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This is something I composed. Intent on actual performance. Climax number one is not good. The rest is mid. The logistics work out though for the percussion. I used Noteperformer playback cause I was too lazy to put it into a DAW. Feedback would be appreciated.

Hello! This is my first post here and I wanted to share a piece of music that I finished last year. The "A Cradle Song" work is a collection of pieces using the popular poem "A Cradle Song," by William Blake. This setting of the first stanza is the prologue to the entire journey through the poem. I wanted to capture a sense of a sweet and wondrous in the beginning that introduces theme of the work. I also wanted to simulate the feeling of a warm hug--almost as though one can feel the cradle of a baby in their caregiver's arms. The warmth becomes a beam of joy and curiosity as the voices reach up to starts like moony beams. However, where we arrive still leaves a question at the end for what lies ahead. As this is the prologue, it is the shortest piece of the bunch. With all that said, I wish you a wonderful listening experience and any feedback is appreciated.

Okay making this post is a pretty impulsive decision and I hope I'm not intruding, I discovered this place today. In summary: I'm 15 years old, and I've been trying my hand at composing for around a year and a half now. I've written a handful of pieces I'm proud of, mostly for string orchestra. I'm a former violin player turned french horn, but I would consider myself having a much better understanding of strings than wind instruments (when it comes to composing). In my free time I'm also writing a book that is currently in the revision stages, and the plot of that inspired my newest piece. This is my first time truly writing for a full(er) symphony ensemble (there are missing parts right now, like tuba, that may never get added because I tend to write for sound, not playability, though if anyone has tips for that please please send them my way!!) and I'm trying to really develop my style and just improve my composing overall. Right now I am struggling with not exactly how to end this piece, but more of how to get there. It starts with mostly percussion to set the vibe, followed by an explosive entrance of the rest of the ensemble (0:57), then a softer melody (1:49) (there's more but I'm listing this for context). To end the piece, I intend to write just cellos playing that softer melody introduced earlier (in a different key I believe) with the recurring chimes over the top and probably other various percussion sprinkled in there (with attention on just the cellos). The melody will end and the piece will conclude like it started, with just percussion and a final chime hit. However, I have no clue what to do to get there. The attached recording ends with a callback to that earlier melody, but from there I've tried probably five different versions, none of which I like. My goal was to write one final "heroic" melody with a minor twinge to achieve the proper mood effect, but I ended up adding brass over the last string part at 4:39, so maybe that could be the height of the piece instead? I do really like that part. If anyone has any thoughts, any comments on anything in the piece, tips for compositional work, structural work, anything at all really, please let me know! It can be as long or as short as you like, I just would like help. I've never posted my music online before, know barebones music theory at best, and have a horrible ear for this kind of thing. Thank you in advance!! trial 2 incomplete.mp3

I made this composition while testing a virtual organ i really liked back in the day, its for 2 villagers as the title suggests but it was originally for Violin and Soprano. Since musescore can not render lyrics and AI sites that do that are very pricey i decided to just change to the villagers. Enjoy! ❤️

Originally I wanna reply all at once but when I was replying my boss was coming so I stopped LoL… I’m shocked to know that you find this sonata better than my Sextet haha, but for sure I appreciate it! This one was composed in a happy time, and all those clever things I did it with zero thinking as I just wrote what I want then with no planning or attempt to use technique at all! Maybe only for the 4th mov did I finally try to use some techniques. But here I just wanna write simply by emphasising the beauty melody I thought of. Henry

I've finally gotten around to writing some of the kind of music I've been dreaming of - microtonal video-game music! This is for a hypothetical video game that I might make myself some time in the future. I thought that microtones would lend themselves very well to creating the kinds of moods necessary for video games, especially RPG's (which is the kind of game I want to make). This particular track is meant for a lava cave type of level. The instrumentation is 2 Oboes, 2 Bassoons, French Horn, Timpani, Bass Drum, Synthesizer, Electric Distorted Guitar, Violins, Violas, Cellos and Basses. The tuning is 24 TET and I pick and choose occasional sub-minor 3rds, super-major 3rds, as well as super-major 6ths and near-tritone intervals. I'd appreciate any kind of suggestion, critique, comment or observation you may have. Thanks for listening!

Yo Peter! I think the microtone well fits with the lava setting, as I imagine the “normal” in tone notes are melted by the lava so they are turned to microtones lol. That electric guitar is cool enough and I imagine Vince playing it while shaking his hair LoL! Wait what I have the same imagination as you did lol. I type the things above BEFORE I read this. Thx for sharing! Henry

Hello @lemon, Welcome to the forum! For me it’s because the quieter passage lasts a bit too long after the climax in b.45. Like you I love that cello melody near the end, but it’s contemplative, and it would be strange to contemplate when nothing happens before it. Before it there’s maybe f dynamics but they aren’t climax because of the motion and rhythm, they aren’t moving as much as the climax which ends in b.45 which I really like the texture. I think you really have the b.27 texture recurs again as the climax before the cello melody. Or another way: you can build from that cello melody and add intensity with semiquavers as you did in b.27, before entering the coda in b.116. Thx for joining and sharing your music! Henry

Bar 50? I thought that's like at the middle of the climax.