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Hi TherealAJGS. Nice drrrrumset! It needs a bit (or a lot, depending on how tolerant your ears be) of production cause there are parts where the sounds turns into a wall and it gets perhaps too muddy —Maybe that's your thing, though—. There's little dynamic shift apart from the one belonging to the instruments being present or silent into the piece which BTW, there are prolly more than five, right? I won't consider the score, I just took a look and it's a mess, only two staves, missing drumset (or worse, drumset into the parts with tuned instrument notation), and we could go on and on! But don't worry about it. IF you're interested, you may learn bit by bit, sooner or later. Imho score engraving is something interesting and worth learning. Music theory of any kind is as well, but you probably know that and I don't wanna be that guy! Now, the piece itself after 2-3 listenings seems a bit over the place to me. The arpeggio-motif is almost always present as some kind of glue but following that metaphor I think there's an excess of glue on the whole theme. It's like when you add so much ketchup to the burger that the burger ends up becoming ketchup, but with some meat. Combine that with the, again, lack of dynamics aside of "volume dynamics" (in terms of number of instruments) and prolly automatic sound normalisation and you get something with lots of room for improvement. It has potential, yes; the part in which you get the drumset going is awesome, and I would have liked more of that. But I believe it's raw and unpolished in terms of sound, but also in terms of structure. The beginning is also good. The ending, though, did not convince me at all. The halloween-ish sound, well you did include harpsichord and organ, but it sounds to me more like the tune for the local boss of this region (beta version), which isn't bad either, at least in my opinion. Thank you for submitting your piece and for participating in this little cozy informal contest :). Kind regards, Daniel–Ø.

Welcome to the forums! You can comment anywhere you want as long as you follow the rules which are basically common sense (welp I didn't read them but they're probably not so strict)! Regards!

Welp man, this is a full horror medley. Very cool ending, nothing to complain about, maybe some automatic overlaps in the score here and there but these are tiny details and it's not like I spotted many. You fully captured the feeling, that's undeniable. And the more I listen to it, the more seamless it feels and the more coherent its parts become together. Nicely used harmonics in the "B part". this ain't just "here you go, some effects" and call it a day. It's a very difficult (or so it seems) but solid scary dissonant quartet. My favourite part is this somewhat cantabile melancholic melody you manage to do in the middle of this dissonance of a quartet (in the good way) that leads again to a B' (because of the triplets). And let me mention again, the ending is very solid, very cool. I don't quite get the title, so it's a 4/10, sorry... 🤑 I'll vote for you Kind regards!!

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@Tunndy what great start to piano writing. Below, you will find feeback, and I hope helps. Harmony: You've piece in Gb flat major, which is probably a hard key to read (especially if you have double sharps and flats). I feel if you transpose it G to F it would make easier for young musicians to read. (Think about that). The harmony is entirely diatonic: I, IV, and V. It would be easier to read if we had waltz pattern was in the bass and melody in treble. Melody and motives: The motive of chords is nice book end that begin and ends piece. The middle, however, needs a melody. Something that says: Hey this new! Form: As a short piece, it is well done. Over all: there are things to improve upon. I feel that is composition has room improvement. Maybe you have understand core ideas, slowly move to advance ones.

HI @BipolarComposer May we please see the score?

Hi @Tunndy! I think the piece is in Gb major rather than D# major! D# major doesn't really exist as a key signature as it would have contained 8 sharps with F double sharp! A funny waltz with the running notes figure, and you can definitely extend both ideas! Henry

Hi again man. I took note of all your comments (and @Kvothe's) and prepared a second edition featuring a score pretty much like I saw it in your examples. System dividers + rehearsal marks have been added. The other parts are reduced. I maintained my usual engraving style but added most of what you mentioned in the Piano+ part. I didn't abuse of rehearsal marks because they were on top of the already present measure numbers. Best regards!

