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Sir_Dotdotdot
December 30th, 2004, 09:32 pm
um... Hi... and um... here I will put on my first composition... I hope you will enjoy it, and give me comments and I don't expect too much good ones :/ yea... Also, my program to write this piece is quite bad so the beginning is really cut off and the fermatas are a little too long, but otherwise to me it's ok... Here it is, my first composition Summer Painting:

Al
December 30th, 2004, 10:41 pm
Your main section is great. It's sweet and gentle! However . . I'm sorry if I'm being harsh . . but you repeat it too much. I mean, it's good and everything, but your piece has only two parts: the main section (which you hardly change) and the second part where your hands play in unison without any harmony (this part is empty for that very reason) . . and you repeat these two over and over again. So how about you try new sections, or make more obvious changes in the older ones? But yeah, I hope you took that as constructive criticism =T

Sir_Dotdotdot
December 30th, 2004, 10:48 pm
Ok, I will consider that. :)

Sir_Dotdotdot
December 30th, 2004, 11:23 pm
I decided it might take a while to change that song because there are 3 other songs ahead of this one (that is why it's called Summer Painting, because there is also the Autumn, Winter and Spring). So I might need some time to get into it. But I will try to get all the songs done as fast as possible :/ .

kariekh
December 30th, 2004, 11:42 pm
sounds ok.yeah repeats but good maybe more tempo!but if its your first one good! ^_^

Diamond
December 30th, 2004, 11:52 pm
it sounds amazing!~

^_^

what i like about it is that it's just so relaxing! flows like a day in a forest with little sun rays poking in between the leaves! :D nice work~

Sir_Dotdotdot
December 31st, 2004, 12:00 am
Thanks for all the suggestions and comments! ^_^ :)

Sir_Dotdotdot
January 9th, 2005, 01:34 am
Hi again. Here is one of my new composition, Blizzard. I was quite tired of those spring, summer, winter, autumn songs so I decided to write out my compositions that are not as great as those for practice. The harmony for this song is a little off (at least that is what I think). I wrote these songs out quite roughly so I, again, don't expect good comments or anything, but still comment it so then I can improve it for good.

Al
January 9th, 2005, 12:15 pm
So instead of winter, you do a blizzard? =P (just teasing you) . . actually, I thought your harmony wasn't off at all. I liked this piece better than your Summer Painting . . more structure, good melody, etc. I was a bit unsure though of how you had that mini-ending halfway in the song, but meh.

Sir_Dotdotdot
January 11th, 2005, 12:13 am
hm... Somehow, I think the reason I wrote out Blizzard before Winter's Painting was because the Winter Painting was annoying me badly (especially the rhythm, which I can never get it right) so I lost patience and start doing something else ^_~. The Autumn Painting is just sooooo annoying too, so I was extremely not so fond of writing them out on the computer (only if I had the MIDI link thingy that can link to my keyboard T_T). So I sorta need some advice/lessons/help on my 'unsuccessful' pieces -_-'.

As for Blizzard, it wasn't how I really wanted it to be, it's suppose to be more legato and stuff like that but I did it roughly so... yea... And hm... not too much people interested in commenting Blizzard other than Al? hm... :/

Noir7
January 11th, 2005, 11:36 am
I'd like to say I enjoyed it, but then again.. I can't :mellow: First off, it doesn't connect with its title, and certainly not if it was supposed to be legato. The I-V-I left hand is very predictable and dull. The chord progression should be used better too, it's also very predictable, and you used it too much. I could by ear pick out the chords without touching my keyboard > Am-G-F-E.

I think you should expand your composing and figure out how to make us (the listeners) interested. This might be why you haven't gotten any suggestions or opinions from anyone but Al (and now me). They listen to it, and then close it 15 seconds later.

yellowmonkey121
January 12th, 2005, 12:31 am
the first one was sooo long. well.. i believe this song is ok for a background song that juss repeats over and over. like... a soap opera. i like "blizzard" better. its actually very good for a second composition. (i think) well.....its better than my piece of crap.

