I have three compositions that i would like to share. please tell me what you think.

:) i find it good it's beutifuly relaxing keep the good work

Nice, I like the futuristic sounding voice, it sounds like something in a film. Excellent, continue as present :).

lol this is classic

you are good...:D

it sounds so beautiful, I am envious, my compositions all really suck :(

great song! love the background sound. and the melody was terrific! 9/10. keep it up!

I really think its bad, but i figured i should ask the experts so without further ado...

Wow, this is a very good song. Your an amazing composer. Its starts out great, it keeps a good melody, the chords fit together, and is very catchy. I like the part around 30 a lot. Very good job, its very good. 10/10, and this is the first one I have given 10/10 btw.Well, I think it is anyways. Simply amazing. Keep up the good work!!!

Edit: I've been listening to this song for over 1/2 hour now, very good job, lol.

First off, I want to compliment you on your screen name, it's very cool. ^_^ But now, over to the song..

I must say that you captured a wonderful introducion, made with simplicity, and yet you made it catchy. Good job! The following part is good also, but the part-after-that strongly reminds me of a tune, and it kind of bugs me. Good work on the song development, it always kept my interest going. The song is also very short, and it's a shame because the song has a high standard... and the ending is waaay to abrupt. If this is supposed to loop, you must make it more 'looping' in the end, and not by a fast chord. If it isn't supposed to loop, the ending is bad. =_=

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+ Catchy
+ Interesting
+ Theme
- Ending
- Length

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80/100 - Very good

Wow, late reply from me. :heh:

But yeah, I agree with noir and nightmare me in their points. Good stuff! ^_^

Hmm, where are you? You haven't shown up in a while, haha. I strongly suggest that you consider noir's recommendations and then submit your piece into the contest!

Nice piece, my rating:

Melodic Phrase Qualities: +
Ending: -
Introduction: +
Length: - (Uh perhaps a bit longer might be nice)

Obviously I copied off of Noirs way of rating this time, but I would further suggest like Noir said that you make the ending more definate. Many times when a composer just doesn't feel like having to hold a chord, they stick a rest measure with a fermata (or simply a fermata over the end bar, to give the preformer many varieties on how to end the piece, whether through use of pedal, silence, or stacatto in some cases. (Rants on some more)

Nice work man, keep it up.. and find a title ^_^

hey, awesome song!
i can really see this as a band piece! hehe, maybe you want to try that next! ^_^
but yeah, i have to agree that the ending is too abrupt. i mean it's got a great start in a musical 'story' but all of a sudden, it just stops. there is no conclusion... urgely advise to fix that.

other than that, awesome song! looking forward to hearing more of your pieces!

Rating-8.0/10

uhh yeah. I just finished composing "The Raven's Lament"and had this Untitled one finished for a while now, and I made MIDI's for the Mario Theme and Zelda Overworld themes. Enjoy the arrangements and rate the compositions also.

another one

another

thelast one

^_^ Can I have that mario sheet music please!!!!!!!

send me your email address and Ill do what I can. I can scan my personal copy and give you a PDF OR if you have Midi program called "Noteworthy Composer" I can send you the NWC File (it would be easier if you did it this way.)

my email is animeartist@verizon.net Okie send it really fasy on a pdf? okie? OH and can i have the steel angel kurumi theme sheet music too thx

I only got the chance to listen to Raven's Lament. It's a very nice piece wit a nice main melody, but it didn't sound as sad as the title suggested. Perhaps a different title? Just an opinion, hehe.

Can I have sheet musics too? In PDF version for Mario's Theme, Zelda's Theme and Raven's Lament. That was a nice piece. ^^ If you can send me the sheets, my e-mail address is saiyuki_gaiden_sg@yahoo.com

What would you suggest as a title, Alphonse? I figured someone would comment about the title; I make horrible titles.

One of my other Ideas was to name it "Gentle Breeze", but some parts don't sound very gentle, so It was a bit unfitting. The only Reason why I named it "The Rave's Lament" was because I found one of my old poems that strangely fit the melody perfectly.

THE RAVEN'S CRY

Upon a willow tree
Stands an ebony bird
Of placid whim.
Many hearts have feared
That their timely end has neared
Once they heard the horrid cry
Of the Raven. ("Of the Raven" is then repeated twice)

Within the bowels of Hell
Lay the Untamed souls
Of many sins.
Their hearts are cold;
The bell has tolled
For those who denied the will
Of the Raven. (Repeated three times)

The Terror of the tale
Brings a tear to the eye
of honest dread. ("dread" changed to "shame" in the song)
Sympathy applied
To the ones that have died
By the will of bloodcurdling cry
Of the Raven. (Repeated four times)

END

With finding that poem that fitted so perfectly, I just changed the title, Regardless of how well it fit to the music's mixture of themes.

