Henry Ng Tsz Kiu

Hey @BrokenHarpsichord, I have checked out your Duet for oboe d'amore and bassoon no. 7, you may take care of the following points: Counterpoint: Since this one is in two part counterpoint, beware of the parallel octaves in b.2 Instrumentation: High register bassoon will be hard to play the mf at the beginning or f at the end since double reed instruments play softly on high register and loudly on low register. Nice try, thx for sharing! Henry

LoL just like me in the last year

Hi Maggie @pateceramics! Oh I love your rhythmic variety here, like the triplets in b.25 or more obviously the 3+3+2 pattern throughout the piece. I also love your harmonies here, those parallel 8ves and 5ths work really well under this context and atmosphere and D flat major, making the music purer and more peaceful! Thx for sharing! Henry

Yeah those octaves running are causing me pain in a fast tempo lololol! Yeah I just try to write in a simple way in all four piano pieces of the same set, because I am way too complex finishing the whole Sextet and it's too heavy-loaded to keep talking matters of lives and deaths lol! Henry

Haha. I don't think I fully recover, but at least I can respond now after finishing my recent Violin Sonata! Thx for your good wishes Alex! Henry

LoL! I like how I achieve the funny effect with the quote of the tonic notes for each piece of the set lol!

Hi @Samuel_vangogh! This one sounds wierdly soothing with the naughty nonchalant melody plus a consonant accompaniment. I don't know art but I think your music matches the painting much, as the mysterious sound matches those mesmerizing clouds. Thx for sharing! Henry

Hi @BrokenHarpsichord! Thx for joining the forum! You may just post seperate pieces here instead of posting your YT channel with all of your pieces! Which one would you like to gain reviews and feedbacks first? Checking works here on the forum help improve your composing skills very much. As I see your more baroque style, you will benefit from checking works from @Fugax Contrapunctus, @Willibald, @muchen_, just to name a few. Henry

Hi @SpaceGuy! I will respond to the first mov first. The beginning of the 1st mov sounds like Mahler's 2nd to me, I like the brass fanfare. The woodwind passages after it provide a good contrast. The modulation of G minor-Eb major-G# minor-B major in 1:18 sounds quite good! I love the contrast you bring in at 3:50. I like the theme in 5:15 too, sounds a bit like Beethoven Ninth's Ode to Joy to be honest. I like the clarinet after it too. I personally think the development section is a bit too peaceful for the later recap in 7:33. Maybe add some drama in it (in my personal opinion)? However I like your recap! Although some reorchestration will be a nice variety! The F minor section is very interesting. Maybe for me the transition to F minor to G minor can be made more dramatic like adding some tremolos? The lydian influence from C major to G minor sounds nice but to me the final outburst of G minor sounds a bit abrupt personally. I think the outburst can be prepared with a gradual crescendo and intensity, instead of a sudden sforzando and modulation, but that's just my personal opinion. Maybe you can provide the pdf score and/or your self analysis of your own music here, so we can have a deeper look of the music! Thx for joining and sharing your music! I will check the other movements too in the future. Henry

Hi @user011235! You wrote it in 4 days?! That's kind of amazing. Speakng of the music, I for sure like the classical/early romantic style of the music. The modulations are wonderful too. For me maybe you can add much more slurs to both instruments especially the violin, since I think it won't play that much notes without legatos even under styles, especially in expressive spots like b.316! Also, the very high pitched pizzicato, like in b.203, sometimes sounds a bit uneffective for me, as they sounds really spicy and disappears really quickly. Thx for sharing! Henry

Hi @Alex Weidmann! LoL it's no garbage at all, only Filmscore's "improvements" towards other members' work qualify with this word! I think it's a good new music honestly. It will make good background music in a bookstore to me. Does it sound more random than my 3rd Piano Sonata movement, mov 1 or 2 which are famous for their randomness LoL?? Thx for sharing! Henry

Hey Pabio @Fugax Contrapunctus! I can tell this one is an early of yours since there's no adventurous modulation happening in the middle to last sections! Nonetheless I like this one especially after your mitigation, and in my fav. key! Thx for sharing. Henry

Hi @Layne, I have never watched Star Wars but I find your arrangement quite cool, even though I have never heard of the original theme. At least to me much better than the long amiss Filmscore. Henry

After joining YC I have quite a lot of experience playing my own pieces now, though only by recording with only myself at the piano without an audience. Yeah this is exactly why I record my own piece with my own interpretation. I played my ( ) piano piece back in 2012 because it was to be submitted to the Exam Bureau and I found the trill of the Sibelius rendition disgusting, and the rubato was very unsatisfactory, so I recorded the piece myself. Even though it's full of slip, the recording is full of emotion and honesty, and I heard from my teacher that the piece's recording was played in Teacher's Seminar and those teachers were in awe of my playing which is full of slips haha. Playing my own piano pieces gives me a chance to polish the details further because music play by hands is much different than Augensmusik or Öhresmusik. I can prove this piano music can really be played. Also, even though the piece once composer is not belong to me exclusively, the interpretation from the original composer is important to know. I have also played through all Vince's @Thatguy v2.0 12 Piano Preludes. He did mention I brought in something he didn't think of before (at least not ruining his pieces haha). Actually when I receive reviews of my pieces I always discover something I have never thought of. No one ever plays my pieces haha, tho @PCC once arrange my piano piece Moment Musical for Organ. I would be excited if anyone plays my pieces, especially my Piano Sonatas, haha! Henry