Chikotora

The two staffs is a neat thought, but try out a single staff. There's a few moments where the higher or lower bits are on the staff that isn't higher/lower (Mostly thinking about measure 25 but it happens a few other times that aren't as easily solvable) and it just feels off. It would also solve a lot of issues of notes that are on both staves, which I would have no idea what to do with if I were to have to play it. As for if it's playable, I am no expert. But I can say that a lot of it looks suspiciously like you just threw in the 6 notes you needed and didn't think too much about fingering. Which, to be fair, is also how I would do a sketch. If you can, you really want to find someone who plays guitar and run it by them. Eveen having them just take a quick look is incredibly helpful (I know from experience). I've linked a pdf or two from when I was assigned to write a guitar piece so that you can also hopefully use them. (They are attached and are very helpful as someone who has never touched a guitar) As a piece itself, I like it! I am frankly not a great critic on pitch collection or form, but overall it sounds nice!

Thanks for the comments! Your description of the first measure with espressivo definitely leans more towards my initial intent, and really the midi does no justice. I thought about going into detail to make it sound exactly how I want in the sound file but honestly this is music to be read in my studio so I don’t need to care how the midi sounds for the most part. My only worry with improvisation is that, since I know the person who will be playing it in studio, I know that they are definitely not trained to improvise in that style. I’m thinking of making a version after that’s more idealized to what I want and not tuned to fit the assignment requirements, so that’ll likely go in there In regards to fingerings: I am not a string player, and do not have access to a string instrument. I am, however, trying to think through what the fingerings would be and making sure all of them are at least possible. My Professor is a string player so he usually checks me when I write something impossible.

Hi! Overall the piece is lovely I just have a few notes about the trombone part, as a low brass player. Not the trombone 1 part, it's mostly fine and trombones can read treble clef. But the trombone 2 part is another matter entirely. So, The trombone as an instrument can technically play most of the notes you have listed on the page, but generally you just have them playing really low. If you intend the part to be a bass trombone, it's all fine and well, but it's important to note that normal tenor trombones, even with a trigger, can barely play that Low C, and cannot play the low B natural. But if you want them to be playing that low, possibly on a bass trombone, you then have them in tenor clef at 193 (Which by the way is not necessary, it's more annoying to have to switch to tenor quickly than to just stay in bass clef and read a few ledger lines, especially considering you go up to a high G. And also the trombone 1 part goes higher but is still in bass clef?????). While professional bass trombonists can hit that high, it's much more annoying than it would be on a tenor trombone. Looking at general scoring, it seems like you might want to have 2 trombone parts(or just label the staff trb 1, 2) and a bass trombone part, though I understand that with a lot of music notation software it then becomes a space concern of fitting it all on the page. ...I just now saw that this was due on the 10th. I wish you well with the competition! Keep these things in mind moving forward and I can see a lot of growth! P.S. The tuba part is great. All good on that front. Sincerely, A tubist

Hello hello! I've technically known about this forum for a while, but it's time to finally post! I'm hopefully going to start being more active around here to keep myself accountable and continue working on my composition skills To start this out, I wanted to share a piece I've been working on! It's still a WIP, (Basically the only thing in this file that is actively unfinished is the ending and I want to rework the start), but other than that it's a pretty complete piece. I wrote it for a solo-violin assignment in my composition studio, and because I got really mad at a choral concert I went to because they sang a piece called "Shalom" that had nothing to do with the language of origin or culture of origin. Anyway that's a rant for another bit. Here's the little klezmer!