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Another prelude in my set of 24 for each key. A very short one this prelude capturing my interpretation with C# Major. short and too the point but beautiful while it lasts. please leave thoughts down below.

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This is a good point and part of what has made me hesitant to judge in the past. I don't have a degree in music, and I only have one orchestral performance experience under my belt. I consider myself to be, essentially, a somewhat competent amateur -- which makes it difficult for me to pass judgment on those who are more experienced or educated in the field than I am. That's why I'd like to be the "organizer" for this competition! Yes, that would be great. What about a deadline of 11:59 PM Pacific Time on Saturday, July 18? That would give the entrants roughly a month and a half of composition time, and we could have the results announced by Aug. 1. That is, if enough people agree to the terms of the voting system.

Besides, if it entails judgemental feedback, I'd need to be sure of the bona fides of the judges, their own competence in composition and orchestration - preferably they should have had some experience of preparing an orchestra/ensemble to perform their work - or a solid basis in sound organisation. One at least would lean toward the classical, another to modern, perhaps another to electroinic/concrète. Otherwise feedback would be irrelevant (to me, anyway). I doubt there are more than three or four here who'd fit that bill. But it could still be judged, just that any feedback may not be qualified. My tuppence worth. .

I like the idea of the popular vote and I'm willing to curate it (and not compete). How about this: every competitor submits their work by the agreed-upon deadline. Then, they have two weeks from that date to message me their choices for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place -- NOT including their own submissions. Three points will be awarded for each 1st-place vote, two points for each 2nd-place vote, and one point for each 3rd-place vote. At the end of the two-week period, I will tally up the results of the vote and declare a winner and a full listing of the results. Does that sound good to everyone? We could also add a clause that would require all contestants to submit a few sentences of feedback for every other competitor in order to qualify to win the competition. That way, we don't lose the feedback aspect of the competition. @Monarcheon @Tónskáld @Quinn

Thanks for the reply! also I appreciate you've noticed how I'm improving.moving through various tonalities is an area where I do need to improve on. Generally these preludes are more of an exercise for myself for working in each key and determining my feel towards them. as such I'm writing them very quickly and just writing what come to my head. when I go over them and improve them It will be as a set rather than individually. Of course thank you for the feedback!

This is a very exciting prelude, and I think it displays well your growing prowess in meandering through neighboring tonalities. In particular, I enjoyed those cadential dim7 chords at m.3, for instance... made the piece sound extra 'stormy.' There were a couple of places that lacked a convincing cadence, though, at least to my ears. At m.9, that descending run through a C harmonic minor scale atop a block C minor chord was too musically abrupt. While this may have been intentional to add to the character of the piece, it came across, to me, as a mistake. You could probably continue the stepwise pattern down from the previous measure (which ends in a tremoloed G in the bass) to F then Eb then D, and this will, I think, provide a better cadential feel than the immediate switch back to the tonic. (You'll need to adjust your notes in the treble clef, too, of course.) Measures 13-20 proceeded too quickly through various tonalities for my tastes. I would suggest either doubling the amount of time spent in each tonality (Eb in m. 14, for instance) or getting rid of some of those chord progressions altogether. Nothing about this section felt 'wrong,' however. It just seemed to be a quick departure into major tonalities for the sake of departing into major tonalities. Overall, though, you've done a great job here. I look forward to hearing more of your stuff!

Hi guys, I'm new to Young Composer's. I just had one of my pieces recently recorded and I posted to Youtube. I'd love for you guys to take a listen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMBLrWS7mhg&feature=youtu.be I hope everyone is doing well and hanging in there in these times! J

Lol XD..... I am a Tuba player.... I ain't complaining 🙂 Thanks though! 🙂

To this point, I can only say: I hadn't ever been as confused in my fugue-composing experience as I am right now. It's the third fugue I've been able finish in a single week, and I still can't understand why is that, having been in utter stagnation for almost three months before. Anyways, I'm really glad I have now been able to finish this one, and hopefully I won't turn into lack of inspiration back again, so that I'll be able to continue composing at this rate! By the way, I was hoping in case anyone could give me some insight on whether this is a fugue or an invention. As far as I intended it to be, it lacks any form of countersubject (I think), so I'm unsure whether I should continue callling it a fugue or rather turn around to the term invention instead. Also, hope you listeners like it, of course! EDIT: improved the final cadence.

Thank you very much for such a quick response! By the time I had just finished posting the fugue I saw your comment, but it was nearly 3:00 am and my eyelids felt like slabs, so I couldn't answer immediately. The main doubt was whether the lack of a fixed countersubject could affect the terminology in regards to this piece, but it seems to me you're right, so I probably won't be changing the title anytime soon. Also, to some extent I felt like the cadenza was a bit off, since I'm no keyboardist. I've seen plenty of Bach's keyboard fugues (particularly those lacking a prelude preceding them) with similar virtuosistic flourishes, so I decided to (failingly) imitate them. I don't think I'll remove it though. In regards to the block, I've been already able to check myself how much of a good solution to go outside for a walk is, and to be honest, personally I think that might be the reason why I've gotten to finish all of these fugues in a single week (having recently gone for some walk nearby), as earlier restrictions were slightly ameliorated were I llive. And finally, again countless thanks for your review, and hopefullly I'll be able to compose more often as time goes on. Thank you!

Thanks a lot for your comment! I personally don't feel the first part off, just the tempo makes it seems more constrasting. The E minor sections are all based (including the part on major relative that is on the same section) on the same motif, and if you pay attention you can see how the voices work together to develop into that final section.

This is a prelude I am working on, and haven't finished yet. I hope you give me ideas to complete it.

Great job! It sounds pretty epic

Sort of a Rachmaninoff-ish piece. It's much longer than anything I've written so far, and I sort of feel that the repeated A section at the end gets somewhat boring. Would like some feedback on how to expand this even more. It's usually the transitions that make it hard for me to write longer pieces. Thank you!

I like the evolution that the end before the final little flourish at the end where it is sort of prelude like. You are very much selling yourself short. I would certainly call this a fugue as at least to my ears there is development of the ideas and how they move around. and this has a brilliant and very clear use of the initial theme in the bass, which I love. it seems with each fugue you write I enjoy them more and more! honestly other than general impressions on the music I am not a good enough contrapuntist in order to actively critique this piece.I enjoy it very much though of course. best of luck in overcoming the block. If it is to do with quarantine I recommend going just on a short walk through a nearby woods or something. if possible of course.

I like the piece. But it sounds a bit monotonous because of three facts: the melody is almost constantly based on the same motive (with easily recognizable variation), the pedal notes, the unchanged left hand pattern.

Nice! I really like the chords used here. Transitioned really well into the legato/pedal section, which is something I always have trouble with

Really like the contrary motion at the beginning Good work! The choral previously mentioned is a really good idea, and you could also do a part similar to the part you have now in a major key, (d flat major perhaps),because preludes often contain one musical idea that is developed.