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This piece was originally written on my 6 string guitar in C#. I managed to get a nice sound out of the grand piano in Reason. I am still working on fixing the velocity to give the piano a more realistic and human feel. I love this though, it's fast, energetic, innovative and really a breath of fresh air to write.
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Hi all, I have (finally) completed my Quartet for Piano and Winds. I have completed the first and second movement in August, but I was not able to compose a third movement, until last week. When I listened to Mozart's Quintet for Piano and Winds, K.452. I decided to compose a Quartet, which could be played by my friends and me. This is the reason why it is written for Bb Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, F Horn and Piano. I have tried to compose the third movement in the same style as the other two movements. Feedback and sharing your opinions would make me very happy! Enjoy! Kind regards, Maarten Bauer
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Hi All! I attempted a minimalist work. I've always been intrigued with this genre, and really get into the "trance"-like grooves that the rhythms create. Like many things, it's a simple concept but to do it well is difficult. The body percussion in the middle of the piece is "played" by percussion instrument sounds in this demo. Let me know what you think! Thanks, Gustav
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Here is the slow movement from my first violin sonata. Enjoy!
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A prelude.
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Hi, I have uploaded this piece before and I have included feedback, I received, in the first and second melody Adagietto. The first melody has already been posted. The original description: For my audition for pre-study at the conservatory with classical saxophone I played the Cinq Danses Exotiques by Jean Françaix. I fell in love with his music. On account of Françaix' music I composed 3 Melodies for Alto Saxophone and Piano, Opus 25 (Dutch: Drie Melodieën voor Altsaxofoon en Piano) today. Feedback and sharing your opinions would make me very happy! Stay tuned for the last melody! Maarten Bauer
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Probably not all marked perfectly, but close enough! I figured if I didn't go ahead and get this done soon, everyone would have forgotten the Women's March, and I'd need to write a new one to honor a different set of marchers. Hmm... I hear the March for Science is coming... Shout out to Ken for helping me figure out my accidentals, in all their multitudes!
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If anyone feels like a puzzle and has time, I'd love some help. I don't have the theory background to be able to define what I'm doing here other than "it's jazzy." I believe I've got a bit of Dorian in there. Probably some harmonic minor and melodic minor. And some stuff that can just be considered chromaticism and notated however it makes the fiddle-y bits easiest to read. If I could confidently pin down a key or mode for the major sections, I'd be able to figure out which accidentals are sharps vs. flats, but right now I'm not too confident. (Hides head in shame from all the pianists here.) I would love any guidance you can send my way! (Also, if any string players want to nit-pick my slurring decisions, please let me know! I used to play violin, but it's been about 15 years.) Thanks! -pateceramics Pussy Cat March.mid
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Someone on another forum was asking for music for their church treble choir that's just starting to learn to sing harmony. They are good at partner songs and call and response. So this is church appropriate and uses lots of unison and call and response, plus a little bit of harmony. Since it has so much unison it needed a piano/organ part to do some of the heavy lifting harmonically, but I'm not a pianist. If you notice that any of it would require really awkward fingering please let me know! I'm attaching a pdf of the score so you can read along. I think this would also be really nice for treble choir plus women's choir, with the kids taking the first unison section, and then the adults joining them. Or for an easy anthem some Sunday when the four guys in your church choir are all out of town, and all you have are sopranos and altos. Thanks for listening! Here's a youtube with the score rolling by in case that's easier:
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This is not really what I would class as pop, but I'll let you decide. Lyrics Once the dreams and dark are done Shines the welcome dawn To heal me with the sun Because I have been patient waiting all my life to be here Silent and hating, I fear the rising of the moon Lies burn like little stars that tell me time's been wasting Reminds me that everything will be much clearer soon I have always wanted to keep something perfect close to me But I never found out what that something perfect should have been If you tell me I am only falling from my pedestal Then the ground would seem a little friendlier, then I can sleep I have been patient waiting all my life to be here Silently hating the gentle rising of the jealous moon If you could just tell me something only I can understand I'd be sure to tell you something good Give me a moment, I'll make it special If you would just give me something only I hold in my hand I'd be sure to give you something good Give me a moment, I'll make it perfect I have been patiently waiting all my life to be here Silently hating the rising of the moon There have been little signs that leave me hesitating But I just didn't see the moment passed too soon If you could just tell me something only I might understand If you would I'll tell you something good Give me a moment, I'll make it special If you would just give me something only I hold in my hand I'd be sure to give you something good Give me a moment, I'll make it special Give me a moment, I'll make it perfect. I have always tried to hold that something perfect close to me But I never found out what that something perfect should have been Send a sign that tells me I'm not falling for your perfect lies Then all the moons most silvered coins could never pay for what that buys. Because I have been patiently waiting All my life to be here.