@ The Rave's Lament

I liked the beginning of it because I thought you would add an exciting melody to it. Uhm, I didn't like the vocals at all. =_= Shamisen and vocals just don't work for me. There were some points where the melody was good though, but not in an overall.

@ Untitled

I already gave my thoughts about this in your other thread..

I finally completed "The Gypsy Dance"! YAY!

I want you to rate it, butplease do not say "it's too repetitive" or "the ending is too abrupt". I did those things on purpose. The Gypsies heavily repetitive songs, and they usually ended very abruptly; precisely why this song is the same way.

Enjoy it muchly!

I like everything from 00:01 - 00:12.
When whatever that is in the backround (I'm not very good at recognizing instruments, forgive me please.) stop at 00:35, I started to enjoy it more.

Then around 00:49 that same thing, but it sounded slightly different came back into the song until 1:11.

It continues like that repeating the ??? on and off.

But after listening to it about two times. I began to become use to it.
Overall, I really liked this.

To rate it:
8.5/10

Can't give it top marks though, sorry.
^_^

I just listened to it and realized how bad the dulcimer sounded. It sounded good on noteworthy, but apparently not here. anyway, all the parts on this one are piano.

Thats much better!
But now, at some parts, it sounds as if a different song is playing the backround.
To me it is either
A: Randomness in the back
B: Repeating

I like this alot better though.
You have plenty of talent. ^_^

Rating for this version:

9/10

There is something else that sort of bothers me about this song, I just can't poke at it yet though. I'm slow at these things. Sorry. ;)

By the way, I was just wondering, what got you into doing this song?

this was originally an a capella piece that i made called "Kyrie Eleison" (wow, original). Anyway, it had latin lyrics for the verses and greek lyrics for the chorus. this is how it used to sound like.

On my last post, That was basically a product of a bet. one of my friends sad that i couldnt make a ful;l a capella piece in ten minutes that sounded good, and it had to last longer than a minute . I proved him wrong haha!

Then i was cleaning out my piano bench and found this again. I played it on the piano and started thinking how this would sound with accompaniment. i made accompanmient for it shortly after, which is now called The Gypsy Dance.

I liked both pieces. The Gypsy dance sounds really quite good without the dulcimer I definitely wasn't fond of it with it. I especially enjoyed the part three quarters through where you change theme. I disagree that the ending is too abrupt, it's quite easy to see coming from several bars before it.

As for the Kyrie, it was a good listen, I probably wouldn't want to hear it again but I don't have any specific criticisms or complaints. Now it's just time to make the Sanctus, Agnus Dei, Gloria. Credo and the Benedictus. It would probably fit better in the full mass anyway.

Very good composition! As stated many times before myself, repetion can be bad; but I think for this piece, just varying the transions a little can add a whole new dimention to the piece to the point that the repetion fades and the theme renews itself. The bass power-chords seem a bit too emphisied (sp?) (my speakers hissed afterwards). As Elite666 stated, the ending seems rushed; you could try to soften it just a little, add some flourishes (sp?) maybe a running chord.

Overall: 7.5/10 Nice and suting theme, I feel transions could use some work, and the ending could happen softer than what it is.

sorry for late reply :sweatdrop: well

INTRO: +
ENDING: +
LENGTH: -
CATCHY?: YES

I thought the ending was very to the point lol I just liked it :P
so overall 95/100 if you made/make it like at least 15 secounds to 1 minute longer it would be a perfect 100% from me. Good Job im not a pro composer Im just average now, But I can still see that you can make music :D good job -jappo

Yay, another sample!

I seldom make things with a modern theme, usually because they come out being more unpleasant than drinking my cat's regurgitation fluids, but this one actually isn't too bad. I want to see what you guys think on it, meaning should I continue or not and stuff like that.

I'm going to make sure that I don't give this a crummy title, so it will remain anonymous for now. Suggest a title if you like

ONCE AGAIN, This is a SAMPLE, not a complete version.

After listening to it a couple of times I like it. There are a couple of spots where the violin seems to disappear into the piano sound and both can be a little muddy there. Like in bar 12 where you have the triplet at the end of the bar it would also make sense to have 2 quarter notes instead. That would allow you to hear the piano and the violin properly and keep the rythm sounding decisive. Overall I did enjoy it though and I think you should continue with it.

