Hello! I'm new to composing music, so if you could give me a hand and tell you what you think!

Clarinetist converted these to MIDI and Mp3 format a few posts below! :]

All of these are in .MUS (Finale Notepad 2007) format.


Lost in the Eyes of Love
Two movements: Piano

The first movement, I don't think I'll edit anymore unless something seems horribly off.
Here it is: [Lost in the Eyes of Love: Movement I - Swept Away] (http://www.freewebs.com/rinde-chan/Lost%20in%20the%20Eyes%20of%20love.MUS)

The second movement NEEDS WORK. Maybe you guys could help me with it, like what I could add and what you guys think of it.
Here it is:
[Lost in the Eyes of Love: Movement II - Lifted Up] (http://www.freewebs.com/rinde-chan/Lost%20in%20the%20Eyes%20of%20Love2.MUS)
I only like measures 1 - 6: And I will not change those.

And I know it says there's lyrics, but I haven't put those in yet. Ignore the real names and just focus on the piece of music please. :3

I thought both were really nice, actually - very calm and relaxing, which made them enjoyable for me. The only thing that I thought could use some adjustment were the key changes in the first movement; these seemed rather sudden and awkward.

However, save that, both were pretty good. I hope to hear more from you! :P

Yeah. I think so too. I might go back and try and make them not so sudden, but I can't guarantee much. xD;;

Thanks! :]

New composition added~:]

Spindle in the Sky:

Well... It's kind of messy. Sure you do have a chord progression, but because you based it on your chord progression so much, the piece isn't musical anymore, it felt just a splatter of notes meshed together. So basically, it lacks melody, musical coherence, and just basically a momentum to move like a piece of music. Secondly, your instrumentation: two flutes and two oboes, not a bad choice if you did a good job orchestrating it, but unfortunately, it's a little poor in orchestration. I understand why you put the lowest note for the second oboe and etc... But it's not working, writing pieces for more than one instrument does not work like piano, it requires much more contrapuntal thinking (i.e. not just chords, like what you're doing, but more like countermelodies and underlying motifs). The piece also lacks a musical flow, it felt really random.

Converted...

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Thanks for the conversions Clarinetist! :]

SirDotdot: Ah~So that's why it seemed so off. x_x;
I'll trash it for now and someday re-write it when I have a better understanding of multiple instrumentations.
Could you perhaps critique the other while you're at it?

Wow it certainly has been awhile since I composed anything.

Here's an attempt at an oboe solo (I am an oboist myself and I have to play something I composed for extra credit for Band; I made it a duet so the 2nd Oboist wouldn't be so "OH YOU GET ALL THE SOLOS AND COOL STUFF" ).

It's not finished obviously, but I'm kinda stuck in a rut as to what to do with it next and see what I have with it is okay.

[OH YEAH. And this is in Allegro 07. I just got a trial of it so I've been experimenting]
Oboe Duet I (http://www.freewebs.com/rinde-chan/II.MUS)

And I need a title. >_>~