Noir7
January 12th, 2005, 07:05 am
It was his second composition? Oh.. that's good for a second one.

Still, my comments above withstand ^^;;

Sir_Dotdotdot
January 13th, 2005, 11:42 pm
Yea... erk, I guess the name Blizzard didn't really match (even myself think so), but oh well. I know the summer song is long and boring and repeating and all those stuff but I like the melody anyway... And since I asked for all the comments I deserve, it really didn't matter what I get because I want to improve my songs, so I don't just need positive comments to give me confidence and stuff, I also need comments that can help me improve ^_~.

Sir_Dotdotdot
January 16th, 2005, 05:56 pm
Ok, last night, for no reason I went the computer and to the composing program and composed this weird piece. This one is my first attempt on not using a piano, so I believe it's the worst piece in the world, and the instruments are weird, violin, bass, guitar and vocal (or voice ooh). To me, it's really boring and dull, also there is barely a melody (or is there one?). But I still want to share it, since it's my first song that's not on piano, and because I wanted to see what my level of composing on songs that are on other instrument (probably bad ^_~). So please comment this (strange) piece: Midnight Street Lamp (I named it that because a Streetlamp was the first thing I saw after I finished composing ^^' )

Noir7
January 16th, 2005, 06:02 pm
the instruments are weird, violin, bass, guitar and vocal (or voice ooh). To me, it's really boring and dull, also there is barely a melody (or is there one?).

You just explained it yourself :heh:

yellowmonkey121
January 17th, 2005, 09:53 am
well.... all i can say is that there is no melody that captures our attention. and your title seems to be always off. i dont see any connection between your song and your title. (well i guess it is hard to think of a title since i have trouble coming up with a title myself) do u write your song first then give it a title or do u come up with a title first?

Al
January 17th, 2005, 11:17 am
I don't know, I think the title works for me. I do feel a dark mood with a pale light in the distance . . By the way, if you want to listen to really good orchestral music, check out yellowmonkey's pieces.

Anyways, your piece isn't that bad . . yeah, what the guys above me said is right. You need more of a melody and such. You've already got the main harmony, so how about adding in another instrument, or modifying the parts you already have? It's not a total waste, you can still improve on it!

Sir_Dotdotdot
January 18th, 2005, 12:06 am
erk! My prediction was right, :P this song is bad. I put this weird piece up because two my friends like it o.O (perhaps they are not so musical...). My titles of song is really random, because word and music are two different things, so it doesn't matter what it's called (well... at least that's my opinion ^_~') as long as it doesn't hurt other people's ear that much. Improving on the song... I can think about it, but I can't really think of melodies that would fit into that awkward thing o.O but I will try to see what I can do to it...

I am also working on other compositions... So it might take a while even if I want to improve and I am usually lazy at improving stuff :heh: because after I start doing it for a while, I get new ideas, and jumps to it... I need to put some extra effort into my new songs. -_-' But anyways...

Noir7
January 18th, 2005, 12:48 pm
Originally posted by Sukarufu@Jan 18 2005, 02:06 AM
my friends like it o.O (perhaps they are not so musical...)
That's the thing though, a good composition should impress people who aren't musical too. :rolleyes:

Sir_Dotdotdot
January 30th, 2005, 10:03 pm
Here is my new composition, but it's not quite finished, and there might be some notes that don't belong and etc... but I will post it up anyway... The name of this song is not yet decided, even though my friend calls it 'Serenity' but I think I will reconsider it later on...

Sir_Dotdotdot
February 3rd, 2005, 05:45 pm
I sort of got bored on what so called 'Serenity' so I used my time on a new song called The Harp Song, and here it is. I transposed it into a few versions, the one I am sharing is A flat Major, but originally it should be G Major. I used harp, glockenspiel, music box and vibraphone for this piece, and it turned out quite interesting. The song might sound quite quiet because of no harmony, but I want to make it as peaceful as possible. ^_^

Noir7
February 3rd, 2005, 06:34 pm
The harp song would make a decent background tune. You know, some dreamy moment in a medieval asian enviroment (Yes, somehow it reminds me of that actually..)

