AznKnight

Thank you for the kind words. I hope to put out music as long as I shall live haha.

You've challenged my perception of key signatures and I have to say, it's made me chew on the topic for the past day or so. All the points you've made have been fair and I thank you for sharing them. It's definitely a point worth considering and I'll have to chew on it some more for future pieces. For now, I think I'll stick with the 2 sharp key signature on this piece as my formatting process usually takes a good while haha.

Hmm now that's interesting. Do you know of any other examples of old composers who have done that? I'll still have to stand with my choice. I'm more inclined to stay in B minor as that was the key I was imagining in. I will say though. There's a section that temporarily has F# minor as the modulated key and having 3 sharps would make sense for that. I guess the conversation could be moved to considerations of key signatures for different modes. I still hold that it'd be easiest for a player to recognize the mode if the key signature was closest to the mode's scale degrees with the pitch centers being the same. Just from looking at the sheet music of my piece, I would think it'd be easier and quicker for a performer to recognize it as dorian compared to it having 3 sharps, which would take more time to recognize imo.

Hi Henry. Thank you for the kind words. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I kept it in B minor to accentuate the use of Dorian throughout the piece. In my mind, Dorian is a brighter minor sound that also sounds whimsical and quirky at times. Changing the key signature to 3 sharps wouldn't be helpful for the player to recognize the use of mode. Yes that is me haha. Tried my best. I think this was the 3rd attempt to record it.

Hi there. I'm a new user to the forum. Thanks for having me. Here's a nocturne I wrote earlier in the spring. There's a scorefol.io link as well as a YouTube link. Cheers! https://beta.scorefol.io/w/5DO85q8czo7lzAXOSZDZ Fog Nocturne [score].pdf