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For my sketches project, I asked friends to give me material for inspiration. The following poem was one of the responses and I adapted in the best I could into piano form. The space between my bones and the air feels too big In this speculum there are only shards of shame to pierce me and to compress me Until I can fit the mold of perfection With each failure I can feel the whirlpool churning me up and spitting me back into its grave In this casket I will be filled with the balm of perfection To decrease the difference between me and that unattainable god Drinking life and purging sustenance to keep running away and to become the master of failure, until I can control my own flesh In my vortex of thoughts all that are left are dismembered memories of those battles I’ve waged And never won I have sacrificed my organs and veins to the gods above for achievement And still can never win This stalemate for perfection has left my skin rubbed raw with obsession Scrubbing away the blemishes that go as deep as my numerous sins The scars etched in my mind no longer leave any terrain whole My temple demolished in my quest for flawlessness And these lifelines in my palms are fading too fast for me to bring back my heart I’m trapped in a prison of desperation Of escaping from failure but into the fire of evolutionary relentless times I am bound by serrated bindings of always trying to be better, to be the best For the sake of my hell I am evaporating for wisdom So that my fortune can bring me back to my cavern of dead dreams waterlogged with failure I am tired Of praying to the enlightened And hoping for brilliance And shaving off life to make me more clever I am too flawed to please this jury of mirrors And I am exhausted from running into the looking glass and seeing too much and yet not enough I have put labels on happiness and deemed them unimportant Chosen discipline as my scythe to carve out my smile This shroud I have decided upon is my emaciated love Devoid of imagination for the cruel shape of perfection High expectations have created a ladder that extends past the limits of the universe And too many rungs are broken for me to claw my way up And I’m too afraid of the fall that would shatter the safety of at least being above the sea of despair I am clinging to splinters and twigs of ideal If only I could scald away the fear of mediocrity Expunge the masochist and assuage the fragments that might lead to happiness From before the paralysiss of not being good enough rooted me, Deer in the headlights, Frozen in the icy pursuit of perfection.
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Hi, I have uploaded this piece before and I have included feedback, I received, in the first movement. The original description: For my audition for pre-study at the conservatory with classical saxophone I played the Cinq Danses Exotiques by Jean Françaix. I fell in love with his music. On account of Françaix' music I composed 3 Melodies for Alto Saxophone and Piano, Opus 25 (Dutch: Drie Melodieën voor Altsaxofoon en Piano) today. Feedback and sharing your opinions would make me very happy! Stay tuned for the other two melodies! Maarten Bauer
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TURN DOWN YOUR VOLUME Working on hooking my Roland LX-15e up to my computer to start recording! Be patient my friends! Also, any advice or thoughts are greatly appreciated!
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One of several sketches composed during the last few months. Exploring rhythm and melodic development. Thanks for listening!
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Will be uploading an .mp3 of myself performing soon Sorry for the poor audio (TURN THE VOLUME DOWN)
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This is my newest piece, something I worked on for a long time. The entire piano sonata is called "Lovejail", and this is the 1st movement. This music was written as I went through a very difficult period in my life, when many things I held dear came crashing down; a period where I caused and received a lot of pain and learned some hard-fought lessons. Despite the pain, this piece is also full of love, and hope for a brighter future. Pain and hope, felt simultaneously. There is no better catharsis for me than to express my anger, regret, shame, hope, aspirations, and dreams through music. I hope this music brings you as much joy as it brought me.
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this is the piece I newly composed, hope everyone like it.
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First of all; best wishes for 2017! For my audition for pre-study at the conservatory with classical saxophone I played the Cinq Danses Exotiques by Jean Françaix. I fell in love with his music. On account of Françaix' music I composed 3 Melodies for Alto Saxophone and Piano, Opus 25 (Dutch: Drie Melodieën voor Altsaxofoon en Piano) today. Feedback and sharing your opinions would make me very happy! Kind regards, Maarten Bauer
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A few days ago I shared my Concertino for Alto Saxophone - which was my first post here - and received very useful feedback. So useful that I am planning to share more! Piano Sonata No.2 in F major, Opus 16. As the title already explains, the composition is for solo piano. Beethoven's and other classical composers' music has had a huge influence on this piece and me. I think (so this is just an opinion) the best way to master composition is by imitating the various styles of composers and then develop your own style of writing. Only then you can understand why music is how it is and how to compose it. Feedback would be very nice! Kind regards, Maarten Bauer
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This piece is called "The Color of a Dog Running Away". It is based primarily on the short story "Quiquern" by Rudyard Kipling, a tale of two Eskimo children and their dog who venture out during a blizzard to find food for their starving village, only to become lost in the arctic wilderness. Enjoy!
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This is my rondo in Bflat from my violin sonata. This piece is about the secret crush I had on my first music theory teacher, whose name was Meredith. I don't know where she is now, but this is my ode to our love. This is my first time sharing some of my music on this site. Thank you in advance to those of you who take a listen! The rondo is in ABACAB form, with a coda at the end.
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Here is a one-movement piece for piano and orchestra. In the instrumentation, I added my favorite instrument which is used for the counter-melody, the euphonium. There are two melodic ideas in this composition, the fanfare theme and the "lady Toya" motif. I hope you'll enjoy. Musically Yours, Chad "Sir Wick" Hughes -
Hi, I'm new here and this is my first post! I was wondering what people thought of this thing I wrote a couple of months back, having joined this morning. I haven't been able to get any feedback from my music teacher at school (I'm in year 8, or, in the US, 7th grade) and want to know how I can improve it. Although I've had lessons in flute, recorder and, currently, bassoon, I don't have any training in composition, and think that the constructive criticism here would help me improve as a composer drastically. It's based on looking back at the past with joy and sadness, and the bittersweet feeling that causes. The louder bit is supposed to be a rush of memories and the emotions they bring. Thanks!
