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I think I posted this one in the past, however, whether I did or not doesn’t matter… lol I wrote this arrangement something like 2 years ago. At that time, after having decided to revisit it, I believe I wasn’t all that great with harmonies. I’ve decided to re-voice the chords in this score, and have utilized some of my new playback sounds to create a much better listening experience with this one. Let me know what yall think. I believe I’ve been able to embody the patriotism, and somber nature of what the bugle call Taps was written for. taps.mp3 taps.pdf

duuudee i just read about this on a book as well and i already fumbled on this piece lmao. but yeah, i also agree, the accompaniment patterns are monotonous and definitely one of the primary subjects of revision!!! need some punctuation and need to highlight the peak of phrases more often thanks for the feedbacks @Henry Ng Tsz Kiu !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have a few ideas, so I'll write them down. 1 - Groover: I like the sound of the word 'Groover'! Although there are some rhythm-related badges already, it would be cool to have one specifically awarded to creators of tracks with that groove, like in jazz-fusion or funk. It would be fun to hear more groovy tracks on this forum. 2 - Meticulous Composer: Literally, a badge awarded to those who submit a piece where every element, such as DAW playback, performance articulation, and panning, has been meticulously crafted. 3 - Gentleman: This is a bit different from music. However, I think kind members are important to the community. So, it would be great if someone who has been treated kindly gave something back to that person. 4 - Synthesizer Master: To everyone creating amazing sounds with synthesizers! An icon resembling a small Moog synthesizer might be a good idea, something that’s instantly recognizable as a synth. 5 - Mixing Master: To the creator of a track with amazing mixing! 6 - Stimulator: This badge is for creators who spark inspiration in others, whether a track sparked a new idea or motivated someone to start creating. It’s awarded to those who serve as a great source of inspiration for the community members. By the way, how about introducing a system where members can anonymously nominate someone for a badge by simply providing their username (the person you want to give it to, with an @ symbol) and the reason? I imagine some people might want to award a badge but feel a bit too shy to post in the "Award Request Thread." It’s a shame that such great badges exist but aren't being used very much! Best, Lithl.

For those who don’t speak French: “Dear fellow composers, this message serves as an official declaration of my participation. I am delighted that my theme was selected as the winner. I'm sure you'll all love this French poem and I can't wait to discover the music you're going to compose!”

Hi! First of all, before anything else, I want to say how amazing this forum has been for me and how friendly and helpful the community is. This is the only place where I truly feel I'm getting the kind of feedback that helps me grow as a composer. Thank you all for that! Now for the music. I wrote a piece that explores the idea of Classical clarity being gradually corrupted by an unknown force. As the music unfolds, the familiar structure and stability slowly break apart, transforming into something different. There are a lot of little details and ideas I tried to communicate through this piece, and for the last few weeks I don't think I've gone an hour without thinking about it. Naturally, I feel very connected to it, and I'd genuinely love to hear your thoughts and feedback. YouTube link Score Movements: 0:00 Allegretto 1:44 Adagio 3:28 Andantino Corrupted Sonatina.mp3 Corrupted Sonatina.pdf

The members have voted in the poll and decided upon a theme for the next competition - "From Nothing, to Something"! This competition has no monetary awards - only kudos and badges. We are inviting the members/competitors to review and to participate in the creation of the badge awards that will be dispersed at the end of the competition! So if you have any ideas for particular badges that would accord with the kind of music that will be submitted for this competition and the theme of this competition, let us know in the List of Manually-Awardable Badges thread and we will take your ideas into consideration! Please reply to this thread to declare your intent to participate in this competition! The winners will be determined by popular voting polls! The duration of each piece should once again be between 3 - 7 minutes. Reviewing the entries will once again be spearheaded by the members/competitors at large. You are free to use the Official Competition Reviewing Template or you can review the entries in any way you see fit or create a template of your own making! Thank you for whatever time and effort you are able or willing to give towards reviewing the competition entries! There will be tiered "Ardent Reviewer" badges given out for this event: Featherweight Reviewer - for reviewing 33% of the entries Welterweight Reviewer - for reviewing 66% of the entries Heavyweight Reviewer - for reviewing 100% of the entries We are instituting a policy of not allowing any AI generated works in the competition. Because of this you will be required to detail how you created your piece and submit a PDF score or midi file for the perusal of the staff and members at large. The musical entries to the competition are final once submitted. This is for the sake of consistency of reviewing (so that each reviewer reviews the same piece of music without any changes). Instrumentation: As per the poll, the competitors will be tasked with writing a piece for a mixed trio/quartet/quintet of individual instruments/players/singers. Deadline: As per the poll, this competition will take 2 months, so the deadline to participate will be Thursday, September 24th, 2026. @MK_Piano's theme for the competition can be found below: What greater challenge of a composer than to take nothing and turn it into something! Your goal is to take the text from Paul Verlaine’s summer poem “Donc, ce sera par un clair jour d'été,” (So, on a bright summer day it shall be) and turn it into a piece! This poem is short, but filled with evoking images of the season of summer. It is read as a love poem, and Verlaine felt the winds and sun of summer amplified the affection he felt for his admirer. When you write, we ask that you focus on what summer brings to you as it did for Verlaine. Using this text, you must create a musical work that best captures the sensation of summer. What was nothing but words on a page, will be turned into a beautiful work of music by your hand! Attached is the poem in English: So, on a bright summer day it shall be: The great sun, my partner in joy, Shall make, amid the satin and the silk, Your dear beauty lovelier still; The sky, all blue, like a tall canopy, Shall quiver sumptuously in the long folds Above our two happy brows, grown pale With pleasure and expectancy; And when evening comes, the breeze shall be soft And play caressingly about your veils, And the peaceful stars looking down Shall smile benevolently on man and wife. The poem in French and English Entrants to the competition thus far: @MrBelegro @Fruit hunter @Ninja Nolan @Kvothe @TristanTheTristan @MK_Piano @Matthew M @GMoneywroteasong @therealAJGS @Musicman_3254 @Some Guy That writes Music @UncleRed99 @Wieland Handke @Mooravioli Here is the submissions thread for the competition where participants are encouraged to post links to their composition (rather than posting their piece directly into the pre-existing topic - make your own dedicated topic so the members at large can review your music there):

