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What a coincidence. There are a whopping 24 standard keys to choose from, and we have the same favorite. Of course, in a world with things like the Birthday Parodox, that is perhaps after all not so surprising. It's extremely nice having perfect pitch, isn't it? They say it's a curse, but it's the difference between hearing in black and white, as normal people do, and hearing a whole spectrum of colors. In truth, I can't fathom how ordinary people hear. Apparently, they hear structure--intervals--but do not associate particular notes and keys with any unique qualities. I always wonder how they can even perceive a key change. To me, a change of key is, for example, like going from yellow to purple. But they evidently do not have that experience--for them it's purely about the intervals. I took a genetic test recently which showed that I apparently have heightened musicality from distant Finnish ancestors. I wonder if this is where I get the perfect pitch from. I am not Asian, to be sure, so it isn't related to having Chinese ancestry (Chinese people have a very high rate of perfect pitch, probably due to a mix of genetics and the nature of their language).

Beautiful, haunting theme. VERY dark sounding. I actually think the microtonal version sounds better because it gives off that "ruined castle vibe" a little more realistically in my opinion, and I feel like it accentuates your melody. The dynamics of your stringed instruments are well done.

My favourite key too!!!!!!

My favorite musical key happens to be C# Minor. Soundcloud has evidently caught onto this as seen by the fact that half of the music it recommends to me happens to be in said key. C# Minor for me evokes spiritual depth and drama, and I experience it as generally having a softly glowing sunset orange coloration.

For this piece I made two versions. While inputting the piece with all its microtones into Musescore, it ended up sounding quite bad with all the microtones that I had included (probably owing to the fact that the piece is already quite dissonant without the microtones). So I removed all the microtones and made a version of it that's free of any microtones. That's the 1st version. Then, once I was done with that version of the piece, I went back and made a 2nd version with very light microtonal embellishments, mostly only in the melodic voices and only on minor chords (making them sub-minor in 24TET, meaning I brought the minor 3rd of minor chords down a quarter-step). My intent with using those particular microtones is to make the piece even darker than it would be if it was just a regular minor key piece. But let me know what you think about both versions and which one you like better! I welcome your comments, suggestions, critiques or just observations. Thanks for listening!

Thanks! Yeah, I think I would have a hard time writing an extended piece for brass ensemble too.

Here is my submission:

Here is my submission for this year's Christmas event, a through composed setting of the coventry carol. Enjoy, and let me know your thoughts! Coventry Carol.mp3

That’s delicate, precious and beautiful. I think if you put that in Suno and add some girl singing and tinker with it, it would be super awesome

Thanks maaan. hmm yea lol. I guess to me it would be the final Christmas present when all tragedy is gone forever and its happily ever after.

Hello friends. Merry Christmas! I've spent this December 25th afternoon listening to the entries in this fantastic thread (if I missed any, it was unintentional). I’ve enjoyed it so much. I love hearing different approaches to a specific theme. I'm not much for celebrating Christmas in a traditional way, but I must confess that every year this period stirs up feelings that I sometimes try to capture. So, I wrote this little piece last year, (totally) inspired by Arvo Pärt. Best regards.

I always find it very difficult to compose for these types of ensembles. This piece sounds quite solemn, but it also stirs up certain emotions. Thank you.

Ohhh, so short but so expressive... I'm a huge fan of these mashups!

I have no words, haha. I absolutely adore the style and the period you inspired yourself with. Plus, seeing all the details in the sheet music is a joy. And the music certainly lives up to it. Thanks!

Ohhh, one of my favorite pieces from this Christmas Event! The combination of the three keyboard instruments is very original yet effective at the same time. The presentation and the score are beautiful.

An incredibly interesting brief piece—I'm really hooked. I like the polyrhythm and how well it's put together. I'm not really catching the flamenco rhythm, though (haha... I come from the land of flamenco, so forgive me!).

Sounds brilliant to me. I don't know if I'd say it's that 'Christmas-like,' but then again, that’s completely subjective.

Ohhh, what a wonderful piece! It has such a Christmas feel when the crotales—or whatever sounds like them—burst in. The orchestration is precise and well-balanced. Thank you.

It's a fascinating piece. Composing with these resources is very special. Thank you.

It’s a really lovely piece and it gives me Christmas vibes for some reason. Even if it’s not perfectly written, that percussion set sounds amazing.

A work of symphonic proportions. It’s the kind of piece where it’s a shame not to have more realistic sounds, given how colorful it is.

Yes, it’s a fun piece—too bad I can’t see the score.