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Have now listened to Steven Stucky's arrangement of this work from 1991, and was pleased to discover it's very different from mine! He uses less woodwind, and more brass, with a far more radical reimagining of the original material (especially towards the end). Also interesting use of tubular bells that totally caught me by surprise! It's a far more accomplished piece of orchestral writing; but I feel like mine is more faithful to the original intention of the work. Anyway I'll let you be the judge.

Anyways, thanks for the feedback.

I thought scherzo meant joke in italian... I planned the notes very exactly too, just saying.

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Allllright.... Interesting. As far as I remember from College, and from my years as a trumpeter prior to that, "scherzo" is usually defined as a piece with a light, playful, yet vigorous style. My interpretation of that doesn't quite arrive at the conclusion that it should be difficult to perform, or rather, in this case, appearing near impossible, or, that the notes are randomly chosen. No intent to insult you at all, I'm simply explaining my perception of this piece, coming from an educated and experienced point of view. I'd urge you to continue writing, but to truly step back and analyze what you've written before you finalize it. Compare it to other works as well, in terms of it's overall form and structure, as well as the shapes of your phrases within the music. I'm sure you'll come to find that there are things that you did not realize before, and that could be altered to create a piece of music that you can truly be overjoyed at! Thanks for sharing 🙂

Hi to all. Just wanted to post an orchestration I've attempted of Purcell's "Funeral Sentences". Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this was originally written for SATB choir, with timpani and a quartet of trumpets. Here I've arranged the piece for full symphony orchestra. Not sure if it's been orchestrated like this before, but haven't heard any other versions in this instrumentation. I used an old midi file as the basis for my score: so some of the trills and drum rolls look a bit strange. Think they sound more realistic like this though: so it may not be such a bad thing. Haven't bothered with slurs, as the score is designed for midi rendition only. (Also have noticed I need to correct my spelling of D major chords.) Hope you enjoy!

That is exactly why it is a scherzo.

Mr. Tristan... 😅😅 Piggy-backing off of what Henry said; I'd urge you to use the visualizer tool that Musescore.com has built into their interactive score window. Here's a screenshot of your piece in the visualizer. Idk about you, but that appears to be quite... inhuman to play. 😅😅😅 Almost like the notes written weren't chosen with any rhyme or reason. I look forward to seeing what you come up with in the future. Take your time, and really discover what it is that you want to "say" with your music!

Ah, I understand now! And don't take my words as judgement of your skill, at all. I hope that wasn't what was gathered. I didn't know this was written so long ago! Figured this was a newer score being shared as recent work looking for improvement. Thank you for the clarification.

Thank you so much again for your nice words. Im doing my best and making the music that express myself. Thanks again .

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Ah no wonder! Your playing is the element I really enjoyed, your music was really brought to life. You're quite the player!

Don't know how I missed this Sounds great! Always love your work And keep us updated if you get hired for anything really cool 😄

Hello my dear friend. Thank you so much that you like my music. The piano is VST from pianoteq8. Here I use petrof mistral. So I recorded myself with pianoteq8 plugin. So what you are hearing is me playing and use pianoteq8 sounds.

Man, this seems incredibly difficult! This piece seems like an experiment or something, but you have a lot of really cool ideas. It's a bit hodge podge to me, like a bunch of ideas thrown together that don't quite fit or don't transition well. However, like I said, your ideas in this are cool. This would be something if it were my piece that I would take ideas from and build new pieces out of! Regardless, was a fun listen, even if I didn't quite know how the piano parts would be played in certain spots 😄

Dude I can't even tell if this is a real piano or not. If it's vst, what is it? The music is really enjoyable, thanks for sharing!

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Thank you my friend 🙏

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Very nice, and I love the "classic" look of your manuscript!

Nice piece my friend. I like your counterpoint. Well done

Well, I didn't write this directly into Noteflight, though I can do that now but only with a piano piece, but Three Roads was written on paper, May 8-12 1999, I actually dated the manuscript. This is a classical guitar part even though it is played on an electric; chord indications and tab are not standard in classical guitar published music. This is a chromatic and harmonically adventurous piece, it was just the poem, really, I wasn't always writing like that in 1999!

I like the overall texture of this piece. A few concerns. The Guitar part; Not many guitarists can read sheets like this. Tabs would be preferred, and if not tabs, all chords used across the score should be indicated (like this) for the guitarist to play along. Also, I noticed at M. 67, I have no idea what's goin on there with the ensemble, but it's definitely out of key between all the parts. lol Made me cringe a bit, if I'm honest. At M. 44, it appears that you're attempting a modulation there to another key, as from that point, accidentals are everywhere... While I didn't have much time to review the score to determine the chords / key being utilized, I'd highly suggest reviewing that area to make any corrections in accidentals that would be necessary based on the chords/key utilized. Fun piece, but much notation work could be accomplished to better polish what's written. Also, I'd highly suggest upgrading from Noteflight to at least MuseScore studio or something similar. Noteflight imo is a pain to use... Just trying to use it to determine the chords in those 4 measures for you was a pain in the rear... 😅

For those of us who use MS Studio, they've rolled out a Massive update as of yesterday evening. Here is their video explaining all changes made Quick overview: Input duration can be controlled with Midi keyboard alone count-in while playing active Added Euphonium ($14.99) and Handbells (+Handbell input symbol panel) (Free) sounds via muse sounds improved Linux VST3 support Added new methods for hiding staves Piano Guitar Vocal (PVG) Support More Engraving options More Font Support Workflow updates Accessibility Support Updates

Here another of my latest compositions. One of my favorite pieces… The title Echoes may be relevant, but I felt that even though the piece is short, it carries dynamics with alternating crescendos and decrescendos, recurring motifs, imitations, and with its intense character in C-sharp minor it can justify the title. In any case, regardless of the title, I have a special fondness for this piece, and it fully expresses my musical state of mind. I hope you enjoy it.