UncleRed99

This is about the overall consensus of what I would've said had I been here earlier. lol However, I'd like to add, that this score is quite repetitive, and sort of irks the ear after hearing the same thing so many times over. I also am having a hard time pinpointing any specific key that you intended the music to be in. (Seems Atonal, or keyless. Perfectly OK choice, but I'm not so sure it makes a lot of sense, in my head. That's likely due to my way of seeing music. So that point is on the whole, irrelevant.) Melodies Themes Motives Harmony Chords Textures Form Development Structure Time Originality Creativity Score Presentation Instrumentation Orchestration Playability Execution of Given Challenge Taste 6 3 6 9 4 7 7 6.5 Overall Score Average: 5.25

Melodies Themes Motives Harmony Chords Textures Form Development Structure Time Originality Creativity Score Presentation Instrumentation Orchestration Playability Execution of Given Challenge Taste 4 7 4 10 10 5 5 5 Overall Score Average: 6.25 Melodies Themes and Motives: 4 My reasoning for a 4 is because the music, for me at least, seemed difficult to follow. I did lose my place a couple of times, and there really is no melody, not any one line that sticks out at any given moment. Although, I believe that this piece's intent is to be jarring, random, or playful in it's nature, if I'm assuming correctly. (I'm sorry, I couldn't take the time to read the introduction page. 😅 It kept cutting off for me. Possibly something to do with my browser) Harmony, Chords, Textures: 7 Overall, I think the harmonic complexity and textures presented here are very good! I don't have a lot of technical wording to use to describe it, as it's very unique, but nonetheless, well done! Form, Dev., Structure, Time: 4 (I'm assuming it's supposed to be this way) I wasn't really able to differentiate too much between your sections. The textures change, but not in a fluid manner, from what I observed. The Development of the piece is mostly unchanging throughout the piece. There are moments of more pronounced dynamics, then moments of lower dynamics with only 1 or 2 parts playing. Which does show some form of development, but this would be unclear to the average listener. I also have to say, I've never seen or even considered using a time signature with a denominator of 16. 😅 to be frank, I have no idea how I'd even begin to count that. I simply followed the notes on the page, as I heard them passing, to get through those measures. Personally, I feel there may have been a more sensible choice than 3/16. (Simply my opinion) Originality: 10 What else can I say? Never seen anything like this one, honestly. And I'm diggin' the uniqueness of it, despite any of my grievances with it. Score Presentation: 10 Very Professional - Very Demure 😎 Ins. Orch. Playability: 5 Overall, this is technically able to be performed... However, I feel that an excessive amount of time would go into rehearsing something like this, with 3 musicians, just looking at it practically. The syncopation is off the CHARTS my man... 😭 As well as some parts where I notice the pitch jumps over an octave from the previous note/measure, which can be very difficult, especially for wind players, to execute. Execution: 5 It would scare me if I had this music set in front of me as a musician. So I think that qualifies it as "spooky" but it's not very reminiscent of pieces I'd consider to be "Halloween-ey" or however you'd put that 😅 Taste: 5 I only put a 5 here because I'm not quite sure what sort of flavor you were shooting for. I feel that this score is more reminiscent of your own taste, adding to the Originality of the score. So, I'd wager that this is a totally unique score of your own design/genre, mostly. That's about all the input I have on that topic.

Updated post: Link that was attached was no longer available due to deletion of the video. Recently, when I was handing my score off to a pianist to perform this one in it's solo piano version, I made the decision to reflect changes made from the solo version to the full version as well. So; Key Signature / Key changed to B Minor, at the beginning, and modulates to E minor for the final part rather than Starting in D minor Made changes to multiple markings / expression texts throughout the score Changes to the piano part where rhythm and playability were a concern

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I declare my intent to participate in the competition (Copied from @Henry Ng Tsz Kiu hehe)

@PeterthePapercomPoser Reading through his comments, it appears to me that this individual is a sort of "stuck in their ways", "Nonchalant", "idgaf" sort of participant. While I know the personality, and what comes with it, being someone who is much like this himself, I still agree there's a specific mannerism that's requested of all forum participants. Unfortunately, we are not a Garage-Talk forum. We are a music theory, feedback and discussion forum. There are dedicated sub-forums for off-topic conversation, in which I am sure that this sort of mannerism would be acceptable. @Churchcantor

