6 Dances : my composition

Hello my dear composers. 

Here my latest composition .6 Dances for piano . I hope you like it

Hi again @Vasilis Michael!

I love this little set of waltzes!  And I like how you composed them to be played one after another.  They're both Chopinesque and perhaps Schubertian or Schumannesque too.  I love the chromaticism!  No. 5 is perhaps my favorite of the bunch with it's chromatically descending harmonies.  I wonder if you've ever tried your hand at a polonaise or mazurka?  But also, from what I've seen of your YouTube channel you consider yourself, like Chopin, a composer primarily for the piano.  Maybe you could explore composing some chamber works or even works for orchestra?  Thanks for sharing these gems!

2 hours ago, PeterthePapercomPoser said:

Hi again @Vasilis Michael!

I love this little set of waltzes!  And I like how you composed them to be played one after another.  They're both Chopinesque and perhaps Schubertian or Schumannesque too.  I love the chromaticism!  No. 5 is perhaps my favorite of the bunch with it's chromatically descending harmonies.  I wonder if you've ever tried your hand at a polonaise or mazurka?  But also, from what I've seen of your YouTube channel you consider yourself, like Chopin, a composer primarily for the piano.  Maybe you could explore composing some chamber works or even works for orchestra?  Thanks for sharing these gems!

 

Thank you so much for your wonderful words and your appreciation of my music.

Yes, I consider myself a composer mainly for the piano, although I truly love orchestral music, and especially chamber music. Chamber music is my favorite... I just don’t feel familiar enough with the other instruments, although I have written a divertimento for winds and two minuets for string quartet. For a first attempt, it was quite a respectable effort, and I would definitely like to continue and write music for more instruments—it’s just that, at this point in my life, I don’t have enough free time to achieve that.

I have also played Chopin’s mazurkas and polonaises in my repertoire, but I haven’t yet happened to compose something similar, although I would very much like to, and I thank you for pointing it out. 

Good Lord, but you can write a waltz, a good one I mean!  Highlight of my morning so far. 

4 minutes ago, Churchcantor said:

Good Lord, but you can write a waltz, a good one I mean!  Highlight of my morning so far. 

 

Thank you so much my dear friend. I'm so glad that you like it 🙏 

And you say you love chamber music but are scared because you feel you are unfamiliar with the instruments as compared to piano, which you play very well and tastefully?  I could teach you to write for violin in an afternoon, with both of us sharing a few beers!  Guitar is harder, but I keep writing guitar music anyway.

14 minutes ago, Churchcantor said:

And you say you love chamber music but are scared because you feel you are unfamiliar with the instruments as compared to piano, which you play very well and tastefully?  I could teach you to write for violin in an afternoon, with both of us sharing a few beers!  Guitar is harder, but I keep writing guitar music anyway.

 

Thank you so much, my dear friend, for your willingness. For the time being, it’s not necessary, because I don’t really have the luxury of time to dedicate to it. With two small children and work, the time I have for composing is extremely limited. At most, I have 2 hours, and those are at midnight.

In the meantime, I’ve written two minuets for string quartet and a divertimento for winds, again in a Mozartian style. If you’d like, I can post them and you can tell me your opinion. For a first attempt, I did quite well—it was a respectable effort.
 

2 minutes ago, Vasilis Michael said:

Thank you so much, my dear friend, for your willingness. For the time being, it’s not necessary, because I don’t really have the luxury of time to dedicate to it. With two small children and work, the time I have for composing is extremely limited. At most, I have 2 hours, and those are at midnight.

In the meantime, I’ve written two minuets for string quartet and a divertimento for winds, again in a Mozartian style. If you’d like, I can post them and you can tell me your opinion. For a first attempt, I did quite well—it was a respectable effort.
 

 

Sure, post one!  Even MY favorite composer, Beethoven, could not always write perfectly for violin, so of course I can't either.  His violin concerto is a masterpiece, but has too many scales and arpeggios.  