Al
February 5th, 2005, 03:06 pm
While I agree with Noir that it's like a dreamy song, I think that you should maximize the full potential of the harp. Aside from its very sound, you have no justification for the use of this instrument, if you get what I'm saying =T

an-kun
February 10th, 2005, 09:04 pm
<summer painting>

If that was your first composition that was a really good melody at the start but as some of the others have said it has a bit too much repetition. Um...I think you have to think of the piece as a whole as well to make it sor tof grow and develop from section to section and try to vary stuff to make it all flow together. I remember repeating loads when i first started but I didnt actually understand music at the age of 10 ^_^. Happy composing ichigo people&#33;

Sir_Dotdotdot
February 13th, 2005, 02:55 am
@ Al: Yea... I sort of understand ^^&#39;

@ An-Kun: Yes, too much repetition, but I don&#39;t know what else to add to it

@ Noir7: Dreamy Asian places? I don&#39;t really get the feeling of that, but since music is different to everyone... So everyone should have different opinions and I find that it is quite interesting how other people think of you composition in a different way ^^.

I have been working on a new piece, Sky at Dawn (well... I am not sure about is the title fitting or not... but...). The instruments are vocal, Piccolo, Music Box, Glockenspiel, trumpet, violin, harp, piano and drum kit.

Al
February 14th, 2005, 06:02 pm
Oh, the title definitely fits&#33; I picture faint stars fading away as morning comes along . . ah, I didn&#39;t like the drums coming in though . . you&#39;ve got the right mood and atmosphere set up, but just work on melody and form to keep the piece together =)

Sir_Dotdotdot
March 10th, 2005, 12:25 am
Hm... not much people had commented about my pieces other than Al (and thanks to Al for being attentive to my compositions^^) for some reason X_X . Oh well... So today I got another one, but instead of entering it in the computer, I used my MIDI keyboard to play this piece, but it turned out terrible due to the really terrible notating program I am using and the keyboard itself is really sensitive so you will hear a lot of extra notes and etc... Also, it&#39;s very very uneven and choppy, so please, do not judge the playing and rhythm, but please judge the melody, harmony and etc... It is kind of like an experiment with my keyboard, so please :sweatdrop: do not be too hard on this one. Thanks. I did not have a title for this one, because I can&#39;t think of any that fits this one... I will also remake this song without the keyboard so it will sound better :( :mellow:

M
March 10th, 2005, 12:49 am
Summer_Painting

The theme is beautifully sculpted, and very gentle. It&#39;s one of those themes that when played in person makes you happy your alive. Maybe if jump a fourth on the main theme on the 3rd time through and build some rolling chords in the part where both treble and bass clef are the same, and I feel that it would be ready for printing.

More comments on the way

Al
March 13th, 2005, 01:59 am
Your performance is fine, no worries =)

About the music (untitled, posted on March 9): I liked the style and mood (reminds me of those movies . . ah, how do I put it? *shrugs*). Unfortunately, it was too repetitive. Your harmony, melody, rhythms . . as nice as they were, were constant throughout the piece. I know you tried to make it make it different, but I felt as if your variations were done in blocks/chunks. For instance, section A would have this sort of melody, section B would have another kind of melody, but would still sound like section A somehow . . you get what I mean? Sorry for being harsh, it&#39;s still a nice piece ._.

Sir_Dotdotdot
March 17th, 2005, 04:21 pm
Thank you to Al and Mies for your comments&#33;

This new song I just composed is a Prelude. I haven&#39;t started the main part of the song yet but I soon will. As for this song I need to give some credits to Gnomish for helping me sort of edit this piece because originally, it was really &#39;block/chunk-ish&#39; >.< but then when Gnomish suggested to use broken chords, it turned out much better.

Sir_Dotdotdot
March 19th, 2005, 08:53 pm
Thanks to Matt-Chan^^, the prelude was recorded into MP3 which sounded much much nicer than the quirky MIDI. So here it is&#33; :D

Alfonso de Sabio
March 20th, 2005, 02:11 am
It&#39;s refreshing to hear a forum composer who has a functional grasp of harmony. Some of it is quite rich. The main thing you lack is a good melody. Most people like something that they can whistle a snipet from. I&#39;d come up with a few good themes and then go at it again with that harmonic scheme.