This popped up in my sidebar. I'm 5 years late to this conversation, but I have to add in an OST I don't think is being mentioned in this thread (as far as I've read anyhow). ALL time favorite video game OST has to be, hands down, The Halo Trilogy (+ODST and Reach OSTs) Soundtracks. Or rather, the original Bungie soundtracks composed by Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori. One of their tracks also featured Steve Vai (😎) which is too epic to ignore. Here's a couple of my favorite tracks throughout the years of my childhood playing Halo and now in my adulthood, can much better appreciate the artistic work that went behind these, in their totality. (I have a transcription feat. Halo: Reach tracks, in my pocket that I don't think I've shared here that I will share soon 🙂 This is the first track in that Medley) This one has always struck a chord in my heart. It's the piece you hear at the end of Halo 3: the end of the trilogy. We all thought this would be the last game in the Bungie saga. So for the credits to roll with this piece being the sound that walked us into that slow fade to black, is nostalgic as all h3ll 😞 Here's probably one of my all time favorite tracks from O'Donnell and Salvatori. Just allowing that backing track to take you on a journey, with the subtle sound of Rain, and the amount of space given for the sounds from the Piano & Saxophone to just resonate in your memory for a bit, was just genius. Just a few examples... Much much more work in those games that just strike a chord. An Honorable mention, from the 343 Industries team when they took over for Halo 4 and beyond, would be the Halo 4 track; Kazuma Jinnouchi did very very well to pay homage to O'Donnell and Salvatori here. Really allowed me to respect what the Composers did for this game's track, well. I was afraid I wouldn't like this title entry. But the music saved it for sure, in my eyes.

Not much to say in critique of this work. Very Neo-Classical and elegant 🙂 Awesome work. I'd love to see this performed live!

Allllright.... Interesting. As far as I remember from College, and from my years as a trumpeter prior to that, "scherzo" is usually defined as a piece with a light, playful, yet vigorous style. My interpretation of that doesn't quite arrive at the conclusion that it should be difficult to perform, or rather, in this case, appearing near impossible, or, that the notes are randomly chosen. No intent to insult you at all, I'm simply explaining my perception of this piece, coming from an educated and experienced point of view. I'd urge you to continue writing, but to truly step back and analyze what you've written before you finalize it. Compare it to other works as well, in terms of it's overall form and structure, as well as the shapes of your phrases within the music. I'm sure you'll come to find that there are things that you did not realize before, and that could be altered to create a piece of music that you can truly be overjoyed at! Thanks for sharing 🙂

Mr. Tristan... 😅😅 Piggy-backing off of what Henry said; I'd urge you to use the visualizer tool that Musescore.com has built into their interactive score window. Here's a screenshot of your piece in the visualizer. Idk about you, but that appears to be quite... inhuman to play. 😅😅😅 Almost like the notes written weren't chosen with any rhyme or reason. I look forward to seeing what you come up with in the future. Take your time, and really discover what it is that you want to "say" with your music!

Ah, I understand now! And don't take my words as judgement of your skill, at all. I hope that wasn't what was gathered. I didn't know this was written so long ago! Figured this was a newer score being shared as recent work looking for improvement. Thank you for the clarification.

I like the overall texture of this piece. A few concerns. The Guitar part; Not many guitarists can read sheets like this. Tabs would be preferred, and if not tabs, all chords used across the score should be indicated (like this) for the guitarist to play along. Also, I noticed at M. 67, I have no idea what's goin on there with the ensemble, but it's definitely out of key between all the parts. lol Made me cringe a bit, if I'm honest. At M. 44, it appears that you're attempting a modulation there to another key, as from that point, accidentals are everywhere... While I didn't have much time to review the score to determine the chords / key being utilized, I'd highly suggest reviewing that area to make any corrections in accidentals that would be necessary based on the chords/key utilized. Fun piece, but much notation work could be accomplished to better polish what's written. Also, I'd highly suggest upgrading from Noteflight to at least MuseScore studio or something similar. Noteflight imo is a pain to use... Just trying to use it to determine the chords in those 4 measures for you was a pain in the rear... 😅

For those of us who use MS Studio, they've rolled out a Massive update as of yesterday evening. Here is their video explaining all changes made Quick overview: Input duration can be controlled with Midi keyboard alone count-in while playing active Added Euphonium ($14.99) and Handbells (+Handbell input symbol panel) (Free) sounds via muse sounds improved Linux VST3 support Added new methods for hiding staves Piano Guitar Vocal (PVG) Support More Engraving options More Font Support Workflow updates Accessibility Support Updates

Yes, I am on Discord, quite actively as I game regularly with a group of friends. I think it would be beneficial to push for more activity on the Discord side, and possibly some alterations to the discord server itself, as it's quite plain, and not extremely active compared to this forum, as far as I can tell. I have my own discord server for myself and friends to have community for many different topics, and I feel that it may help if I could provide some suggestions regarding edits to the server that would assist in navigation, accessibility and overall more engagement if the server administrators are interested in that

I'd be happy to chat in that part of the discord. As you already know, I am a member of the server, and am more active on Discord than I am here. I assume that corner of the server is reserved for Invite only, as I don't see it on the chat list.