March 10, 200818 yr This is a little composition that I wrote for a project for my reading class. I wasn't really quite sure whether it should fall under chamber music or large ensemble actually, so I apologize if I didn't properly categorize it. I still consider myself pretty new to composing, so any comments/constructive criticisms would be greatly appreciated, :D Here it is as an mp3: Testament And I've attached it as a midi file. :D Testament.mid
March 10, 200818 yr Well, don't take it the worng way but this piece isn't really good, either in orchestration or in the whole composition, the chords sounds really wrong to me, would be fine to get an analysis from you, why you come in that chords and why you used it. The MP3 File sounds MIDI, thats a big negativ point to. Let the Strings live, let the Piano live and not so strong and accurated performence. in short words, i think you'll need to study musictheory before writing for small or big ensembles to get an feeling for the musicans and a feeling for writing good music. It sounds here (i know thats really hard) that you used that notes you just found on your keyboard and they are just won't work. Thats my ciritc, but don't take it the wrong way, thats how i felt when hearing, i switched off after 2min cause it bored me. best wishes for future, F
March 10, 200818 yr Author hmm, well thank you for the comments. I truly don't know what to say in reply though (well, i'm used to constructive criticism by now, so I'll try to use this to address such issues brought forth of this "composition", and work for improvement), although I will bring forth a better effort for next time. As for everything sounding midi, that can be partly attributed to the fact that I was unable to notate it in Finale, as I had originally intended, so I used soundfonts and vsti with FL Studio for the instruments, which may not have been the best idea for this "composition". In truth, the chords were originally meant to be played by an accoustic guitar, but I decided at the last minute to do so on a piano...I'm still not sure why myself...Of course I'll continue my studies, but I'll also work through trial and error for improvement (as brought forth, based on this "composition", clearly I still have many errors to correct), although I will state that I didn't "just find notes on my keyboard and use them"...i...used my guitar, ;D (well, for the beginning part for the piano at least). Once again, thank you for your comments.
March 10, 200818 yr Well i have to thanks, i really didn't want to get you angry or so. But everyone begins one time and have to "grow" and i think you will grow with every piece you write, i i remember the first pieces i wrote back in 2002 i would say the same to myself. lol Well try to get Cubase SE3 and EWQLSO Gold Edition (maybe with XP Pro) for a good deal, there sound much better than FL-Studio, wich is more made for electromusic i think. I also started with Fruity Loops back in 2001 ;) so its not wrong to get first steps in composition! Sorry if the "critic" was a bit hard, i didn't mean it that way :) (bad english^^) best wishes FL
March 10, 200818 yr Author Thank you, I'll look into getting Cubase SE3 most likely in the near future (I found it for a pretty nice price online), although I'll probably have to upgrade from Windows 2000 first. Also, I know this may seem completely unrelated, but I noticed that your initials are FL and we were talking about Fl-Studio. I know that was kind of random, but I found it humorous for some reason. :D