My God Kvothe. Didn't see your other scores you've put but no matter what but you made my night sir. Many thanks! This is my intention: when I put the pedalling like that, pedal should go up and down a just a bit after the first note of each bar sounds, while you're still sustaining it with your finger, so there's gonna be ideally close to no emptiness. Doing it on the 2nd or 3rd beat like this would produce the same thing , it would sustain 3 notes too, but not the three I want sustained at the same time. Very subtle, though, I could have gone with any other pedalling and it would have prolly worked more or less as good. Yes, at least that should be the case, though I guess it depends on the piano and the room as well. It may have been too much so I cut it down a bit, thanks for the heads up! This is very true, but I hoped the score itself to be easy enough so violin players could do it without issues. I've had another look at it, thank you man. I added an ossia in the only part where I see this very problematic, as in other switches you either have silences or morendo.

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Just a reminder for everyone that the competition doesn't close until Friday October 31st, 11:59 pm PST and more music can still be submitted by then! The following people have declared their intent to participate but have not yet submitted music: @ferrum.wav @Wieland Handke @Micah Do you still intend to submit music before the deadline?

I'm not going to go against you Henry, for some of my old pieces (some of my favourite ones) I no longer have the scores for some of them, the pieces that I would like the most to have with scores, I don't know if there is any solution for this but anyway, so where do I ask for that if want some my pieces to have a clear and actual score (because I don't like so much some of them but I would like to for some specific ones)

Well, if you want to have others playing your pieces then a score is definitely necessary. Even if it's just for your self enjoyment, a better scoring and engraving will help clarify your own thoughts towards your piece and will definite affect your final result of writing! Henry

I'm not actually that interested for it, I have the result of it, if anyone is interested to make an actual arrangement of my pieces they can let me know so I will do it for the piece they want to. What about you, what's your honest,opinion for my music?

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That's great, how?

As the clock strikes twelve on All Hallows’ Eve, a spectral symphony unfurls. The music begins with a whisper—creaking doors, rustling leaves, distant howls—then erupts into a cacophony of gleeful chaos as ghouls, goblins, and shadowy tricksters flood the night. Twisted melodies dance and clash, conjuring a world teetering on the edge of darkness. Just as the forces of mischief seem poised to claim dominion, a ray of light breaks through the gloom—pure, radiant, defiant. The dawn breaks. The music transforms: birds sing and jubilant chords celebrate the triumph of light over shadow. The world exhales, bathed in warmth and renewal, as the final notes ring with hope.

Everyone on here, who has experience, can help you with creating a score. 🙂

You will not be satisfied with my score and there's a reason I don't post it, take this oneMY_MUSIC_224_20251028_005832.pdf

MP3 Play / pause MY_MUSIC_224_20241018_091605_AudioVerb 0:00 0:00 volume > next menu MY_MUSIC_224_20241018_091605_AudioVerb > next We cant rthis with out score

And that's a wrapped: I have finished my scoring for this contest. Thank you everyone for your entries. 🙂

Entry: Bagatelle Nº6 @MK_Piano has mentioned wider margins around the score would give the score a polish look. Only a half point taken away, in score presentation for that. In the violin part, you want provide the player time from pizz to arco and vice versa. They will thank you for this! In the opening section, where the piano descends, it might sound to muggy with the sustain being held down that long. Also, it is probably wise to pedal down beat in 3/4. (just a thought). Thus, this will be score an 8. The execution of the challenge was meet it was within the time frame. It was scored for the correct ensemble. 10 The piece was original and creative. 10 The textures of the pieces were homophonic but yet there was polyphonic textures: everything came to together. 10 Overall the piece has melodic and motivic material and form that flows naturally and logically: 10 Average score: 9.6 very good Melodies Themes Motives Harmony Chords Textures Form Development Structure Time Originality Creativity Score Presentation Instrumentation Orchestration Playability Execution of Given Challenge Taste 10 10 10 10 9.5 8 10 9.5

Good evening everyone, I have decided to practice my counterpoint skills: I will be going through species first. Then, writing pieces that are not fugal (dances and such). Then learn fugal writing. I would appreciate if you provide feedback. That way, I can correct the mistake I have made. Thank you.

I dug through my old musecore files, and found what I think to be my first composition, from four months ago Op. 1, No. 1 – Miniature in D♯ Major.mp3 Op. 1No. 1 – Miniature in D♯ Major.pdf

maths... again...