Al
March 20th, 2005, 10:21 pm
Basically what Alfonso said =) Although your harmony was good, I wish it could be "richer". And along with the melody, try to work on phrasing too, so that you can distinguish the sections of the piece ^^

Sir_Dotdotdot
March 21st, 2005, 10:36 pm
Thanks for the comments, Alfonso de Sabio and Al. I will work on the melody and make the harmony even better.

Alfonso de Sabio
March 22nd, 2005, 01:40 am
I&#39;m amazed that someone hasn&#39;t accused Al and I of being the same user since we have such similar names (especially when he was "Alphonse.") and agree on pretty much everything. The main difference is that you can tell from his compositions that he&#39;s studied a lot more than I.

Shizeet
March 22nd, 2005, 03:45 am
The pedaling sounds kind of uneven, but it sounds pretty nice overall. The broken chords sound kind of neat, but some of them sound kind of off; maybe if you "stablize" the phrasing a little bit, it&#39;d sound more smooth, and you&#39;d be able to focus on developing the melody more as well.

Sir_Dotdotdot
March 28th, 2005, 02:14 am
Here is my newest piece, this song is the fourth song after the prelude, number one to three of this series of song isn&#39;t complete :heh: because I sort of worked backward... This piece is called Le Chateau: Snowy Chateau, and is inspired by a castle in Quebec, Canada... So... please give me any comments or suggestions, thanks&#33;

Al
April 4th, 2005, 03:20 pm
L&#39;hiver&#33; ^^ (which city in Quebec specifically? and what&#39;s the name of the castle?) Very dainty and snowy-like =) Um, in some parts, there are too many breaks in the melody, I would have liked it to flow better. But I loved the pizzicato of the strings. And I liked the fade-away of the bells at the very end.

Sir_Dotdotdot
April 4th, 2005, 11:58 pm
Quebec City from Quebec and Chateau Frontenac&#33; That place just inspired me soooo much, especially the inside, soooo majestical/old/classical... :P But to be truthful, the song is mostly inspired by the street outside of the castle, Rue Petit Champlain because it was all snowy and wet and very European-ish kind of classic :) .

Sir_Dotdotdot
April 7th, 2005, 12:26 am
Muahahahaah&#33; Winter&#39;s over&#33; Finally, all the snows melted and etc... I composed a spring piece, Spring Painting&#33; My first song ever posted on Ichigos was Summer Painting, now my fourth one is done... I entered this song in the CMA for April, so if you wish to comment me on the CMA voting system, please do not post your opinion on how to improve, just to be fair to other contestant.

Sir_Dotdotdot
April 13th, 2005, 01:03 am
I have recently composed a piece for my friend&#39;s birthday... And I don&#39;t know if my friend will like it or not... so please, give me some comments...

Al
April 13th, 2005, 01:56 am
Spring Painting:
Oh my, that&#39;s lovely&#33; I don&#39;t know if I&#39;ve listened to the other entries, but yours will definitely be a strong contender ^^

BDay:
I&#39;m sure your friend will enjoy it =) it&#39;s certainly a happy piece for a happy occasion, and the fact that this song is unique will make it all the more special&#33; To be honest, I was expecting something like the traditional happy birthday song, you know, loud/fast/silly =P nice to see a different and heart-warming approach.

Shizeet
April 13th, 2005, 08:40 pm
Bday sounds pretty nice, though some of the chords were a more &#39;dissonant&#39;-sounding than I&#39;d expected in the context. Maybe it&#39;s because you reharmonize a lot with the harp, even when staying in the same chord would&#39;ve sounded fine. Still, quite an interesting piece. Keep it up.

Sir_Dotdotdot
April 17th, 2005, 03:04 am
Thanks for the comments&#33;

Now I have another new piece: Silent Summer. The instruments of this piece are: Ocarina, Warmth Pad, Koto, Bowed Glass, Glockenspiel, Tinkle Bells, Celesta, Piano, Strings, Music Box, Crystal, and Triangle.

