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This is beautiful, you succeed in creating a pleasant foggy atmosphere, and the various rhythms are very interesting. I also liked the extensive use of the pedal, and great performance as well! Hope to hear more of your pieces in the future

Thank you! I thought it would be easier to write the piano part in one stave, especially because of the held notes. I suppose it is indeed clearer for performers to write it on the two staves.

I'm glad you liked it : ) I think your description is spot on, thanks for the comment! François

Thank you 🙂

Thanks for the feedback! I think that's a great point, there are too many tempo indications, I will simplify this 🙂 For the copyright status, I think it's in the pubic domain after a hundred years? I found the poem online for free, so I assume that's the case as well. I can check further but thanks for pointing that out!

Thank you for the comment! I'm glad you liked the piece 🙂 Regarding the duplets, they are indeed equivalent to dotted eight notes, but I wasn't sure which notation to use!

Thanks for the feedback! The climax for this piece I think is supposed to be after measure 25, but maybe it isn't enough indeed. I'm glad you liked the structure, because I was worried it may be a little too segmented.

Here is the poem in french and its translationto english after: Les sanglots longs Des violons De l'automne Blessent mon coeur D'une langueur Monotone. Tout suffocant Et blême, quand Sonne l'heure, Je me souviens Des jours anciens Et je pleure; Et je m'en vais Au vent mauvais Qui m'emporte Deçà, delà, Pareil à la Feuille morte. Autumn Song With long sobs The violins Of autumn Wound my heart With languorous Monotony. All choking And pale, when The hour sounds, I remember Departed days And I weep; And I go Where ill winds blow, Buffeted To and fro, Like a Dead leaf.

Hello again, I'm posting a lot lately... This will probably the last one in a while! I am sending this score to a competition, I would be grateful if you could provide me with some of your feedback. I am also worried about the score, I may not be familiar with all the conventions or the proper way of writing the score, if you could point me towards mistakes or things to improve it would be really great! This is a song for mezzo-soprano voice and piano, based on the poem of Paul Verlaine 'Chanson d'Automne'. The audio is software generated, and I was not pleased with the voice playback of the software so I substituted the voice to a clarinet (but the actual piece is for voice and piano). Lastly, the score in the video is not the updated score (I have included the updated one separately as a pdf). I have removed things such as slurs in the voice part where it is not appropriate. Thank you! François

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it 🙂 I agree with you about the ending, the digital interpretation doesn't play the ritarndando like I intended. And thanks for pointing out the 4/4 at the beginning, I'll update it. I feel like the part at measures 23-24 would work indeed, but somehow I'm not completely satisfied with it. On the other hand, I hadn't been able to come with something better for it, so I might just leave it. Thanks for your input! François

Hello again 🙂 This is another piece I wrote for the piano, a nocturne. It has multiple sections and a repeating main theme. I would be happy to have your opinions of it if you have any, I may send it to someone and would like to know what you think. The part I'm most worried about is the transition at bars 23-24, I'm not so sure about it. Unfortunately, the audio is software generated, I haven't had the time to play the piece with all the modifications I made. Thanks : ) François

Thank you for the comment! I understand your point. I think I might try your suggestions, it's an interesting point you mention. My idea was that the piece grows in dynamics and emotions gradually then slowly calms down. I'm glad you enjoyed the beginning of the piece, the space is the impression I was trying to create indeed. François

Beautiful, I really enjoyed it. I also like the change of the key at the end, and the duplet melodic motive.

Thanks for your feedback! Indeed, I don't follow the tempo too strictly. Because I change the tempo often, I decided not to go with the broad tempo markings such as 'Adagio' because then I wouldn't know how to indicate the various different tempos accurately. And I do use the 'meno' for dynamics, maybe it is redundant in some places indeed. Usually I use the decrescendos to indicate dynamic changes within a phrase and the dynamic markings for the general marking of the section, I don't know if that's the usual convention though, so it may be confusing! François

Hello, I wanted to share this piece of mine called 'Ombres et Lumières' (Lights and Shadows). It's about a walk in a quiet landscape where light is scattered through. I would like to hear your feedback about it if you have any, I personally like it but I worry it might seem a little slow (especially at the beginning). I have included a (imperfect) recording I made of the piece, as well as the score. Thanks 🙂 François

Thanks for your comment! I agree with you, every performer will play it differently, and Gamma1734 is an excellent performer, and I really like his interpretations of the music. In fact, his channel is one of my favourites on youtube right now. I'm glad you enjoyed the piece 🙂 For the ending, indeed I meant it as an appoggiatura for the cadence aspect of it, but the acciaccatura seem to work as well. I'm not actually certain of the portato articulation though. What is it you thought of it? Also I know the score is not well done at all, I don't know which one you were following, but the one in the youtube video is the first draft (the one that was really not clear), the pdf attached may be better, but it's still not really correct I think. I have to look into the proper way to write the score, I haven't really had much formal theory. And I was the one to contact Gamma for my piece 🙂 Again thanks for your words, I'm glad you enjoyed it! François

Hello! I wanted to share my piece for solo piano, Clair de Lune, played by gamma1734 on youtube. There are a couple things in the first draft of the score I sent to the performer that weren't clear, so it's not played exactly as I intended. I'd be happy to hear your opinions of it 🙂 François

Thank you for your words! I'm glad you enjoyed it, I've been told indeed it has the vibe of Satie's Gymnopedies, and I'm happy you noticed the introduction of the melody in the bass figure prior : )

Thank you both for the replies. I'm glad you enjoyed it. It may benefit from more modulations, but since it's a lullaby, I thought I'd avoid too many changes or disruptions. I get your point though, and it's something I would look for in future pieces. As Luis said, I think a nocturne is more fitting to my original intentions, but mainly I think of it as a lullaby (even though usually there is less harmonic progression in such pieces)

Hello, this is a piece for solo piano I composed last summer, titled Berceuse. It's being played by Gamma1734 on youtube. I'd be happy to know what you think 🙂 François

Very beautiful and sentimental!

Thank you for the comment! I am glad you liked it, indeed it has more of a melancholic flavour. I have also been told that it is reminiscent of Satie's Gymnopedies, and it must be the meditative style I'm trying to get. I wasn't sure which key would be the most appropriate to be honest, I wrote it in F minor at the end but what you are saying makes more sense. I could update the score. I am glad you enjoyed it : )

Hello, I wanted to share this piece of mine for solo Piano, played by Gamma1734 on youtube, titled 'Valse Miniature' (the score is in the video too). I'd be happy to know your opinions of it! Regards, François

Okay thank you for the information!

Sorry for the delayed response. Thank you for your elaborate comment! I'm glad you enjoyed it. The flute is indeed often in the lower register. I'm not sure I understand what you meant by top 5th or 6th of the instruments range. Just about how high is the high register in the flute? I thought the F I used in that section (third F above middle C) was close to the highest note a flute can play. At leasts, that's what the software allows me to write in. I agree with you about the end of the piece, and I'm updating it right now. My initial thought was to do a modified recapitulation of the 32nd note runs in the flute from the beginning of the piece as an ending, and that's what I'm doing. Thanks for the remark on metronome markings, I did not know that.