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Revisiting old pieces again... as you'll see on the score this was from over four years ago. This is the first in a series of etudes for various instruments I've done. I quite like the harmonic language in this piece, so I might steal it for later pieces... maybe not so arpeggiated, though.

Oh right I know what you mean. Thanks for the advice I'll try and address those areas for improvement.

And measure 14 sounds like an abrupt stop.

Thanks mate for listening and your comment :)

I wrote this piece before Martian Procession but posted it afterwards. Listen to this piece and tell me what you think. I used a ton of my Korg prologue and sequenced a lot of drums. Follow me on Instagram @wind_player1. Check out my Sounds.com content for sax loops and samples. Also email me at cjrhenhome@gmail.com for suggestions and requests for content. Thank You!

^^ the handbook is pretty easy to follow - easy enough to get this: If the stroke-through line is important I suppose you could just draw a line through it.

maybe this will help you: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/grace-notes I am not exactly sure what you are asking, but the grace note palette can be found directly underneath where it says "palettes" if you are looking for more ways to write that. Maybe instead of writing 16th note grace notes on a set of 16th notes, you could consider writing sextuplets instead.

@Youngc thanks I honestly was not expecting anyone to enjoy it.

Seriously, that could be used in a short film horror film!

Put it in your "Ideas" folder and keep it for later. Actually I don't have any "ideas" folder because most of the time I just title ideas as... "idea". But my compositions folders are organized according to the period of creation (by period I mean... new level in musical development, last time I opened a new folder was after the first time an orchestra performed my piece) so they look that way: but you might consider creating an "ideas" folder. When I can't come up with a new thing I just look for a project named "idea" and start from there.

In the Baroque period a prelude was an introduction to something (Prelude and Fugue....). In the Romantic era, the prelude became a standalone piece, often short, rhythmic, and "improvisatory". I think your pieces fit in that concept. The three are nice. You stay in a tonal (safe) background, I mean to say with no further explorations. On the other hand I think the counterpoint is consistent.