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Thx! Yeah I do put a lot of effort in this one I have to admit, im order to speak out things I wanna speak long ago. I do hope to write something more unique as I actually never know what my style is! Thx! The philosophical thinking lingers in my mind at least 10 years I believe when I was reading the Chinese Philosophy Classics, and also guided by my Philosophy Professor who is a student of the Grandmasters of New Confucian School, Tang Chun I and Mou Zhongsan. I may not really know their philosophical thoughts, but always feel myself inspired after reading their works, just like after reading listening to a great piece of music or reading great literature. I just try to write what I feel towards Tao here, plus my own experience. I think it will be very difficult to have it recorded or even performed, so now I don’t have the plan. I know the work can be difficult to play, and it’s too long to be performed, as groups now only prefer much shorter works to perform. Henry

Hi @Chemathmusician0510, I agree with @danishali903, the piano shouldn’t just repeat what the strings are playing, but instead have its own part. I wouldn’t go as far as calling the music basic since I think it does display some good chamber music part writing and counterpoint, but I may add more interaction between the instruments and allow other instruments to play the melodic role as well. The piece sounds quite Baroque for me even with those dissonance, because of the drive of the outer sections and the Trio sonata slow movement like middle section. Thx for sharing! Henry

Hi @NicholasG, I like the vibe in it. Maybe one thing is that the clarinet section should be placed above the bassoons? Thx for sharing. Henry

Hi @Layne! I like the beginning augmented chords. Then starts from 0:50 it starts to sound like a film trailer with those chasing rhythm underneath. I feel like the abrupt start of the chorale melody in 1:47 a bit abrupt for me, maybe add a transition between the two passages? The ending does sounds sinister again with the augmented chords and that dissonant ending. Thx for sharing! Henry

Hi @danishali903! Like this arrangement! Love the English Horn very much. Yeah especially when the horns and trumpets are playing with the mute it sounds a bit off haha. Thx for sharing! Henry

Are the results posted?

I am the cellist but I do have some other unfinished pieces with cello melody

I thought it was a great piece. However, a score is definitely helpful, so maybe consider using notation softwares for the actual music before mockup?... (just a thought). I loved the marimbas 🙂

Firstly, I think the audio rendering doesn't do this piece justice. Everything sounds too muddy, and I can barely hear the 2nd violin and viola parts coming through. As to the String Quartet vs Piano Quintet, I don't see the value of having a piano added since it seems to be doubling what's going on in the strings. Leaving this as a string quartet piece would be more logical. Your string writing isn't bad...but it's very "basic". Each instrument/part seems to have a pre-defined range, and the music rarely goes in and out of that range. Maybe throw the melody to the cellist in its higher ranges, or have the viola play something other than this accompaniment role: I also think the transition to the trio section (somewhere around bars 80-82) can be a little more developed, as the trio (bar 83) is VERY different from what came before....just a bit jarring. It might work better, and be a little more interesting, to have that section in a major key. Otherwise, a bit more counterpoint material can help as well. It just sounds very homophonic at the moment. Last comment: The outer sections could use dynamic and phrasing marks.

Waltz 062725 2 - Full Score.pdf Waltz Qrartet Demo 063025.mp3 This is one I've been working on for a while. I was trying for section something like Tchaikovsky's Valse-Scherzo but lighter for the first section. The mp3 is only string quartet for now. Might have a recording latter, but in the meanwhile. Enjoy!

Yeah what's this lol

What did I get myself into? This descending circle of fifth of dominant chords with extensions has the 3 dim minor 7ths (6 tritones) going downwards and 4 aug chords going up. Result of me trying to voice lead increasingly complex dominant chords.

been working on a Choral-Orchestral Theme and variations on a two motives D-F-E-C and G-A-F-E Way to much stuff that I want to compose in the future though

