This is one of the first pieces that I actually composed on the piano (instead of mostly in the software). In fact, I even notated it by hand before putting it into the computer. I tried to notate how I play it, though the timing of the live performa
Read more…This piece was really fun to write. I was trying to learn about orchestration, so I wanted to put together a chord for a full orchestra. Everything after that was just kept adding notes on instinct. Somewhere around measure 7 or 8 I decided it should
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In the last couple of years or so, I've been writing for small classical ensembles (string quartets, wind quintets and the like) to familiarize myself with how they work. I'm also working on an orchestral score based on things I've
Read more…Here is a sketch of a song I did based on my dad's jokes. I find it very hard to produce 2 independent voices that do not interfere with each outher and also complement each other.
Read more…This is the second movement of a piece I will post probably in a few days. It was an attempt to make an orchestral version of, and develop, musical ideas I came up with on piano years before. I'm posting a quick iPhone recording I did of the piano me
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I've never written any orchestral music so I thought I'd give it a try. I recently asked on this forum for input for how to get started and got some great tips, thanks again to those who shared in that conversation. I'm now working
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What kind of software do you use in your creative workflow?
Hi colleagues, what are the biggest challenges in your creative process when composing music? And what current solutions do you use to solve them?
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Recently sketched the Act 2 ending to my opera. At the very end of it, one of the characters & his team are fired by another character and they all descend into a pit in the stage floor. Remind you of anything?
I lifted several measures fr
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I'm trying to get a working repertoire of solo work for the practical purpose of being able to perform more easily. So far I've been rearranging some of my stuff but this is the first time I wrote it solo from the get go. Stylistically, I
Read more…So I started writing a third symphony, with the same instrumentation as the previous two. I remembered that I have a lot of unused material that I wrote years ago. Some of it is probably 5 years old or older at this point. I took two things that I wr
Read more…The following is a set of variations for solo harp on a well-known Celtic tune. "Bonny at Morn", which I want to input as an instrumental prelude to a song cycle of erotic content, so the title in the header has changed accordingly to "Horny at Morn
Read more…So, this is one of the little songs i've been working on. I made it with the intent to express anxiety and some momentaneous happiness.
I wish to know if it's effective, also why do I see the progression so weirdly
Read more…This is a daft Christmas poem of mine from a half-asleep/half-awake stage. I had plans to develop it into a full blown political polemic (I don’t know if I'll find the time), but before I carry on with the rest of it, I would like to have some comme
Read more…In a piece that I am writing right now I am wanting to add a quote to each of the movements. One of the movements is called "Fallen Heroes," and I found this quote. Do you agree or disagree with what the author is saying. I am debating it in my head
Read more…I made a chord progression which is,
Cm7 BM7 Bbm7 AM7 Db/Ab GbM7 Fm7 EM7
Abm G F Em D CM7 Edom7 Am
Cm7....
Because EM7 share the same notes with Abm. I feel like I modulate from one key to another. But I don't know which keys they are.
Thank you.
Read more…I must confess I have added the following discussion to another website but hope you also find it interesting.
La Folia (pronounced lah foh-LEE-ah) which literally means madness, folly or empty-headedness is possibly one of the most remarkable pheno
Read more…Mania.mp4 I made this song to express momentaneous happiness, anxiety and confusion. To me the intent is clear, but I don't know if others fell it too.
Also, I'm looking for mistakes and sugestions are very welcome!
Read more…Please make suggestions or criticisms of this fugue. I started off trying to follow all the rules and the form of a fugue but I couldn't follow all the rules and write something I like, so let me know about those problems and any other comments are
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