10 minutes ago, Churchcantor said:

Sure, post one!  Even MY favorite composer, Beethoven, could not always write perfectly for violin, so of course I can't either.  His violin concerto is a masterpiece, but has too many scales and arpeggios.  

 

I love Beethovens violin concerto. Actually is my favourite violin concerto. 🙂

Ok I'll post my 2 minuets here if you want to check and let me know . 

Well, who wrote perfectly for violin; Paganini?  Violinist, play it!  Liszt for piano?  Even world-class pianists have to leave out a note or two.

Oh, I guess my favorite violin concerto is either Tchaikovsky's or Mendelssohn's. 

Damn, five measures or so is enough to tell me you know already how to write for strings.  I could probably teach you something about double-stops and chords, but not much else.  As the Germans say, Kein Problem!  I'll listen to the rest later.  You are a fine Neoclassical composer.

5 minutes ago, Churchcantor said:

Damn, five measures or so is enough to tell me you know already how to write for strings.  I could probably teach you something about double-stops and chords, but not much else.  As the Germans say, Kein Problem!  I'll listen to the rest later.  You are a fine Neoclassical composer.

 

Thank you very much. I don’t know any other instruments besides the piano, but ever since I was a child—since my adolescence and up to this day—I have listened only to classical music, especially from the Baroque to the Romantic era. I love the Classical period the most, and as the years went by, studying all these works, I became one with them. With a little talent, some musical perception, and my musical instinct, I gathered the courage to begin timidly composing. The most daring work I wrote is the Divertimento for winds, and you know very well how difficult and how different it is. In that piece, I did most of my work; it took time and filled me with much anxiety, but I enjoyed it once the result satisfied me.

1 minute ago, Vasilis Michael said:

Thank you very much. I don’t know any other instruments besides the piano, but ever since I was a child—since my adolescence and up to this day—I have listened only to classical music, especially from the Baroque to the Romantic era. I love the Classical period the most, and as the years went by, studying all these works, I became one with them. With a little talent, some musical perception, and my musical instinct, I gathered the courage to begin timidly composing. The most daring work I wrote is the Divertimento for winds, and you know very well how difficult and how different it is. In that piece, I did most of my work; it took time and filled me with much anxiety, but I enjoyed it once the result satisfied me.

 

 

 

Well, me:  can't play piano at all!  Well, a simple thing like that Chopin E Minor prelude or the accompaniment to Schumann's Ich Grolle Nicht aus Dichterliebe, 1840 I could play if I practiced for a few hours, but it still wouldn't be very good.  I guess the best instrument I play is Electric Bass, and I'm far from the best!

2 minutes ago, Churchcantor said:

Well, me:  can't play piano at all!  Well, a simple thing like that Chopin E Minor prelude or the accompaniment to Schumann's Ich Grolle Nicht aus Dichterliebe, 1840 I could play if I practiced for a few hours, but it still wouldn't be very good.  I guess the best instrument I play is Electric Bass, and I'm far from the best!

 

 

Because I'm at work right now I'll check it later. I subscribed to your channel already my dear friend 

Just now, Vasilis Michael said:

Because I'm at work right now I'll check it later. I subscribed to your channel already my dear friend 

 

 

GOTT IM HIMMEL!  My YouTube channel has compositions I wrote in college and grad school in 1987-1993, and they have some good ideas, but my compositions improved after I jumped off that Ivory Tower.  Some drunken Rock covers...

FYI, Classical Period Proper is by a nose the BEST period in music, and really if you think about it, the farthest we should ever have gone in technology in general.  It becomes unsustainable...

“Ein Teil von jener Kraft, die stets das Böse will und stets das Gute schafft”  Hey, Goethe quotes never fail, even if he was (the quote) the Devil, Teufel.  

A part of that power that would alone work evil, and creates the good.

So, be like a Tritone; Diabolus in Musica.  Be the Devil, and Devil may care!

Too much beer to compose now, but I can still research or listen!  Beeerrrr...Der menschliche Zustand erfordert Medikamente.  The human condition requires medication.  

