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I stood it. It's not bad at all, but a bit directionless to my taste. I suppose that it happens a lot more than I realise with incidental music? I don't know. There were bits that I liked more, others not so much. Again, if I had to point something out, it would be the lack of dynamics throghout the whole piece. A new dimension of nuances awaits there. Hope noteflight would improve the playback system, but it's not that bad anyway if you've enjoyed OSTs from 90s-00s videogames. In fact it kind of rings a bell in that regard. Despite of the seemingly random pauses, the music itself has some continuity. I liked specially the M84-M92. But a question arises: why keeping the key of this piece if it diverts that far away from it? I myself do that as well, but I'm just curious about your thoughts. Finally, I did like the add9 in that Eb at the end. It's a bit contrasting, sounds like the bad trip is over. Regards!

Excelente trabajo, ¡sigue así! 😀 (Bienvenido = welcome (singular) | Bienvenidos = welcome (plural)) ¡Genial! Ánimo con ello y bienvenido al foro Sebastián. Si tienes cualquier consulta, no dudes en escribirnos al privado, preguntar por el chat, o en este mismo hilo. ¡Un saludo!

Let's go. I'll try. Deadline a bit bad to me but I'm sure something can be done.

Very cool arrangement! Do you happen to have the score? Something's a bit subpar in terms of sound, not sure if it's the brass? I think the strings sound pretty nice and the tutti sections sound very nice as well, but at the very beginning it sounded a bit, yeah, subpar in comparison. Perhaps the passages with less instruments are to blame as they are "more revealling". In any case and since I do not know your background or your past works, what are these new things you tried? Are they related more to sound production? Or they're orchestration techniques you learnt? Just out of curiosity. Kind regards, Daniel.

Just when I posted this ⬇️ I've come to read about the substance use/abuse rule. I thereby accept my punishment, m'lord. 🗿

Not sure if it serves, but the thing that probably made me not feel that much uneasy was that there was a constant bass sound that I even perceive as comfortable at times. Maybe some more movement in the bass, subtle but noticeable, would help. Or even some absence of bass at times or a shift in its timbre.. At the end of the day, these are your and only your choices. Maybe this is VERY uncanny for some other listener, who knows (I certainly do not). Kind regards!

Hi Churchcantor, or Robert, however you prefer 😁. It seems that this post went through in silence. Let's fix that. I listened to the first movement. While I enjoy the repetition of some ryhtmic patterns, I think it's too contrasting in terms of material (or it appears so at first) and not very well-founded structurally. At the same time it sounds plain: not a single dynamic marking (maybe I missed some?), almost constant tutti except from some sections where all in a sudden virtuoso-fast passages appear and also a pizz. ending that does not convince me at all. But I just could be wrong, I listened to it twice and more often than not pieces require a bit more to be appreciated, specially if they're ones like you submitted. Some other times I just don't like them, though. It's perhaps harmonically daring or inconsistent in that regard too: a more in-depth analysis would reveal one or the other, or both, since practically everything is valid this days and I'm sure you could justify many of the things I may have heard as "wrong" or "weird" or "misplaced", etc. At the end of the day, almost all that matters is that you yourself feel that the work is decent enough. Several years have passed since 2009 so if you are not fully convinced now, maybe these points I brought here are worth noting (and maybe at this point, you know the majority): • Even if you didn't change a note, a better balance of the dynamics of each instrument would greatly help. • The sudden contrasting sections do not reinforce the stability/coherence of the movement, in my humble opinion they rather weaken it. M17 & M18 appearing in the middle of the syncopated section, so dense and all on a sudden, is one example of such a contrasting section. In my opinion, even if you want an abrupt transition, I think it could be stated better (again via dynamics, but also via articulation or even slight rhythm changes, there are many ways to accomplish this better) both in the "before" measures and in the "after" measures. • I can see the movement can be technically demanding at times too. Quadruple stops... Assuming these ones in the score are doable specifically, are you completely sure you need them to be quadruple? After all, it's not a solo, maybe you can distribute the voices in order to avoid these maybe problematic stops. I won't comment much on the score per se, since I am well aware of the poor layout results noteflight default usually delivers. Not to mention the default midi sounds it uses. Wish you could upload a better audio here, it would be neat... I'm myself not a fan of it, but perhaps porting your sheet music to Musescore 4 is not a bad idea. It's 7 AM here and I really need to sleep, but I am eager to listen to the rest of your work...! Thank you for submitting it here and once again, I am sorry the post got a bit lost. Usually posts with material to be analysed are replied sooner or later... Kind regards, Daniel.

