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Dear all, After the "Halloween" music, I decided to start a larger set of works - the Festive series, which is a collection of music for festivals in my home place. I started with Double Ninth festival, which is quite close to this year's Halloween (29 Oct). Regarding the work, Double Ninth Festival - Hiking on Mount Qi writen for Ensemble and Voice This is a work under the Double Ninth festival, also known as Chung Yeung Festival, is a festival that reminisce our ancesters and dead. This work is writen based on the work 九日齊山登高 by 杜牧 (Du Mu, 803-852), a Chinese calligrapher, poet, and politician who lived during the late Tang dynasty. The lyrics are as follows, Double Ninth Festival - Hiking on Mount Qi - Du Mu Translation by the composer Autumnal scenery spotted on water with wild geese heading south, With wine pots, I climb up the lush contryside with friends. Hey, just laugh in all the difficulties, With chrysanthemums in the hair on the way home. Guzzle in the name of the festival, instead of climbing up and sigh for the sunset. Living short as people always were, Why should we weep at the mountain like Duke Jing of Qi? HoYin

WOW!! That was incredible -- wonderfully done Your writing for the ensemble was just lovely. I would love to know what originally inspired you to write this piece. Also, do you have any books on orchestration you'd recommend?

It is possible that I had it muted in the mixer lol I agree, but I'm not exactly sure how to add rubato in on muscscore Yes, still working on this and deciding what dynamics I want where Yikes lol I appreciate the feedback; the piece definitely needs more work. I would love to write some more melodic material, but I love that theme so much that it's hard for me to write new stuff without being drawn back to the same intervals and the same lines.

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Hi @olivercomposer! Honestly I don't think it's plagarism! Using hexatonic keys is very common in film music! Henry

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🎵 Hey guys! 🎵 I hope you are doing well. Can you help me a little bit? I'm working on a piece of music that I want to break down in a video lesson, but the chord progression is so familiar to me, as well as this simple melody. Is this unintentional plagiarism, or am I just experiencing earworm déjà vu from common chord patterns? I know it's not perfect in its current state, as it's still a work in progress. Thanks for your help!

Thank you. Yes, John Adams is my biggest contemporary inspiration.

I am a simple guy. I see tarantella, I dance and give like. I've recently made one too but it has a harpsichord instead (not sure if you're using clavichord here or harpsichord actually, this does sound much like a harpsichord). In any case, I liked it a lot. You never fail to deliver man! My kudos.

This is great! The sound quality is really nice too, you've come a long way in your mixing/production. Well done, definitely captures a gothic feel. I'm not too familiar with the clavichord, but you got a really bassy low end out of your samples, it sounds really good. Thanks for sharing!

Awesome, looks much better now 🙂

Great! Also thanks for providing score, it's a practice that despite not feasible in some kinds of music, it is always appreciated because it allows (at least from my POV) to better get the pieces. Regards!

Thanks for your review Daniel. Regarding the previous soliloquies for organ, I had posted them all but they were from before 2016 (actually 2013 and earlier) and so they belong to the list of posted compositions that got deleted once the new version of the website was introduced sometime in late April - early May 2016. To be sure I had reposted some of my 181 posted pieces with the tag "Old Pieces". So I might repost some of my soliloquies for organ No. 1- 6, hopefully soon.

Made drums in FL then IMPROVISED all else while recording to DAW. Most isn’t pianoroll or prettyfied afterwards. Wanted emotional presence captured right off the MIDI keyboard. Most used was FLOSS VST hybrid synth SURGE XT: https://surge-synthesizer.github.io/

Hi Luder. I liked this one more than the seventh but I feel some imbalance that does not convince me. The piece doesn't seem to end right to me despite of its little development (and thus little need to work much on the ending). Plus, I would say it's the 5-bar phrase and its inner structure somewhat sets me off, not because there's anything wrong per se in 5-bar phrases but as I say because of the (2+2+1)+(2+2+1) inner structure that doesn't work for me in this case. Can you link the other Soliloquies for organ here? Thank you in advance. Kind regards, Daniel–Ø.

Thanks for pointing it out. I changed it in the score and uploaded the revised score.

Wow...this is awesome!! Very fitting for the competition, and so much color and technique. The Bach quote was clever 😄 Great job man, wonderfully written!

Here is my submission for the competition:-

Dear all, Wow - that's an interesting topic for me - Halloween - never wrote a piece for an festival. To make this work more relavent to the work, I did some research to understand more about Halloween. Anyways, here is my thoughts writing this work: I have always known very little for the Halloween festival. To many, Halloween is a festival that focuses on pranking, customing and candies - but there is a long history with mysteries around Aos Sí, the Irish name for a supernatural race in Gaelic folklore, similar to elves. Here are some information from different sources: - Every year, Samhain is celebrated on 31 October – 1 November. During this liminal time, when the boundary between this world and the Otherworld thinned, Aos Sí could more easily come into this world and were particularly active. Aos Sí were appeased to ensure the people and livestock survived the winter. The souls of the dead were also said to revisit their homes seeking hospitality. From 16th century, there is a tradition in Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man and Wales, where people going house-to-house in costume reciting verses or songs for food. Some impersonated the Aos Sí, or the souls of the dead, and received offerings on their behalf. Often, a man dressed as láir bhán, a white horse, and led the younf people for the activity. If the household donated food it could expect good fortune from the 'Muck Olla'; not doing so would bring misfortune. "...In 19th century Ireland, "candles would be lit and prayers formally offered for the souls of the dead. After this the eating, drinking, and games would begin"." These history and myths formed the basis for the plot of this work. HoYin

Cool music you got here, do you only have access you mobile? On a PC or tablet, there's way better programs for free you could be using 🙂 Thanks for sharing, and welcome!

your piece is in F minor, you should use flats

I declare my intent to participate in the competition.

Mhmmmm, mhmmmm, mhmmmm, mhmmmm, Mhmmmm, mhmmmm, mhmmmm, mhmmmm, This might be a song you don’t want to hear, but I’ll sing it anyway. Looking in the mirror, I’m greeted by a stranger’s gaze, Stuck in this maze, My head feels like it’s going to explode. I wonder if anyone else feels this way, Caught between who they are and who they show, I see the twisted smirk on your face; You’ve haunted my soul for some time now. I can’t embrace you—everyone would laugh and judge. But I don’t care anymore. I’m breaking these shackles and chains, No more hiding. I still have broken pieces, But I’m not afraid to put them back. I’m learning to accept the parts I tried to hide, Letting my true self finally show, Looking back in the mirror, I realize I should’ve done this long ago. Song written by Brianna Hex.

This is my Soliloquy for Organ No. 8. Like my Soliloquies for Organ No.s 2-7 and my two sets of sententiae for organ, it is composed for organ manuals only. Here is the link to my "Soliloquy for Organ No. 7": https://www.youngcomposers.com/t47956/soliloquy-for-organ-no-7/