Hi all! I'm back with a WIP progress piece that I am calling The End of Things - Suite. This has been composed in FL Studio using mostly the Symphony Series Instruments! The ending is unfinished as I plan to go back into a version of the theme from the beginning of the piece. Would love to hear some feedback and what you all think about this piece so far! It's been another foray into experimentation...much like my last piece. This time aiming to try new methods with harmony and building themes...as well as furthering my percussive usage when it's needed. Overall I am loving branching out of my "Compositional Comfort Zone" and trying some new (and often rewarding) things. Parts of the piece have a frantic, almost chase feel to them, others are sinister, and some are more heroic. Overall I wanted each section to feel like part of an End Credits suite...but that all felt like they belonged together in the same project...much like themes in a movie. Hope you all enjoy the listen and looking forward to your feedback! The End Credits WIP - Layne Lee.mp3

I am also working on a set of variations and mash-ups on themes not written by me (from a famous videogame). I am using so many themes at once that I am also feeling unmotivated lately to work on it. It seems like one of those never-ending snowballing out of control projects. I hope that I'll finish at least one part of it. I think because of my ginormous orchestral project, the next thing I'll want to write is a piece for 1 monophonic solo instrument accompanied by 1 polyphonic instrument (like the Dreamscapes contest rules). It would be a nice change of pace. And if I manage to write something "dreamy" then it will be all the more interesting. Besides that I was thinking of writing my own variations of more of the themes from the "Bits to Bangers" competition, since I already did the "Harvest Moon" Piano Quintet. I think I majorly prefer working on previously written video game themes, and if not that, then I prefer for my own music to retain a VGM style or media purpose to it somehow.

Am working on an Orchestral Variation on @PeterthePapercomPoser's themes. That's going to be my first orchestral piece and also first variation piece. One third of it has been finished but recently just sort oflosing the motivation a bit. I wanna write 2 serial piano pieces, and my life time goal would be to write a Choral Symphony using Chinese Poet's Du Fu's poems. Maybe I feel too tired working on many music these few months. Finishing a Piano Sonata, my dream the String Sextet which I feel so grateful to have finished, a Violin Sonata and a few piano pieces, maybe it's time for me to slow my pace down and absorb more music again. Henry

Thank you so much, Peter! I always appreciate the feedback. I had not thought of the BTTF theme comparison, but I completely hear it! Thanks for listening! I have been working on a piece (still VERY WIP) that I am planning on sharing here in the forum. Did more exploring of tools, settings, and more and have produced what I would describe as a suite. Haha! Will share soon!

Thank you so much! This was a big step out of my comfort zone for percussion. Glad you enjoyed it!

What are you working on at the moment? What do you still want to compose?

I'm here to ask, am i doing alright? Does anything need to be changed now before I continue the piece? I've fixed everything I can see but I'm not sure if there is more. Does it at least sound cool consistently? I'm going for an epic vibe. I also wanted to add, the oboe solo is the main theme

Thank you HoYin! I've been studying the effects of surprise in psychology. It was believed that a sudden attack in music after tranquility helped release the "bad spirit" or troubling memory. Anyway, I can't wait to have it performed live. If you know any ensemble willing to perform it, let me know!

Getting back into composition from a long hiatus, I decided to orchestrate a piano piece by Claude Debussy. The piece is a movement from his piano suite Estampes titled La Soireé dans Granade (Evening in Granada). I'm still not too familiar with Debussy's piano music as a whole, but this suite definitely piqued my interest in that genre. I wasn't aware at the time, but several high profiled figures have orchestrated this movement (and other movements of the suite), and I did avoid listening to them so I don't copy them. Link to the original piano composition: The audio quality is a little meh...this is the last piece I wrote before I switched out of Finale/Garritan to Dorico/NotePerformer. Any feedback is appreciated!

Thank you Henry for your review and observations. Indeed a compound meter in the time signature of the 1st sententia would have been a good alternative time signature. I will keep that in mind in future works.

Hi @luderart, The texture in these 3 Sententiae reminds me very much of the parallel organum, and I like the serious mood in it. For me the time signature of the 1st one may be marked in a compound meter so that the triplets signs can be replaced? Thx for sharing! Henry

Hey Pabio! Very nice canon! This one is more rhythmic and really moves the music forward. Thx for sharing! Henry