A Sketch for a Waltz

Just looking for general feedback on a less adventurous work before I dive into a more involved work. I feel like advice on the use of harmony and motifs would improve most of my work, and I could develop those skills by learning to improve some of my existing work.

Hi! This is great!

Do you have sheet music, perhaps?

@TristanTheTristan Here it is! https://musescore.com/user/118018538/scores/33357896

This is a nice piece of music!

You have included some prokofiev and rachmaninoff essence, especially in the development section. It is sad that you have used a electrical sound, which in my opinion, makes a sound a bit worse.

Your opening theme is innovative and smart, seeing the idea of I,I, V. This allows it to feel even more like a waltz somehow.

Some advice I give everyone when composing, is to try not to use specific numbers, especially not the ones not on a standard metronome. Instead, what I like to do is to use italian phrases such as Allegro or Presto.

The final chord should be arpeggiated.

In conclusion, it is a good start.

TristanTheTristan

@TristanTheTristan It's interesting that you would mention the influence of Prokefiev and Rachmaninoff on this one. It's certainly there with this one, but I don't feel like it shines through quite like it usually does--I take a lot of inspiration from the late 19th and early 20th century composers for most of my work, especially the Russian ones (I <3 Stravinsky).