A little something...

Here's a little something I cooked up this week.

I was aiming to weave interesting harmonies from the interactions between the voices.

It doesn't have a title yet: so any ideas welcome.

Do you think it's too repetitive? Or maybe needs more counterpoint?

I could extend it with a contrasting middle section perhaps?

I'm not done with the notation yet: so lots of missing slurs.

In terms of production, I wonder if the quiet section needs to be boosted further?

All thoughts welcome.

(Updated versions will be posted lower down the thread.)

Full orchestra improv #12 (with ZL compressor).pdf

Edited yesterday at 10:07 PM1 day by Alex Weidmann

Nice work, I’m doing this on my phone on the way back from a performance so I can’t really do much in depth at the moment,

But there are some nice moments in the music with the winds and the ambient pacing. I would put more things to add texture if I were you though

Many thanks for listening!

I did think I might add a seed shaker or tambourine near the end, where the violins are playing tremolo.

Maybe I could add some harp too.

On 10/31/2026 at 9:28 PM, Fruit hunter said:

Nice work, I’m doing this on my phone on the way back from a performance so I can’t really do much in depth at the moment,

But there are some nice moments in the music with the winds and the ambient pacing. I would put more things to add texture if I were you though

I made an updated version below, with quite a few tweaks to the composition, and the midi production.

Just wondering, since you're a percussion specialist, which instruments would you use to bring more texture?

Not sure the seed shaker was a success. It sounded better in my head!

Likewise the tambourine.

(N.B. Dynamics are optimised for midi, not real musicians.)

Full orchestra improv #15 (with ZL compressor).pdf

Edited 23 hours ago23 hr by Alex Weidmann

A lovely lush work with interesting harmonies .... reminds me of pieces by Samuel Barber.

Mark

1 hour ago, MJFOBOE said:

A lovely lush work with interesting harmonies .... reminds me of pieces by Samuel Barber.

Mark

Thanks Mark?

Interesting harmonies is exactly what I was aiming for!

23 hours ago, Alex Weidmann said:

I made an updated version below, with quite a few tweaks to the composition, and the midi production.

Just wondering, since you're a percussion specialist, which instruments would you use to bring more texture?

Not sure the seed shaker was a success. It sounded better in my head!

Likewise the tambourine.

(N.B. Dynamics are optimised for midi, not real musicians.)

OK, I saw some profession stuff that you added in the stuff at the end is fine. You cannot do you wanna also maximize maybe your bass a bit. timpani in concert bass drum would work well especially leaving a roomy feel

for some stuff, especially some climaxes when I mean by climmax , I’m talking about like some of the stuff that just stands louder than the rest you could add some other things like a concert bass drum or timp or a sizzle cymbal