Austin

Made me want to dance

Yay. Go cello! It sounded good, I think I liked the third movement the best. It's good that your playing your own pieces, thumb position is a bit of a killer :pinch: Keep it up :)

Here is, for your amusement, my sister's composition for school (loosely based on 'funky serial minimalism'). She is a violinist, so be nice. :toothygrin: Roaring Flamingo Dinner.pdf Roaring Flamingo Dinner.mid

congrats yeah composing something in 5 days is a bit of a stretch, but next comp looks like an option i think you can link to storage

has someone from yc ever won this?

The theme was originally composed by Mozart to perhaps that's why it sounds Mozart-ish ;) These are nice variations, you have brought some variety in a well known tune. My favorite probably the start of the second or minor. However, in a few places your harmonies don't quite work or are a bit thin. It would be good to see you use these techniques in your own piece with original material. >Austin

a good (or any) teacher is worth the price :nod: strings are hard instruments to learn so you need ongoing instruction from an expert

Just a couple: [0 3 8] [0 4 e] [0 6 t]

Eb major and Db major, both mellow and B minor (dark) E major for arranging things on guitar :thumbsup:

This reminds me of my sister - she is always splitting people into personality groups Interesting thread - I am melancholy-phlegmatic and my music would probably be mostly melancholy with a little choleric

Is it better to write at an instrument or away from an instrument? Composers like Beethoven wrote their music at their instrument whereas some like Mozart or Bach wrote away from their instrument writing it straight onto paper. Composing at an instrument lets you hear the sound directly (although this can be done using playback with notation software) and the composer can experiment and improvise. Composing away from an instrument gives you more freedom as you are not restricted by your playing skill, and you can focus solely on the music. What are your thoughts?

I really liked these I do agree with above that it needs to be longer The files were pretty big for being 1 minute, perhaps converting to mp3 at 128kbps would make them a more convenient size Well done

ok, thanks for the info. I should also mention that i use a PC

Hi, I'm an amateur composer who uses mainly strings or orchestra. I use Sibelius 5 and Kontakt Player 2. I was wondering if anyone could give advice on a sequencer program that is good for use with orchestral music. Thanks.

thanks all for your helpful advice