It has a good flow, but it doesn't really go anywhere. The left hand seems off in the beginning too.

Cute stuff, my midi synth makes the woodwind sound a bit too loud...but notation is cool. If only it was a longer sample. 7/10

wow Ureshi is on fire! Let's hope it doesn't burn out soon. Good job, keep 'em coming.

OH MY GOD I'M ON FIRE *stop drop roll*

When I posted that song on the site, most of you suggested that I extend it, because you thought it was very well done. Well, I decided to follow your advice and extend it with unlike themes that still somehow connect with each other, much like a rhapsody or medley I suppose. I want to name it ____ Rhapsody, but I don't know what to put in the blank. anyway, the song should be finished in a few weeks. I would finish it earlier, but school is starting up tomorrow for me...

If you have a quirky sense of humour like me, you could always name it "That Rhapsody" you know, so when people talk about your pieces, they would say, "that song I was talking about, you know, that rhapsody / That Rhapsody?" hehe . . .

Anyways, good luck finishing it.

well... I do have a quirky sense of humor... but it's not because I'm the leader of the United Penguin Society! NO YOU IDIOT, NOT UNITED PARCEL SERVICE!

Unfortunately, I don't like that at all... maybe something like "elven Rhapsody" *bad idea... shoot me please* or "Joyous rhapsody" *now you can stab me...*

AHH I DIDN't MEAN THAT *runs away* DON'T MAKE ME SICK MY PENGUINS AND PIDGEONS ON YOU!

May i have the sheets to that song if you have them.

I strongly advise him not to, though. :mellow:

Right Noir7 <_<

:dots:

Wasn&#39;t he the one who took credit of those piano recordings by GigaShadow? At least I wouldn&#39;t ever give him sheets for my music when I know what he will probably do with them. I also noticed that he wants almost everyone&#39;s composition sheets. I just can&#39;t stand people like him, no exceptions.

Wow... I haven&#39;t posted on here in ages. Anyway, you guys know that untitled piano theme i made a little while back? I decided to extend it like someone on this forum suggested by adding two new major sections, adding a whole bunch of expression, and even adding a full string quartet (Two Violins, Viola, Cello). I worked really hard on this song and i really hope that you like it&#33;

Please rate it too... and apologies for the bad MIDI; Noteworthy doesn&#39;t do crescendo&#39;s well, but it&#39;s the only notating program that i like using.

This was awesome&#33; =) It&#39;s like a modern classical, so it was great for me. I love the improvements you made and the additional instruments. Sorry, I don&#39;t rate anybody&#39;s songs for fear of offending the composer, but rest assured you&#39;d receive a very high number.

O thank you so much for that lovely comment; since you are like my favorite amateur composer, that means a whole lot to me. You dont think that the transition from the f major section into the 3/4 b flat major sectuion is bad?

Haha, eh?

Anyways, sorry, but it&#39;s hard for me to pick up the key changes by ear. I don&#39;t know which section you&#39;re talking about. But I still think all of your transitions sounded pretty much smooth to me, so I didn&#39;t notice anything bad. But I&#39;d need to see the score to understand what you&#39;re talking about.

I think the piano at certain parts sounded bashed. I like this song, but I don&#39;t know if I like this more than the old one. It&#39;s a plus that you made tempo changes, and other realism changes, but I don&#39;t liked the instruments you chose. I mean, I like them, but not in this song. Nice composition though, it is.

7.5/10 :)

funny... I really liked the instrumentation, but i guess i can&#39;t please everyone. What exactly do you mean by bashed?

C&#39;mon guys... I worked really hard on this; I dont want it to go to waste

Great composition&#33; Very creative with the accompaniment part. :) However, I felt as if the first beat of each measure was so predictable, as if ties may not be anywhere in your song. It might make it a bit more interesting if the pieces had different rhythmic value, just to liven it up a bit more, especially in the first third of the composition. I particularly like the part in the middle where the piano is taking the piece to a different mood (key change? I can&#39;t tell...). It seems like a very peaceful, settling piece with quite adecuate harmonic composing on your part. :)

The only thing that seemed to lack significantly was any one solid theme. However, this is overshadowed by many little motifs and several very romantic and soothing airs throughout the piece... Great job over all&#33; My favorite part was the last third or so, when it seems to be mellowing out, calming down to a peaceful and unique ending.

Great effort, great results, great job, my friend&#33; :D

Your ensemble composition skills are something to be envied, indeed.

I&#39;d rather not give it a # rating, but I&#39;d say a 9/10 or maybe even pushing a 9.5, if you must know. :)

~James

Great song with many different moods, I really like it ^_^


I think the piano at certain parts sounded bashed.
It sounds bashed, indeed. Maybe you should try to lower the volume in this parts a bit.