Not me; Freddie Mercury quote!

On 9/9/2025 at 11:24 PM, Vasilis Michael said:

Hello my dear composers. 

Here my latest composition .6 Dances for piano . I hope you like it

 

 

1.

On 9/13/2025 at 2:34 PM, TristanTheTristan said:

1.

A minor. Again, just like the string quartet one, this one is very Mozart. I find a great use of grace notes (acciaturas) here. In the opening, you have the two hands play parallel, just like in Chopin's Scherzo No.3 . I see that after that, you had an immediate F Major Part. And then my favourite part is the syncopation with grace notes part. I think that this contains a lot of great ideas.

 

2.

 

A major. The transition makes a lot of sense. e, f sharp, e part at the start is great, and very Mozart-like. The double-thirds runs seem fun to play! The left hand parts are very good. I think it is wrong at bar 44 to be in minor key, as that you haven't notated a natural sign. Overall, very good use of the second voice.

 

3.

 

F major. Really waltzy. Bar 50 has a sharped C, which is a very smart choice. D minor is also a brilliant transition. I like the way it is intense from bar 56, and how it is in A minor, and transitions back to F major at bar 60. It feels magical in a way. Very great.

 

4.

 

C# Major. Nice Introduction here. A major is something I like personally. The transitions are incredibly nice. It is smart to go back to the original key. Nice piece. 

 

5.

 

G Minor. Sorry for being offline for some time. Anyways, very jazzy opening and ending, with nice transitions to different keys, as always very elegant. I like the tension in the end. Nice use of dissonance.

 

6.

 

G Minor. March-like Finale! Very cool. I like how you used Bb Minor stuff too! Anyways, I also like the staccatissimo texture!

 

Overrall, 9 out of 10. Be happy! This is great, and you have a lot of potential. To improve, maybe write longer music and develop ideas. Keep composing!

 

-TristantheTristan

 

Thank you so much for your words and your attention my dear friend. Really appreciated it 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

3 minutes ago, Vasilis Michael said:

Thank you so much for your words and your attention my dear friend. Really appreciated it 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

 

You're Welcome!

On 9/13/2025 at 2:34 PM, TristanTheTristan said:

1.

A minor. Again, just like the string quartet one, this one is very Mozart. I find a great use of grace notes (acciaturas) here. In the opening, you have the two hands play parallel, just like in Chopin's Scherzo No.3 . I see that after that, you had an immediate F Major Part. And then my favourite part is the syncopation with grace notes part. I think that this contains a lot of great ideas.

 

2.

 

A major. The transition makes a lot of sense. e, f sharp, e part at the start is great, and very Mozart-like. The double-thirds runs seem fun to play! The left hand parts are very good. I think it is wrong at bar 44 to be in minor key, as that you haven't notated a natural sign. Overall, very good use of the second voice.

 

3.

 

F major. Really waltzy. Bar 50 has a sharped C, which is a very smart choice. D minor is also a brilliant transition. I like the way it is intense from bar 56, and how it is in A minor, and transitions back to F major at bar 60. It feels magical in a way. Very great.

 

4.

 

C# Major. Nice Introduction here. A major is something I like personally. The transitions are incredibly nice. It is smart to go back to the original key. Nice piece. 

 

5.

 

G Minor. Sorry for being offline for some time. Anyways, very jazzy opening and ending, with nice transitions to different keys, as always very elegant. I like the tension in the end. Nice use of dissonance.

 

6.

 

G Minor. March-like Finale! Very cool. I like how you used Bb Minor stuff too! Anyways, I also like the staccatissimo texture!

 

Overrall, 9 out of 10. Be happy! This is great, and you have a lot of potential. To improve, maybe write longer music and develop ideas. Keep composing!

 

-TristantheTristan

 

I wish to have more free time to help me develop more ideas. My time is very limited unfortunately.  I would love to dedicate time to write another piano sonata . Maybe slowly slowly so I have to adapt to this regardless of the limited time