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Another piece from 2018, in a style that... well, i'm not really sure. It's got bits that sound classical, bits that sound romantic, and to me some portions even sound more modern like new age, folk or pop. I wrote it in 4 days so everything kind of just flowed. What do y'all think? Any feedback is welcome

I wrote this piece ten years ago, but have just made a new multitrack recording of the parts, so I thought I would share it here. Yes, you are correct. The bass line is being sung by an alto dropped down a well. (GarageBand makes it possible for me to sing all the parts, but I have to use the transpose feature to record the lowest bass notes, which creates a little distortion to the sound quality). The sheep is a genius of place; why would she stray? Here is the homeland. Here, her mother's house. Feed my sheep. Lead them home. Let them rest. Sisters, all among the hills, chanting their Daily Office: "There the rain licks into little pools. There, a dip to hide new lambs." "Take my coat," she said. "You are a guest."

Thanks so much, Henry! I know that parallel 5ths and octaves aren't harmonically exciting when one is looking for independence of line, but that wasn't what I wanted for this piece. I wanted a sense of rain-washed green hills with clear air above, dotted with sheep all saying their prayers to the land together like little nuns. So homophony made sense, and open harmonies, with the sopranos floating above like birds taking in the scene below. And since that could be a bit boring, particularly given the repetition in the text, some changes in rhythmic emphasis seemed wise. The tricky bit is remembering to read ahead so you actually do them, but thankfully, the conductor doesn't have too much to do, so they can free an arm to dictate triplets and other patterns if people are watching. Thank you for your thoughts and I'm glad you enjoyed it! -Maggie

Unfortunately, given how short this piece already is, such textural density isn't just merely accidental, but a properly deliberate design choice. Should the composition in question reach up to more than 3 minutes or so, as is the case for other compositions of such duration among my works, perhaps I would consider temporarily suppressing one or more of the given voices. Otherwise, unprompted rests in the middle are out of the question for me. Fixed, and thank you for your kind words, as well as your constructive feedback.

I've decided to tackle orchestration again, and this time, I've paired it with vocal. I've actually got into this "game" again recently, so that's why I chose to orchestrate its only song with my own preferences. The main theme may sound like it comes from an anime cus it's from a fcked up anime dating simulator lmao The instrumentation is fairly standard: 3(III=pic).2.3(III=bc).2 - 3.2.0.0 - timpani.percussion(glock, xylo, sus.cymb, cymb, trgl) - alto - strings The audio has a lil bit more than the score. It's a transition to a more quiet section, you may recognize a theme that I've quoted from someone from this forum 👀 Anyways, lemme know what you think about it, I'll probably upload more progress down the line enjoy

The name of the program in question is Cantāmus (https://cantamus.app/), a music rendering website originally intended for vocal rehearsals, but which serves my purpose of setting my vocal works with actually "sung" lyrics well enough, so to speak. Better yet, it doesn't even work with MIDI, as it reads the score directly once uploaded to the site as a .musicxml file (which I find rather optimal, given my own bad experiences and failures in trying to get MIDI exports of my compositions to be relatively decent). I also often tend to overlay the final recording of the Cantāmus rendering with the audio file for my composition as sung by the MuseScore 4 MuseSounds Choir soundbank afterwards using Audacity, so as to grant the otherwise crisp and dry timbre of the Cantāmus voices a softer, more mellow sound and a greater sense of reverb.

Hi!!! This a different post from the usual, I trieed making collage art and I kinda liked so I decided to translate it to music! Its my first time writing incidental music but I believe I achieved the mood I wanted to express!!! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NKk3dLrDa8q4Rh_rVZ-36o9bmbVITTU3/view?usp=drive_link

LoL just like me in the last year

Hi Maggie @pateceramics! Oh I love your rhythmic variety here, like the triplets in b.25 or more obviously the 3+3+2 pattern throughout the piece. I also love your harmonies here, those parallel 8ves and 5ths work really well under this context and atmosphere and D flat major, making the music purer and more peaceful! Thx for sharing! Henry

Hi @Samuel_vangogh! This one sounds wierdly soothing with the naughty nonchalant melody plus a consonant accompaniment. I don't know art but I think your music matches the painting much, as the mysterious sound matches those mesmerizing clouds. Thx for sharing! Henry

Hi @BrokenHarpsichord! Thx for joining the forum! You may just post seperate pieces here instead of posting your YT channel with all of your pieces! Which one would you like to gain reviews and feedbacks first? Checking works here on the forum help improve your composing skills very much. As I see your more baroque style, you will benefit from checking works from @Fugax Contrapunctus, @Willibald, @muchen_, just to name a few. Henry

Hi @Alex Weidmann! LoL it's no garbage at all, only Filmscore's "improvements" towards other members' work qualify with this word! I think it's a good new music honestly. It will make good background music in a bookstore to me. Does it sound more random than my 3rd Piano Sonata movement, mov 1 or 2 which are famous for their randomness LoL?? Thx for sharing! Henry

A revisited, revamped and restored version of a little fugue I first composed back in mid December 2019. Given I had only started composing a few months prior to that point, this one was previously riddled with contrapuntal flaws and mistakes of all sorts, the vast majority of which have all hopefully been fully corrected or at least starkly mitigated after this revision. Enjoy! YouTube video link:

Hey Pabio @Fugax Contrapunctus! I can tell this one is an early of yours since there's no adventurous modulation happening in the middle to last sections! Nonetheless I like this one especially after your mitigation, and in my fav. key! Thx for sharing. Henry

Great contrapuntal work! The piece sounds complete, the four voices flow naturally, are easy for the ear to follow, and all are engaging! My only small critiques would be that the four voices might be slightly overused and that a few more silences could make the whole piece feel less dense. Also, I don't think it's necessary to use different types of fermatas in the final measure. Once again, bravo!