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Thank you so much! I enjoy focusing on storytelling as a key element when I compose. It's really one of my driving forces behind the pieces I make. I've considered trying out MuseScore. I currently use FL Studio. Rcently found out how to change the time signature for a project, which yielded my first experiment with a time signature other than 4/4 in the song in my comment replying to PeterthePaperComposer. But yes, it also doesn't allow a change in time signature within the workspace once the project is set. So instead it'd be using a workspace in 6/8 but placing notes as if it were 4/4 for example to "change time signatures". How was the transition from a DAW workflow into Musescore for you? I don't know how to write sheet music, so, that's always been one of my concerns. Most of what I do is instinctual based on what I've learned so far. But I am always looking for ways to better my composing and workflow!

After a bit of a dry spell, I finally finished this piano sonata which is intended to be in the Mozart/early Beethoven style (I'm a big fan of Beethoven's early sonatas). I had finished the first and third movements awhile ago and only recently finished a version of the second movement which I am still unsure about but welcome any impressions.

Thank you so much @Rich, I really appreciate the nice words! I was not considering expanding it (I am always reticent to expand works as I am afraid of making them worse). However, this is becoming my favorite piece the more I listen to it so I am considering turning it into a large ternary form. Adding a contrasting binary/ternary theme in the major mode or maybe the VIb and then repeating this section (but shorter). However, I feel it is still above my level so probably I will take it slow and try to come up with a continuation and compose it without rushing. I hope I can make it some day! I did not know Janacek but I listened to his "Idyll" while working today and I really enjoyed it! I will give it a listen again one of this days, it had quite some beautiful moments. I really like your suggestion and I agree it would probably sound better. That said, the midi file plays the accent too loud so in a real performance it would probably sound softer (but still loud, though). Maybe you are right and it is probably better having a softer more dissonant chord. I will give it a try in the future to see if I find something that I like and does not disrupt the lyrical flow. Thank you so much for your comment!

Thank you for the warm welcome and a response! I am currently playing in a jazz band and have taken inspiration from a few pieces already. I am just nervous that I'm going to take too much inspiration and end up accidentally stealing someone else's work. I'll definitely post any updates I have! Thanks!

A beautiful piece---worthy of expansion. Somehow reminds me of Janacek's writing for string orchestra--the Idyll. Very nice. I am not a fan of the forte exclamation---perhaps a slightly lower volume long dissonant chord? --this seems to break a wonderful, enchanting mood that I would jeaolously guard.

Hi Layne. I think you have a good facility with counterpoint in your works, and some interesting dissonant harmonies. You're also very good at creating an atmospheric soundscape, and musical storytelling that takes the listener on a journey. I've had a similar issue with lack of tempo variation, as I was using a DAW that didn't allow for any changes in time signature or tempo within the same project. More recently though, I've begun using MuseScore as a starting point for my composition, which has no such drawbacks.

@AngelCityOutlaw, I'm aiming for a week before Halloween. I'm almost done with the video, and when I am, I will send emails out.