:Edit: I edited the song into a newer version, the only change is that the melody is louder...

Al
April 27th, 2005, 05:53 pm
Wahh, the instruments you used make it sound so delicate. The harmonies are full and texturized (love that one particular progression). Hmm, maybe some of the other instruments should get solos? And ladies and gentlemen, here&#39;s how you properly end off a piece&#33; Good stuff, taking your time.

By the way, did you show the bday song to your friend yet?

Sir_Dotdotdot
April 27th, 2005, 10:25 pm
Thanks for the comment Al&#33;

My friend&#39;s computer is infected with viruses X_X so when I can&#39;t send it to my friend... But my friend&#39;s gonna fix it soon...

Sir_Dotdotdot
May 6th, 2005, 05:45 pm
Well... I composed a new song... But I am not quite confident and sure about it because it seems to be too... uh... I don&#39;t know... I need some advice on how to improve this song and etc...

Sir_Dotdotdot
May 15th, 2005, 02:39 am
Hm... No one replied to my last song... So here is a new one....

yellowmonkey121
May 16th, 2005, 09:00 pm
=::the gift of time::= well... i like the beginning and i dont know about anyone else but i think your orchestra came in too sudden. perhaps you can have a violin or cello play a single note on the 4th measure right before every instrument strikes in. But the beginning was awesome. i like that kinda melody. maybe i should try composing something like it. 7.75/10

=::winter momento::= this was alright for me. im guessing you were trying to practice using drum. some part of the drum was ok but i didn&#39;t really get excited. that&#39;s the problem for me too. i can&#39;t seem to know how to use a drum. im trying to compose a drum solo so check me out and give me some criticism too. 6/10

i think this is the most i ever wrote for evaluating. :heh:

Sir_Dotdotdot
May 17th, 2005, 01:14 am
Thanks, yellowmonkey, for the comments, and yea, the percussion was just some experiments :whistle: .

Alright, I have a new song, it&#39;s some what weird... Because it&#39;s suppose to be a Serenade but... Whatever, it&#39;s just weird, so I need some advice. And most of all, I need to know does this piece qualify as a serenade, because I fear it doesn&#39;t...

:Edit: Oh yea, when I tried to see if the song worked when I posted, I found that the piano part became the Glockenspiel on my speaker for some reason... So if you hear weird instruments, blame my program X_X.

:Edit2: I found the problem and fixed it. :P

:Edit 3: I sorta added more to it :unsure: :whistle:

Al
May 19th, 2005, 04:43 pm
Gift of Time: Normally when solos start off, I can&#39;t hear the harmony. But with your intro, I could hear it before the accompaniment came in. So yay for not confusing me =P The second half of the piece didn&#39;t seem as connected though.

Winter Memento: You really like these winter themes eh? =P Ah, this piece wasn&#39;t your strongest, sorry. Something about the structure/direction and false endings.

Serenade 1: There&#39;s no set criteria for a serenade. However, they are meant to sweet, gentle, flowing, and light. Your piece fits all of that. What exactly do you need advice on? What makes you think it&#39;s weird?

Sir_Dotdotdot
May 19th, 2005, 09:19 pm
All right, never mind about the Serenade thing then :P , because I went to check out Mozart&#39;s Serenades as an outline or as a guide, and I found his Serenades (especially the Posthorn and the Eine Kleine Nachtmusik) sounded quite aggressive, but when I read about the form, it said it should sound delicate and blah blah blah, so I was confused... But thanks for the comment, Al, and yea winter themes sounds cool&#33;

Sir_Dotdotdot
May 23rd, 2005, 01:47 am
... New piece... This piece has the same chord progression as Silent Summer, and it is very very similar to it too, except it has different instrument, different melody, different piano part (Silent Summer&#39;s piano part is better than this one because this one is more pale and quiet) and different dynamics (this one is louder). X_X I didn&#39;t really expected to use the same chord progression as Silent SUmmer for this piece, but I did anyways... So... Yea... So try to enjoy (or dislike ;_;) this piece, Vivid Autumn.

