Piano Concerto

It's the latest piece I am working on and I am quite proud of it. It's not finished yet but I believe you can get a fair idea of it. Unfortunately my notation software regarding midi format doesn't support more than 16 instruments so I made some major cuts from some of the large orchestra's instruments that I am using as you can see in the score but the result is representative enough I believe. Thank you for hearing.

Piano Concerto.mid

Piano Concerto.pdf

as you can see in the score

Could you please post the score? I'd love to take a looksee :)

The score is a mess! Fix it then post it!

I'm sorry but I have to say it was terrible!! OMG Don't hurt my ears.

You could be very beginner at composing dude...

I didn't want to hurt you but its really awfull. It's too forced. When I hear this I think of "that guy wants to create something great but he creates nothing but piece of crap".

Maybe I'm too harsh dude but its a musical mess. Practise,practise,practise and you won't have to force anything. Pay more attention to COHERENCE, not just write a note down, you should now why do you write it down, got it? When I listen this "piece" (khmm) I hear notes one after another but these notes aren't connected in a musical way if you understand what I'm trying to say.

You should work much more on that "piece" (khmm) and don't write a 9-minute

piece if you can't write at least a 3-minute fine piece.

Of course it's only my opinion. Sorry for the harshness again, I really didn't want to offense you. After all you wanted critics, here is mine. PEACE :thumbsup:

Morgri - the score is supposed to be a mess because I am still working on it. I have posted it to hear some suggestions regarding orchestration, tone colour e.t.c. e.t.c. while listening to the midi at the same time and not regarding the way it looks on paper. I 'll see what I can do, however.

Norby - My you are harsh :-( I 've only asked for some suggestions and expressed the way I feel about my piece without forcing anyone to like it but I didn't think anyone would so much as HATE it!! Sure, there are problems in transitions, thematic development and maybe some over the top orchestration but I didn't intend to write an ambitious piece and I surely didn't intend to hurt anyone's ears. Anyway, thank you for taking the time to write a critic even not so much as a favorable one.

Here is a tip for posting-post the score in the page size. It's impossible to read. I will listen to the composition later.

Hey dude I don't hate your piece. But because you said you're proud of it I felt to mention that its maybe not as good as you think of it. I could write a less harsh critic but this is the whole thruth that I'm think of it. Sorry for the harshness again.

Well, i liked it, some parts was wierd but i dont agree Norby! there are some very lyrical parts in this one, very nice. If you are a beginner you should be proud of it:) And Norby, if he is so skilled as he looks he should be more careful with words :)

its actually a miss, nothing special. and it doesnt feel as a whole piece . there are some good parts but overall i didnt like it that much, the piano part at around 5 min is good .

simenn-Thank you very much for your encouraging thoughts! I agree there are problems with some of the thematic material but it's still an ongoing work and it surely needs a lot of polishing - that is the reason I posted it in the first place, to listen to some suggestions. Thank you!

abd zibdeh-well that's funny because I thought that that part needed complete rewriting. Anyways, thanks for listening!

There was a little too much dissonance in the intro to where a first time listener would in fact stick there fingers in their ears. One thing I would suggest moving that section too the huge moment in the piece and make it the climax. I did think the part after the dissonance was quite nice with the Timpani. I suggest making an intro that is easy for the listener to get involved with or you could easily with move one of the slower sections of the piece into a rearrange it in such a manner to open the piece with.

The harp is usually not able to switch tunings quickly as you have it in the piece you have to remember that.

I say you do have amount of work to do on this piece to string together all the parts, and make it suitable for an actually live performance of the piece.

Constantine I totally agree with SimenN. If you're a beginner you should proud of it! But If you not, you should think of what I wrote...

all i know is , your muisc are very special and very unfamiar with other work

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Guitarbreaker-Thank you for your comments! I am actually lightenin' up the intro regarding orchestration because it really was too heavy for the unfamiliar ear, although I believe that the main theme should always arrive after a big orchestra exclamation and not right through (if I understood your propostition correctly!). Thank you again

Norby - I have never taken any composition or orchestration lessons in my life whatsoever! I am as a beginner as it gets!!That's why I am so damn proud of it!! :-)

darkangel2008hk - I am sorry but I didn't understand your comment, although I think it is good intentioned! Thank you!

Hi Constantine,

Actually, I really really like what you have...I'm listening to it and I hear a lot of Prokofiev influence! (Just guessing.) The dissonances are very nice and crunchy.

However, I must say that you need to work on your orchestration a little. I'm looking at the flute part and shaking my head a little bit; I see no legato marks where I think they'd be very helpful. Same goes for the winds in general...

Also, your transitions need a little bit of touching up.

But otherwise, I think this piece has potential.

I don't really...."get" this piece. O_O

lol, cant help you. =P

its unique though.

blackballoons-I am actually influenced by the great romantic concertos (Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov etc.) and I am adding a bit of dissonance just to make it as modern as it can be without being ear-aching. Prokoviev? Interestening thought! Transitions deffinately need a lot of touching up and I am beginning to think that maybe the title: "Fantasia for piano and orchestra" is more appropriate than the "Piano Concerto" title (at least that is where it is currently heading since I am completely abandoning the sonata form at this time of development). Thank you for your remarks!

chodelkovzart - Well, at least I thank you for the "unique" comment :-)