Since the crhistmas contest onn the site won&#39;t accept arrangements of an already existing song, I&#39;ll go ahead and post it here.

It is very similar to a MIDI that somewhere on the internet, but i added a lot of new stuff, a key change, and some other neat stuff. Hope you like. give comments/ratings please.

All I can say is omg, please PM me if I can get the score off of you . . I can see how I&#39;d have a fun time practicing it this upcoming holiday when I finally go back home&#33; Your sense of style and excitement is excellent . .

Nice job, that&#39;s some pretty good work you have there&#33;

Nice&#33; Kinda jazzy&#33;

Thanks guys&#33; I should be able to give you a score to whoever wants it by the end of the day.

Also regarding Christmas... I am making a song for the Christmas contest on the site for SSAATTBB and possibly piano, I want to see whjat you guys think on the lyrics. they-re not very long at all...

A Joyous Song

CHORUS

Christmas has begun&#33;
Strife, be left for none.
Holiday Bells are softly knelling;
Hear their constant sinking, swelling.
Thriving, verdant tree:
Joy, bestow on me.
The lofty light is growing near;
A paean is sounding from the lyre.
What a beautiful song:
A Joyous Song&#33;

END CHORUS

What a glorious morn:
Christmas morn.
What a jubilant day
that praises life to the fullest,
A land full of corcord;
O, how to live in crystalline Elysium&#33;
Euphoria&#33;
A fountain of everlasting joy&#33;

REPEAT CHORUS

I&#39;ll take the sheet music for it please, it incredible&#33;

Did you get that sheet music yet?

ya know, I only bothered to read the first post before i listened to it, and I had the great Idea, "why don&#39;t i get sheet music for it?" I was sure I was the only one with that Idea, right? Nope. I could probably make a band/ full orchestra score for that (if I could get the sheet music) but I would probably have to eliminate all of the pastorale kind of stuff that i like about it. THE ENDING IS (lame)&#33; I always thought it would be grand... (I actually wrote a [much less creative] version of that a couple of years back, and I envisioned it being grand)... I LOVE IT THO&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; :wub: :wub: :wub: :drool: :birthday: :flower: :fireworks: :eek: WOW :sorc: :worshippy: I enjoy writing things for band... speaking of which, my new full score for O JOYOUS JOY is in my composition thingy... I dunno how to change the topic title. COME SEE IT&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;

Thanks Yea&#33; ^^

EEE he must be on vacation early -.-

Guys, i&#39;m really sorry for the delay on the sheet music.... my scanner died and i have to wait until it gets fixed or get a new one, but i do at least something...

the lyrics above to a joyous song are rejected... I cannot stand them, so I made another poem that&#39;s a billion times better. please tell me what you think. these are the lyrics to the christmas composition i hope to submit in the contest.

December Dressed in May

What snowflake falls before
Such verdant Mays of yore?
What chilling winter breeze
Lay amongst the tender trees?

What loving winter lullaby
Be whispered in the spring?
What beautiful blossom
Be given to the King?

Chorus

December dressed in May:
What a glorious display.
Elysiums alike in dignity:
What a life full of harmony&#33;


PLEASE TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK&#33;

What an insightful/original concept, December dressed in May . . I like it&#33;

i decided to arrange one of mozart&#39;s pieces for full string quartet and a piano.

Not a waste of time =) sounds great&#33;

By the way, the original version, what were the instruments? And wow, I can&#39;t believe you were able to finish all that in three hours&#33; I&#39;d never be able to do that . .

wow... its so long. i dont have a single piece over 5 minutes. well.. i think you did a good job. and yea.. 3 hours way short for me to do all that. you must be pretty talented.

I feel comfortable with my composing to a point that I am going to compose my first symhony. it will be for flute, english horn, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, Violin I And II, Viola, and Cello. the movements will be as follows

Vivace (The lively one)
Lento misterio (the slow and mysterious one)
Andante scherzando (the moderately animated one)
Presto con Spirito (the fast and spirited finale)

This will take me a while, but ill post when im done.

A symphony&#33; Wow, good luck. ^__^

I&#39;ve already made several attempts myself, but I just can&#39;t do it. XD

since people don&#39;t want separate threads for compositions by the same person bladi-blahda etc, here it is ^^;;

Thank you very much Zero; I didn&#39;t realize that it would be a problem, but I will now do my best to keep my compositions solely on this thread.