Al
May 23rd, 2005, 05:46 am
Maybe you could change the title, it doesn&#39;t sound "vivid" or "autumny" to me =P . . if I had the time, I&#39;d listen to "Silent Summer" for comparison, ah well . . as for the piece itself, I feel like it needs to move more =T

Sir_Dotdotdot
May 29th, 2005, 01:18 am
New song, another Serenade :P.

P.S., I am fixing the song I posted earlier.

Sir_Dotdotdot
May 29th, 2005, 10:36 pm
New song, I don&#39;t have a name for this one though... Also, this is the first song I ever used weird chords so yea...

Al
May 30th, 2005, 01:48 pm
Why am I the only one posting? ;_;

Serenade2:
Some notes sound &#39;off&#39; to me o.0 . . hmm, this piece is a bit too repetitive to my liking. First you repeat those notes, second you repeat the whole theme but with variation. However, I liked your orchestration. When all the instruments came in halfway, your piece started to shine =)

Nameless:
This one on the other hand was really nice ^^ What weird chords? Anyways, in this piece, although you used the same chords over and over, I felt it wasn&#39;t as repetitive as the serenade. It&#39;s interesting how well you can manage with that harmony restriction. However, your ending was too sudden. We were used to hearing that chord progression, and then you abrupty ended it?

Shizeet
May 30th, 2005, 02:41 pm
I agree. Serenade2 feels too dragged on and dull for its length; some more contrapunal variance would definitely be welcome. The orchestration later on makes it more interesting, but another contrasting section in between would&#39;ve been nice. Nameless is sort of the same, but the chord progression is somewhat more interesting. I also liked how your accompaniment works in long canons, though the fast 32nd notes feel kind of out of place in an otherwise mellow piece. Also, you probably want to change the violin patch to string ensemble 1, which sounds better on most midi synths.

Sir_Dotdotdot
June 2nd, 2005, 12:13 am
Thanks for the comments, and I took Al&#39;s advice and change the ending slightly different on the piece Nameless, and I also changed a few parts on it, I added pedals, I added dynamics, but I did not change the patch for the string, because this song is sorta meant for only one violin, and I tried to replace the sound with fiddle and viola but they turned out even worst in the high notes.

Al
June 3rd, 2005, 03:17 am
Improvement ^^ . . even sounded like you even added rubato somehow at parts? Meh, still very nice . . I liked the contrast between the heavy and light parts, that&#39;s crucial, but because of the repetitive nature of the piece, perhaps you can differentiate between similar heavy sections and similar light sections? If you get what I mean . . ending was much better, although I didn&#39;t like the very last note XD

Sir_Dotdotdot
June 3rd, 2005, 05:57 pm
Thanks for the advice, Al. I will continue on working on that piece and yea, the last note is messed up :heh: .

Anyways, here is a new one that I am not quite satisfied with :/ .

Sir_Dotdotdot
June 5th, 2005, 08:45 pm
Here&#39;s another piece I just finished, hm... I wonder why no one listened to the one before? :&#092;

Al
June 6th, 2005, 12:52 pm
I don&#39;t know why, these are nice songs =(

Serenade 3: Ah, one sour note in the beginning . . nice choice of solo instrument though . . hmm you&#39;re doing that repetitive note thing again in the background =&#092; . . as for that piano solo flourish 2/3 in that ends in a trill, I think it&#39;d be nice if you could slow that down and add rubato, but on midi that&#39;ll be hard. Although you slowed down for the ending, I don&#39;t think you should have just ended on a chord. You can do more than that =)

Serenade 4: Haha, you like those sour notes (refers to beginning), but this one wasn&#39;t as sour (oh, just because I think it&#39;s sour, doesn&#39;t mean it&#39;s necessarily wrong/bad) . . anyways, this one is so different from #3 but it&#39;s still sweet, I mean, you&#39;ve got all these strange instrumentations going on, but it works somehow. Ah, you&#39;ve got the ending done really well this time&#33;

Sir_Dotdotdot
June 10th, 2005, 10:44 pm
Thanks, Al, for all your comments.