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Hello everyone, I humble present to you my entry for the YC summer competition. The competition was centered around this poem: Donc, ce sera par un clair jour d'été | Song Texts,… | Oxford Song. To me, when I read this song, I imagine a harp, piccolo, and harp playing together. The images that came to my mind were flowing classical melodic themes mixed in pentatonic moments. I try to capture the mood and aura of the piece the best I can. I hope you enjoy it. Summer's Day.mp3 Summer's day pdf.pdf

Thank you, currently i'm not planning to add a pavan. But i could add one later!

Hello! I have been wanting a libretist to compose my first REAL opera. I only have worked on smaller musical dramas before. I work in the style of the late renaissance up to the early and mid baroque. Do you have any librettos in that style?

Hello, I've found your stuff on youtube before. I enjoyed your music then and I also really enjoyed this piece. When your music ends...there is a sense of longing for a bit more. Personally, I don't get that often from most music... I am someone who listens to some classical music here and there and has some classical training on piano. Enough to appreciate it, but probably not enough to be able to analyze and understand the structures/conventions of the time period. All I can say is that if I listened to your music and listened to some of the greats from Mozart/Beethoven, I really can't tell any different. You could have posted here your piece was a brand new manuscript from the 1800's from a major well known composer and I would have believed it. Your music is really quite something. I wonder if you ever write music in other genres?

A very interesting piece. Although I don’t quite grasp the idea. I’m not sure if you mean that it begins with a movement that sounds very classical and then takes a few twists and turns. The second part seems to take a stylistic step back, as it sounds pre-Baroque with unadorned lines and a modal sound (perhaps Dorian F).

Hello @UncleRed99 The slow, rich underlaying brass lines provide rich harmonic counterpoint to the trumpet tap part. It so somber, yet so bittersweet. I can imagine this being played when they lower solider down in his grave. So sad but needed at the correct moment. Sometimes, music is there to remind that death is always tragic, but it brings a peaceful closure to one's man heroic journey.

Excellent ..................You Cannot improve on "Perfection"...............no alteration needed,or required

My intent is to participate, however, I can make no guarantees. But for now, consider me an entrant to the event :)

Hi @L.S Barros ! I enjoy this piece! Will you add a Pavan before it too? Henry

Hi @ferrum.wav ! I like the fast section in the middle, and I do think the composing technique is up to your standard of your past works. However I don't know why but I have to agree with @Some Guy That writes Music and @MJFOBOE that the piece is a bit monotomous to me. Maybe it's about the colour thing: previously your marvellous works are all orchestral pieces so there are a lot of colour to play with, but in chamber music setting you have much less color to change and have to focus much more on the overall structure of the piece. Although one thought is that the repetitveness and monotomy of the piece represents how the daily life works. It's my subjective comment of course and nitpicky tho =.= Thx for sharing! Henry

That's a neat idea. Except that this would not be a manually awardable badge but based on a rule (10,000+ reputation). The other problem is that right now the highest reputation held by anybody on the forum is @Henry Ng Tsz Kiu's at ~2,000. 10,000+ reputation seems like quite a lofty goal if nobody in the whole history of the website since the early 2000's has ever achieved it!

how about, "better than th..." oh nevermind