Hi Vonias. First of all: Do you use that formatted text intentionally? It's so difficult to read in dark mode though it's hardly an issue cause I may be the only one using it. Still, it's strange I don't see any filler in the usual mode. Anyway, the soundscape you created is indeed eerie, a bit repetitive but that's —more often than not— a definining aspect of many ambient music. I don't dislike it, and now that I am done with its first listening I can almost guarantee that I got used to it. It's not very tense, I think I cannot find any better term other than "eerie", really. Not even the high frequencies at the very beginning bother my ears. I like the —perhaps tiny— detail of music dying itself and not getting choped with a stop button. Finally, and reviewing my own brief commentarry, I am not certain if my notes could just apply to abortion 🗿. But I can get what you mean. I don't get what you mean by "counterfact" though. Kind regards, Daniel–Ø.

Seems that this time I got aligned with the majority here 🗿. Goooooood, veeeeerrrry gooooooooooooood. We are close to 20 people voting. C'mon guys!

Cool video, but I prefer your Waltz in F minor 🗿 Cheers! 😁

Hi! I must say that the wind blowing is somehow a great companion in this case. The piece played by the carillon feels powerful and eerie to me, and it sure sounds fun to do such a project. Thank you for sharing this, it was the first work I've listened to on YC in a while and I clicked on it right away just because of the carillon. This instrument is so appealing to me. Kind regards, Daniel–Ømicrón.

Very adventurous piece. It's full of life and character! Despite its brevity you managed to contain a decent amount of well done transitions. I just love the ending. Kind regards!

Hi Cash. Impressive. The B&W filter fits with the music I would say, and the video looks really professional. However, a detail: the sound of the piano may have room for improvement. In terms of loudness I think it's mostly alright but the lower notes could benefit of some more volume. I'm not sure if the explanation may be better at the beginning than after the song. I may be used to the reverse order, but probably this way works better for sharing it and it bring more focus to the song itself. I recommend you to upload the sheet music here —or wherever you prefer, and then send a link here—. Some people may make use of it to give better & more precise feedback. I myself usually read the score I'm reviewing while doing so. All in all, this was an intense & brief experience. I really look forward to listen to further works from you! Kind regards, Daniel–Ømicrón.

Hi Jqh73o. I personally think that if anything, they may be motifs (but according to some authors, that would depend on how much present these are in your piece) I would prefer to judge with the score at hand too, but that's my opinion. Can you easily divide your themes or motifs in smaller meaningful and identifiable units? If you can't then you likely found they are motives (or cells, or whatever you call the smallest analyzable stuff). Themes are usually (cause I don't think there's a definition for this written in stone) conceived as larger units of melody made from one or various musical phrases. These phrases in turn may contain one or various motifs. So you may say your excerpts are motifs; that perhaps and only perhaps they are phrases but in my opinion, not themes. Colloquially speaking, though, you will find that often theme == motif. Kind regards, Daniel–Ømicrón.

Welcome to the forums, Musical! That's a very nice idea you had there. And it sounds quite good and fresh. Perhaps it's on my end only, but the bass sounds so dense it makes the piece less light than what the melody and the mood it establishes suggest. Still, you really made things flow, and the ending was so charming. Really glad to have you here and I hope you be around for a long time. BTW, we allow posting .pdf and .mp3 files without hard restrictions. Consider it when sharing your piece. It is sometimes easier for us to review and comment pieces without going outside of the forums. That said, I really found your piece very enjoyable and I think others will as well. Kind regards, Daniel–Ømicrón.