Alright, another song ready to be posted up&#33;

Shizeet
June 11th, 2005, 01:02 pm
Summer Snow was alright, I guess, but it has the same sort of repetitive feel as your other recently posted pieces. The main problem is probably with the left hand ostinato part for the piano - it just never changes rhythmically, making it very dull and repetitive sounding, especially during the solo parts. Try to experiment with more fluidly flowing passages, perhaps letting the left hand tackle some melodic or counter-melodic material. Another thing is that you should try to make the Guitar parts sound more distinct from the piano, and avoid them in parallel other than for accentuating melodies or motifs. Keep at it, though.

Al
June 14th, 2005, 01:42 am
I agree with spc1st . . but I&#39;d like to add that what you&#39;ve written is still sweet sounding . . you can&#39;t teach that sort of thing as you can with harmony/counterpoint, so . . nicely done =)

Matt
June 15th, 2005, 09:13 am
I like Serenade 4 and Summer Snow, sweet melody and gentle LH (even though it gets repetitive over time) but all in all, you improved quite a lot since you posted your first songs :)

Gnomish
June 18th, 2005, 07:28 pm
Summer Snow

I like the melody right off from the bat, but unfortunately, the MIDI ruins the potential interpretation of the trill parts. But it&#39;s still great&#33; Here&#39;s a suggestion: I think your trills should have termination, as seen here (http://baroque-music.com/frames/images/trill&mordent1.jpg). The instrument which later comes in to provide counterpoint to the piano melody is a great addition and a smart move on your part. :) The LH parts are repetitive, but not to the point that it gets annoying. Now this melody is stuck in my head&#33; XD Love the trill ending. A wonderful piece with a good title, written by a good composer. :)

One thing you might consider doing to jazz up the melody is doing variations on it or adding some Baroque ornamentation instead of repeating it the exact same each time. Just an idea. :)

Blombrink
June 24th, 2005, 03:41 am
I like Nameless 2, most of them all =) :rolleyes:

Sir_Dotdotdot
June 25th, 2005, 01:29 am
Thanks for the replies, everyone, I appreciate them a lot. =)

:Edit: New piece, this piece is the first piece I ever not follow the chord rules, so it&#39;s weird... Yea... Not very flowing either, but bare with me, this is my first piece applying all those weird stuff and also the first full piece I composed with Sibelius 3. So comments please&#33; :heh:

Matt
June 28th, 2005, 03:55 pm
It sounds like ghosthouse music, nice ^_^

Sir_Dotdotdot
June 30th, 2005, 12:52 am
Thanks Matt-Chan for your comments.

New song, this one is the fastest song I have composed so far, so yea.... It&#39;s a Prelude to the next songs I will post soon.

Noir7
July 1st, 2005, 07:54 am
Your use of the LH is killing me. A combination of repetetive bass and the "C-Am-F-G" pattern is just overkill.

What makes this piece a Prélude?

Sir_Dotdotdot
July 2nd, 2005, 12:10 am
The name for this piece is random, and is the first piece that I created out of my plan of the next 25 songs so it doesn&#39;t really matter. Well, since you said that the LH is overkilling, what suggestion can you give me to improve the piece?

Gnomish
July 2nd, 2005, 01:20 am
Prelude

I&#39;d try making just a few variations in the LH part (like instead of that last eighth (sixteenth?) note of the broken chord of each measure being the 5th, maybe go back down to the 1st instead. (Just an idea.) I like how the theme repeats itself over the changing chord progression, and I like how it goes into a chromatic (or at least it sounds semi-chromatic) passage about a third of the way through. The variations in the LH are a welcome addition, but you really drove the theme into the listener&#39;s head so many times that it really could stand to be reduced a bit, or at least transposed via harmonic progression somewhere in the middle. I think the theme is very nice and happy, but perhaps the fact that it is solo piano makes the repetition just a little bit unbearable. But I do like the piece, and the melody is quite memorable. :)

