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This is so unique in such a familiar format. I see see this representing a chaotic character for sure! And I don't think you're using microtones here but for some reason it sounds like you are lol. Very fun to listen to, and great job at keeping it interesting throughout.

Hi, I don't know about Jewish influences, maybe the phrasing suggests that. This could be related to Finnish 20th century romanticism (such as Oskar Merikanto) or finnish folk songs (unless I'm mistaken).

@therealAJGS so far i've finished 9 variations, theme, 1 - 5 is the first section, 6 - 9 is the 2nd section (9 is just an orcrhestration of "The Legend"), and after is the finale, which i haven't started anything yet. the whole piece currently sits at 17 minutes. i plan to do 3 - 5 rapid ones after the 2nd section.

how many variations are you going to make?

Lovely and simple

Sounds great at least for as much as what the title suggests. Jewish influence?

Thanks Peter, I'll give that a try. In the meantime, I've made a few tweaks to the piece, and added some extra material. Hopefully this makes the transitions sound a bit smoother.

Also some description of Variation 3: It's in 3/4. Tempo will be a metric modulation: the quarter note will be the same length as the 8th note from the 2nd variation.

Yeah I really want to emphasize the note repetitions and use the toms again, also the motif at the end with the xylophone is the transition towards the next variation. I'll be using that motif a lot (comes from the first 5 notes of the theme, and is the first 5 notes of "The Legend," whose materials appear a lot in "Dark Sanctuary," makes sense in the context of chapter 4). Dude you've been consistently commenting on my progress and I appreciate every single one of 'em!!!!

Hello my friend @PeterthePapercomPoser Thank you so much for your attention. You are totally right. Schubert and Schumann are the composers who influences me most. But in general all my compositions my goal is to create my own voice through my influences. Also my sonatas in Binary form is where I think my own voice shine. Inspired from scarlatti sonatas I put also and my other influences. Mozart , schubert etc . So my goal is to write as many I can . Ill try to post some of them today and Ill be glad for you to check it. Yes I play all my compositions . I have pianoteq8 plugin so I record myself through garageband 🙂 Thank you so much again and I'm glad that you like my little bagatelle 🙂

This one was intended as a kind of character piece. Honestly, I was watching the new season of Wednesday Addams and the music from the show inspired this. LoL There's dynamics in this that hopefully a Clavichord would be better able to perform. Thanks to @Alex Weidmann for his input about how to get the Violin to play classic phrasing rather than portamento! I would appreciate any kind of feedback, comment, critique, suggestion or observation that you may have. Thanks for listening and I hope that you enjoy!

wait how is this possible.. I had the same idea but instead of ghosts experimented animals. I'm going to make a horror game out of it. (the same one "this song took me 2 months, here's what happened" and "horror" was from)

Very good! Make a symphony out of the thing!

Hi! thanks for the reply. I kind of am but with the two instruments at the start i tried to give the illusion one of the instrument's melody's was different than it actually was.

Only Weber could write for clarinet. A bit of late Mozart and Brahms. Carry on!

Hi @therealAJGS! This sounds really spooky and unnerving because of the harmony. It seems like maybe you are combining sounds without really any regard for what harmonies they might create together. The harmony is what makes the mood/vibe of the song what it's meant to be, not the instruments or the samples. It does sound kinda ambient though with the high reverb. Thanks for sharing!

Hi @shirz! I didn't hear any mistakes in the beginning. I definitely can imagine it orchestrated and it kinda reminds me of the epic and heroic main theme from Chrono Trigger that plays after the title screen. Although I think in an orchestration, there should be some kind of change of texture to give the ear a break from the constant bass notes. Leaving some parts out at strategic places for a pause would give a welcome relief. Great job and thanks for sharing!

Hi Mark @MJFOBOE! I really like this! I love the Mixolydian simplicity of the melody and the easy to understand lyrics! Maybe it could use a chorus in another key? You could build it from extending the ending bit but perhaps in a whole step higher or lower for contrast? Then you could go to that chorus in between each of the verses. It would give the singer a little bit of break from having the sing the whole time since there's rests in it. Great job and thanks for sharing!

I told a carnival music themed AI fox to give me music.

Hello @Vasilis Michael and welcome to the forum! There is a Schubertian or maybe Schumannian quaintness to this bagatelle! It is classical/early romantic through and through. The harmony is always bringing variety and seamless transitions. And it sounds like you played this yourself! From your YT channel I can see that you already have upwards of 50 piano compositions - it's quite modest of you to introduce us to your music through only one composition, and perhaps such a brief one in comparison to the others! Do you perform all your other compositions as well? Great job and thanks for sharing!

The Abduction of the Coyote? Reminds me of the PDQ Bach parody of Mozart operas, The Abduction of Figaro!

Well, you might not want to hear my WW Qt movement from college, but I could revisit the form; perhaps add a guitar...

BTW, this is not a Rhapsody for orchestra, but the first movement of a symphony. Read it and weep, but I know.

You certainly like your Mahler! One can learn orchestration from that guy by only listening and studying the score! It's how I learned, not from College Orchestration Class.

Where did you study? This is good.