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Hello, this is a piece of mine for a contest where I had to stick to the chord progression vi-IV-I-V and make it around 2:20 or less. Since this is my best work so far, I would like some criticism or advice on anything. Thank you. Arctic Petals (Score + Audio)

The second installment in this suite for solo piano. (The first movement is located here.) This movement, entitled "Dans," is not a literal dance; rather, it represents the rhythm that pervades this thing we call life. The work uses a lot of whole tone chords to convey mystery, and the rhythm is in an unsettling 5/8 time. There are passages of great unrest, confusion, joy, bittersweetness, loss—the whole gamut of human emotion. I tried to keep constant movement throughout to symbolize the onward march of life. As usual, this piece is impressionistic in style: quite tonal, but chord progressions are rather free, and the key changes many times. Try not to focus too much on the melodies, but rather on the imagery the piece evokes. It will take you places (hopefully!), especially once your inner metronome jives with the strange rhythm pattern. This movement contrasts a great deal from the previous one. It tends to lack a home key except in a few passages. There are less places to "catch your breath." And there is little counterpuntal material. But there are some similarities, as well, which I hope you will pick up without my giving it away. 😁 As always, I look forward to your comments/criticisms/suggestions. Happy listening!

Fifth nocturne. Maybe too repetitive but not completely sure. Please do give feedback if you have any. Thanks very much.

Composition completed on 12/10/2016 You also can watch this piece here -

Composition completed on 05/18/2016 You also can watch this piece here -

I wonder if the uploader ever made an edited this but I found this by suggestion. A mashup of Brubeck and Satie and sounds wonderful. Do you know of any cool mashups? Share them here!

Composition completed on 05/10/2016 You also can watch this piece here -

Composition completed on 05/09/2016 You also can watch this piece here -

This was written in November 19, 2012. I was quite prolific and experimental in writing music during 2012-2014, and while I was just playing around with melodies along the higher register, I decided to write this one out. While this one's a very short piece, it was among the very few ones that were actually completed, so I wanna share it to the forum. Hope you like it 🙂

Play On.mp3This is a piece i wrote two years ago. Found it in my google drive randomly recently. Going to try to transcribe it though I don't have my keyboard any more. Made me wanna take lessons again! What do you think? What could be worked on?

I'd like some feedback on this minuet & trio I composed for piano. It's my first finished piece for piano (I don't play it), so I'm not sure if it's all playable and stuff. I tried to do this thing where the first theme is in A lydian and the second theme is in E mixolydian, so as to "swap key signatures", but I feel like I never really leave A. I appreciate any feedback 🙂

This "Beginner's Piano Suite" marks my so-called '3rd Opus", which sounds so odd to say. (The idea of having an "Opus" sounds awful self-important to my ears, but at the same time, it gives a sense of beginning, middle, and end, and the thought of "I'm done with this, I'm moving on to something else" is liberating, so I really like that aspect of it!) Here's a little backstory. For one thing, I was tired of making pieces of piano music that were extremely difficult to play, and I have a fondness for pieces that are simple, straightforward, and "tell a story", so to speak. So I tried to tone down virtuoso writing as much as possible, and focus on "what" I wanted to say, instead of "how" to say it. I took some inspiration from the idea of video game music, thinking of a scenario or character and having that be what started me off. Most of them are played at a really slow tempo, which is inherently easier to play. A couple are more up-tempo, and probably offer the greatest challenge. Some sections may be tricky, and might be cheating to have in a "Beginner's Piano Suite", but I did my best. It's not a very long suite. There are seven pieces, and to listen to all takes maybe 15-20 minutes or so. Here they are: https://app.box.com/s/3i5d36uhkfwmd0gj5b84jmqplhoioebp [Op. 3 No. 1, "Dawn's Lullaby" WAVE File] https://app.box.com/s/0ecvpduruu110pa9ukksgty2bqmlt8jx ["Dawn's Lullaby" PDF] https://app.box.com/s/9rknasfzt22sdm8kcqx1ot7jzq7ei9y7 ["Op. 3 No. 2, ""A Lamentation" WAVE File] https://app.box.com/s/nfclmphylif5ztavoq7t1d5h5p6y6ifq ["A Lamentation" PDF] https://app.box.com/s/csiounws38ep6waojlityorrdofgt3z1 [Op. 3 No. 3, "Cynical" WAVE File] https://app.box.com/s/rrdfpfkmwortupqtqb1hqh581u16kevb ["Cynical" PDF] https://app.box.com/s/oa840nl7vfyadcv3ey0302fwotrar8h3 ["Op. 3 No. 4, "The Fireplace" WAVE File] https://app.box.com/s/p8haj6opgevr8g90v2i0z9b2qitdxxz9 ["The Fireplace" PDF] https://app.box.com/s/yumtrw9w5rlppww2pi5m0dix24a206jg [Op. 3 No. 5, "Resistance" WAVE File] https://app.box.com/s/fg5mr8o4x6ydnsloqp5q6a82vcrgcz09 ["Resistance" PDF] https://app.box.com/s/5ilpdnvqx27gyj05l7atnyc3d9ar414c [Op. 3 No. 6, "Remembrance" WAVE File] https://app.box.com/s/vgaadllbnc1izmm7meits7vzom2x9rmc ["Remembrance" PDF] https://app.box.com/s/tv8akqk6i409ibxz3i5187571syxwpjn [Op. 3 No. 7, "Adagio" WAVE File] https://app.box.com/s/qhompslta6x3wzh1owzj2a6g7tu74a2m ["Adagio" PDF] Thoughts/comments/criticisms all welcome. Thank you!

Composition completed on 05/08/2016 You also can watch this piece here -

Composed some years ago, written in both contemporary and jazz styles. Hope you enjoy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV76RLRVce4

I wrote this one in January 13, 2014 and edited a bit just now. I was just having fun with melodies that time and I thought maybe develop this one into a short but fun piece. Plus, this was my first attempt on this style of writing 😄

Here's another (re-upload) composition. I wrote this around December 2011 and edited in 2012 to a more pleasing and playable form. Just having fun with polka-like themes and whatnot. At first, I gave it a title "Polcharima" just for fun, but later renamed it to "Polka in D". Hope you like it 🙂

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Composition completed on 01/21/2016 You also can watch this piece here -

Attempted a section in an odd time signature. Trying to combine the middle section with the rest of the piece took ages. Please do give feedback. Thanks.

Hello everyone, I am back, this is my new piece of music, hope you like it, and welcome your commentation.

Composition completed on 01/04/2016 You also can watch this piece here -

This is a set of pieces I composed in Prague this past autumn. I have revised them several times since, and each movement accompanies a painting by artist Paul Klee (which I have included in the score). The piece is dedicated to a friend of mine from Austria who is very fond of art, and we went to several galleries together (hence the inspiration). While I am pianist myself, I specialize in improvisation in a style very different from this, so any feedback from the pianists would be most welcome! https://youtu.be/ldbzsicGfsE

Composition completed on 05/12/2015 You also can watch this piece here -