Mark

Thank you very much. I don’t know any other instruments besides the piano, but ever since I was a child—since my adolescence and up to this day—I have listened only to classical music, especially from the Baroque to the Romantic era. I love the Classical period the most, and as the years went by, studying all these works, I became one with them. With a little talent, some musical perception, and my musical instinct, I gathered the courage to begin timidly composing. The most daring work I wrote is the Divertimento for winds, and you know very well how difficult and how different it is. In that piece, I did most of my work; it took time and filled me with much anxiety, but I enjoyed it once the result satisfied me.

Damn, five measures or so is enough to tell me you know already how to write for strings. I could probably teach you something about double-stops and chords, but not much else. As the Germans say, Kein Problem! I'll listen to the rest later. You are a fine Neoclassical composer.

Oh, I guess my favorite violin concerto is either Tchaikovsky's or Mendelssohn's.

Well, who wrote perfectly for violin; Paganini? Violinist, play it! Liszt for piano? Even world-class pianists have to leave out a note or two.

I love Beethovens violin concerto. Actually is my favourite violin concerto. 🙂 Ok I'll post my 2 minuets here if you want to check and let me know .

Sure, post one! Even MY favorite composer, Beethoven, could not always write perfectly for violin, so of course I can't either. His violin concerto is a masterpiece, but has too many scales and arpeggios.