Noir7
July 2nd, 2005, 11:49 am
Originally posted by Sukarufu@Jul 2 2005, 01:10 AM
Well, since you said that the LH is overkilling, what suggestion can you give me to improve the piece?
I can&#39;t come up with suggestions for you on this part, since you wouldn&#39;t understand. You&#39;re obviously a beginner player/composer, so I&#39;d rather suggest you to listen to other songs of this type, and maybe take a look at the sheets of those.

edit: Why not take a look at Beethoven&#39;s Adagio Pathetiqué? (2nd mvt)

Sir_Dotdotdot
July 2nd, 2005, 03:38 pm
Thanks Gnomish for your long feedback and thanks Noir7 for your suggestion.

Edit: Oh yea, I agree with Noir7 that I am a beginner composer (@ Noir7, I really appreciate that you accept me as a composer, or at least a beginner one), so therefore I need suggestions from a variety of composers, so please, again, to everyone, give me honest, helpful and good suggestions, not just comments, thanks.

Noir7
July 2nd, 2005, 04:15 pm
I hope you use Finale, if you don&#39;t, go here:

http://www.finalemusic.com/notepad/index.asp

It&#39;s free and all, you just gotta register, which takes a minute. Then after you&#39;ve downloaded, tell me if you get my point in this attachment.

Sir_Dotdotdot
July 2nd, 2005, 04:43 pm
Ok, thanks for your new suggestion and lesson. I seem to start getting what you mean, like use a variety of technique on the LH instead of using normal arppegios, and more ornaments to enchance the melody to make it more complex, yet memorable. Am I correct? Anyways, I appreciate your help greatly. ^_^

:Edit: Well, I tried to make a variety of techniques on the left hand on the piece in the beginning, so am I correct if I continue to work this way?

Noir7
July 2nd, 2005, 10:25 pm
Exactly.

Sir_Dotdotdot
July 3rd, 2005, 01:10 am
So maybe this version of the song would be better? :)

Sir_Dotdotdot
July 7th, 2005, 08:01 pm
Sorry for the double post.

New song, this song is meant to be simple and delicate so I didn&#39;t bother to add ornaments and complex stuff to it. I also know there is weird minor part in the beginning but I tried to change it and it turned out to be like this, so yea... And this piece is composed only around 1 to 1 and a half hour, I didn&#39;t put much effort because the melody came to me all the sudden and I didn&#39;t have a plan or anything so I just wrote it down.

Matt
July 8th, 2005, 12:48 pm
nice simplistic song. the title fits very well too :)
keep it up

Ratster
July 10th, 2005, 05:46 am
Maybe it&#39;s just me, but your piano pieces sound freakishly similar to mine.
Some of your pieces seem to have panning problems though, they&#39;re either panned left all the way or something around 80%.

Sir_Dotdotdot
July 10th, 2005, 05:05 pm
@ Matt-Chan: Thanks for your encouragement and comment.

@ Ratster: :blink: Similar?&#33; o.O Like how? And I am no MIDI master or anything, so I am terrible at those panning, and tweaking and those stuff X_X, so it&#39;s my program&#39;s fault... But thanks for your comment anyway.

Sir_Dotdotdot
July 14th, 2005, 08:33 pm
I just finished a new piece, and it's quite weird, because it consist of 5 different dances in one song... So yea... And I had fun composing this piece too =P.

Sir_Dotdotdot
July 19th, 2005, 01:50 am
Sorry for the triple post! X_X But I need to attach another file so yeah...

New song, it's a nocturne even though it isn't quite nocturne-ish. Anyway, this song is meant to be tranquil, sweet and short. Here I present Nocturne in A Major!

Noir7
July 19th, 2005, 09:31 am
You should submit this to the CMA :)

Matt
July 19th, 2005, 10:48 pm
indeed, you should. great song :)

Sir_Dotdotdot
July 29th, 2005, 05:36 pm
Thanks for both of the comments, but can someone close this thread, like all others, I can't bear the re-adding all the songs thing. X_X Sorry.