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This is actually written as a quintet. The reason why there are so many staffs there are to accommodate the different percussion sound fonts for each set up only five players needed.

Melodies Themes Motives Harmony Chords Textures Form Development Structure Time Originality Creativity Score Presentation Instrumentation Orchestration Playability Execution of Given Challenge Taste 9.5 9 9.5 8.5 10 9.5 8 8 Average Score: 9

So looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong! You should get upside collosus of prora badge, like extraordinarily existential and huge orchestra. This is funnily fun to listen to. Melodies Themes Motives Harmony Chords Textures Form Development Structure Time Originality Creativity Score Presentation Instrumentation Orchestration Playability Execution of Given Challenge Taste 8 10 8.5 10 9 (too messy because of size) idk... like... 7.5? 5 (great soundscape, but not trio quartet or quintet) 9.5 Average Score: 8. 4375

I see we both like Eb Major for Christmas...

This is quite charming! I would love to see a score of the parts that are orchestrated. If I had no context and turned on the radio and this was playing, I would've honestly thought this was a Strauss waltz. That's probably my biggest gripe with this. I think it's suppose to be an homage to the Strauss Viennese Waltz, but it lacks originality or a unique take on the genre.

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Oh my goodness yes... I'd have to look again. In preparation for the project, I looked up "orchestration books", and it came up in one of the PDFs I found, and I took a screenshot. I have no idea where it came from.

Hello there. Let me provide you a clear review of the first movement. First, you have clear sense on motive creation and how to work with it. I see no issue with that. Secondly, I feel with this sonata belongs to baroque period in the way it uses the motive thorough out. For if this way sonata in the classical style, there would be clear sense of period of sentence form with the primary theme followed by transition that modulates to secondary theme. However, you use the basic idea as way to transition to second theme, which is unique. That is why I think it fits more with in Baroque style (A la Scalati and Bach). I appreciate the modal harmony! That is refreshing to hear vs the functional tonal harmony as a standard. Hence, that is why I also thought it was Baroque. The ending of the made of think late baroque, too.

In your comment following my score analysis last week, you sent photos of an excerpt from a book detailing some orchestration stuff. Kvothe was asking if you know what book the photos were from.

I didn't quote a book, I'm sorry I'm lost

Seeing as my schedule will open up in the next few weeks, I suppose I will participate :)

The output is fantastic, you did a great job with the production quality. But when you post in these forums though, please be mindful and respectful of other people's critiques or opinions. Unless you specifically tell us otherwise in your post, you are essentially inviting us to be critical. And @Kvothe 's observation about your sheet music is 100%. It's clear you sequenced this in some other program though, and it appears you are using MuseScore for the output of the sequenced output. This would explain the engraving issues. With that said, the music itself, is beautiful! It instantly brings me back to the 80s!

This piece of music did it’s a really good job, capturing the quietness and beauty of the given landscape. It’s not really my cup of tea, but it’s relaxing and it gives the atmospheric feeling that you’re actually there. Melodic material. 7.5 Chords and texture 6.7 Structure 7.4 Originality 8.2 Engraving 9.7 Orchestration and playability 7 Execution 9.86 taste 5.2 Total 7.69

I would check out this out: The mist and this: Waltz Those only two pieces. There are other solo piano pieces on here. So stop now while you ahead. I have concert next week! Do you?

The one you quoted.

Very Good Well Done You've Set a Standard that's Hard to compete with.... By using only 3 Instruments, you've been able to create an inspiring, "MOOD".

This is my submission for the Landscapes competition. For my landscape I have chosen this photo I took a few years ago while on vacation on Whidbey Island, which sits on the Puget Sound near Seattle. It's written for Oboe, Bassoon, and Harp. I wanted to capture the quiet, stillness of the moment with music that is very simple and delicate. Morning On Whidbey Island.mp3 Morning On Whidbey Island - Score.pdf

Thanks for the listen and the kind words!

Dear friend, thank you very much for your kind words—I’m glad you liked it. The piano is the Pianoteq 9 plugin. Sometimes the compression or the microphones might not be properly adjusted, so it can sound a bit muddled, but Pianoteq is the best there is when it comes to software. Also, I’m the one playing. I record it using the GarageBand program.

I really enjoyed it. And it reminded me of Ives’s sonatas, although he didn’t improvise. Certainly, given its length and the fact that it’s improvised, it’s phenomenal. It never loses its direction or its appeal.

A beautiful piece that strikes me as being in the neoclassical style. It’s always lovely to see handwritten sheet music. I’m not sure if it’s a live performance or a virtual instrument; these days, anything is possible. The sound is a bit ‘muddled’ for my taste in a style like this.

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you've been on this forum since 2009, and yet i cannot find ANY of your composition mp3 uploads to evaluate ? Even your Your Youtube Channel has ZERO content ? So how can any one take your advice seriously , if there's nothing to judge it by ?

Hey everyone!! I’ve been deep into some bigger projects lately (I actually got live performances of my music and I'm composing even more!), but I didn’t want these melodies to just sit untouched, so I brought a few of them together into a four-part waltz & coda — some sections orchestrated, others still in their original piano form. It’s a bit of a mix of ideas and moments, all gathered into one piece. I hope you enjoy listening as much as I enjoyed putting it together!!