OK... Although I know the typical form of a symphony (4 movements, Allegro (Maestoso), Adagio, Minuetto (Scherzo), and Presto) but with the exclusion of the third movement (which is in 3/4), would anyone know if it were typically OK to have a movement in a metre other than 4/4 or 2/2, such as 5/4 or 6/8? I know I don&#39;t necessarily have to abide by a symphony&#39;s typical structure, but i want it to be as "authentic" as possible.

Let me know please... :yes:

The time signature doesn&#39;t have much to do with the "structure" of a movement, so don&#39;t let that be your deciding factor. Hmm, what do you mean by "authentic"? I know you&#39;re a fan of classical music =P so is that what you mean? Because even classical music broke the rules once in a while, sort of. But it&#39;s still "authentic", right?

Anyways, to answer your question, 6/8 is perfectly fine. It&#39;s just like 3/4. And just so you know, there are lots of symphonies that had 3/4 in movements other than the third. There were many composers who didn&#39;t follow that model exactly.

However, if by "authentic" you mean classical music (classical as in the classical era), then 5/4 is not common. It&#39;s not wrong, but it&#39;s just rarely rarely done. You&#39;ll find that it happens more in later romantic music and such. As I said again, the time signature doesn&#39;t determine the structure and style (well, except for the minuet/scherzo).

Hope that helps =) look up lots of different symphonies . . you&#39;ll find how each composer made their unique and new/fresh while at the same time keeping the model&#33;

Thank you very much Al. that helped out quite a bit. by "authentic" I meant "in a classical style". I am really quite fond of the classical era and the songs that it yielded, and I&#39;m trying to break away from my "new age" style(as my friends call it) so hopefully this strictly classical symphony will help me in that direction.

Come to think about it, i don&#39;t see why I asked about 5/4, that was a stupid question. I already knew that it was seldom used, so I should ave known that it was rarely used in that era as well.

one more thing... I do know the "typical" symphony orchestra, but does it really have to include a brass section? One of my friends said that it has to, but, to be honest, I dislike the sound of most brass instruments. I already started the 1st, 2nd, and 4th movements without a brass section, and I don&#39;t want to rewrite it again.

Yeah, I don&#39;t like a lot of the brass instruments *avoids heated stares at brass players*

Hmm, so you&#39;re using: flute, english horn, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, violins, viola, cello . . how about french horn? I know Mozart used it quite a bit. It&#39;s brass, but it still blends nicely in with all the other instruments. Just don&#39;t give it a solo or make it stand out too much, or else that ruins it (in my opinion) . . . urgh, I don&#39;t know my brass x.x

Anyway, I don&#39;t think there&#39;s a rule that says you have to have brass. If you&#39;re writing a classical symphony, I think just the french horn is enough. The best thing you can do is research the scores and look at the instruments the composers chosed. Technically, if you use the french horn, then you don&#39;t have to rewrite what you already have, it&#39;s more like you&#39;re adding an extra part. Don&#39;t worry, but hey, it&#39;s up to you =P

oh... good. If i had to use a brass, i wouldve chose french horn myself.

I made this little quartet snipit about five minutes ago, and i&#39;m really proud of it right now. this is probably what will be the first good waltz that I composed

EDIT: I added more to it. its on the MIDI now

That&#39;s really good so far ^^ I really like the harmonies, the balance between the four instruments, and the dancing rhythm (well, it *is* a waltz, haha) . . and since you used string midi, it makes it easier for me to envision how it would actually sound. Keep it up&#33;

Question&#33;

Is it "OK" to make a key signature?

In my waltz, I&#39;m adding a whole tone passage to prepare for a key change later, and I doubt thre is a key signature that can serve for C whole tone (or D, E, F#/Gb, G#/Ab, and A#/Bb) or the B whole tone (or C#/Db, D#/Eb, F, G, and A).

I know I can add the accidentals when needed, but it makes the score look really messy and confusing, and plus, i"m lazy :P

PLEASE ASSIST

Tsk, no excuses for laziness =P For that passage, I&#39;d use those accidentals, rather than place a key signature. I feel that they should be reserved for traditional harmonic parts.

Hehe, I like the lightness of the Waltz; those staccoted notes really add to the style of the piece, as do the slightly obnoxious harmony :). The trill parts sound kind of weird, but then again, it&#39;s hard to get them to sound natural in MIDI. Also, I think you should try adding more on to it, since it doesn&#39;t really resolve anywhere - it sounds like you have a short &#39;A&#39; section, repeated twice, followed by a short &#39;B&#39; section, repeated twice, and suddenly it just ends on an uneasy chord.