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@PeterthePapercomPoser Below you will find my review for your chorale Taste: This piece seemingly uses two traditional Christmas chorales. We can hear how one lead into the other with no hiccups. The general audience might not notice the subtle transition, but those who perform it and the carols will. This will be great piece for concert. Instrumentation: The string accompaniment provides harmonic support for the vocal. We do not hear strings often. It is often an organ. But organs cliche. To answer if this playable? Playable is not correct word. Singable is. Yes a choir can and should. The score can easy to read and follow. No issues here. Others have mentioned: it reminds them of ET 3 or Mozart or Haydn. Those great choices, but homophonic texture with harmonic language reminds of Tchaikovsky; and maybe beethoven?

This is an accompanied recitative in the late Baroque style. The text is taken from Goethe's Unbregrenzt (unbounded). I have also attached the aria "Nun Töne Lied". These form a recit-aria pair, part of my WIP cantata.

Valid point. I thought, maybe, starting at species counterpoint might be easier. 😉

Unfortunately, I was not able to join this round. The holiday season is busy for me: traveling to see family. However, what I can do, is review member compositions that are not related to the competition. That way, my reviewing activity help in other means. I want to 1:1 ratio for me. I hope others will follow my example. 🙂

Hello Jonathon, A very passionate and stormy work, beautifully delivered with your well-executed playing. All those octaves, arpeggios and runs are quite impressive, I have to say. This sonata reminds me of the romantic era with it's programmatic nature; I can clearly hear the motifs inspired by your 5th sonata. My only gripe with the piece is that it seems to get a little bombastic from m. 201 -209, especially since you have a loud recapitulation. Perhaps, a contrasting section or build up maybe better, in order to lead to audience into the recap. Those are just my thoughts though. Great work on this, I can tell a lot of effort was put in, both in the composition and playing.

It's impossible to say where to start without knowing where you presently are.

It will be way too early to learn counterpoint if you cannot read score and know the basics of music theory first!

I have book recommendations: 1. You'll need solid ground in counterpoint: Getting Started with Species Counterpoint: Williams, Victoria: 9798296673176: Amazon.com: Books Convertible Counterpoint in the Strict Style (Classic Reprint): Serge Ivanovitch Taneiev: 9780332047874: Amazon.com: Books Counterpoint by Walter Piston (1947) Hardcover: unknown author: Amazon.com: Books Knowing counterpoint, will be your first stop. 🙂 After that, you can move on to harmony, form, and orchestration.

Hi @UncleRed99 I can hear with this piece could lead to. Your A section is slow. You have homophonic textures and short piano section that creates interest. This is not half bad. Also, the percussion, chimes to add color. I feel that middle section (B) could be faster and have different thematic material and textures. Romeo and Juilet overture does this well: it starts with chorale section. Then slowly builds to A section that leads B section. ABA is the overal structure. 🙂

Hello everyone! I know it has been a while since I have upload a piece of music. That's because I went to balance uploads with reviewing, and sometimes I might be busy with my own compositions. This piece I am sharing with you is a solo piece for piano. Here is my goals this piece: 1. A short piece no more than 1-2 minutes. 2. I want to a write a piece a minor; however, you do not hear tonic. 3. It uses dissonance to establish dark, foreboding mood 4. You may think...Mussorgsky? Maybe? 5. Uses a short motive through out the piece to create variations. I can not think anything. Let me know what you think. I used to Audacity to render the wav to a mp3.

I think that is possible: no one ever anyone seriously if they use AI. Midi mockups have to approved by studios before sessions musicians (if there is a budget) can see the score. In a concert works, professional score has to be delivered with parts to the director and the librarian. AI will not cut it.

I was just looking up the Cantai thing you've been talking about. I don't know that it's "AI" in the way that Suno and the others are AI. It seems like a more advanced version of Noteperformer and sample-based synthesis that allows for cloud rendering. But the main distinction is that it can actually play back the sheet music you give it. Music-generation platforms like Suno can't so as expected, OP was full of ѕhіt I do think that if AI stays around and gets to the point that it can actually realize an accurate orchestral (or other) mockup from MIDI/sheet music, it will be over for sample library developers. At least until AI collapses under its own weight, which I still think is probably inevitable.

So here's the difference between Cantai and Suno @Vonias 1. Suno: it is pure AI. 2. Cantai: it is similar to note performer, but it uses real voices. Yes that is right. One has to audition to be part of the team. NP used to be able use third party VSTi but the license expired. Midi mockups are fine. (Heck, if one can even a live performance in time...that would be amazing). But please no AI. My recommendation is: use cantai or have a live performance. 🙂 @AngelCityOutlaw Said: AI would force companies (Musio, VSL, Eastwest, Spitfire, etc) to close. These companies used real musicians and singers for their products.

Right, so we can safely write off the idea that you "composed" this piece.

No, I used Suno. I think it was the 5.0 model's audio input, with 100 % audio influence, 0 % Weirdness, and 100 % style influence prompted as "Chorale."

Yeah also from what I heard from you in discord, learning how to read and write on five staff would be necessary for you to compose later on. Basic music theory, for example from this book will help: Elements of Music (3rd Edition): Joseph N. Straus: 9780205007097: Amazon.com: Books Henry

Meh...

Do you play an instrument?

The texture gets so thick but I love how it sounds consonant throughout. For some reason I'm reminded of Home Alone when I hear this haha, I love that movie. Wonderful music Peter, it definitely is stocking stuffed full of holiday spirit. Merry Christmas!

Beethoven Sonatas 29 and 30, Most Bagatelles, and Symphony 9 (Liszt Transcripted) Chopin Concerto 1, Polonaise Fantasie, Mazurkas Op. 59 and Sonata 3 Rachmaninov Concertos 2 and 3 and Variations on a theme by Chopin Prokofiev Concerto No 2

3rd Transcedental Etude. (Paysage (Landscape))

Thanks! I can't figure out what you mean by "3rd TS"? Google says it might have something to do with 3/4 time signature which I don't think is what you meant. Or that it could have something to do with the Three French Hens in "The 12 Days of Christmas" song? Thanks for your review!