A simple composition, simple melody line without the use of any accompaniment.
Hope my playing isn't too awful :P .

it's not bad. A bit predictable though. The moment I heard the first 6 notes, I knew exactly what the preceding note would be for the rest of the piece lol. That being said, it only means we have similar taste to music and that you write in a similar style to me lol.

Your playing wasn't bad either. Although I thought you should have held your dotted eighth a bit longer to get a whip effect.

Ooo, this needs some accompaniment! I like the melody a lot, but it seems like it could be even more effective if it was accompanied or if it was the beginning part of an orchestral piece. I also got some interesting ideas for making a B section to the melody (not that I'll act on them, but its not often that I like a piece on ichigos enough to want to act on it like this!).

Yeah, I really agree with KK. I originally came to this forum to study modern, anime and game styled music. I have become quite knowlageble (sp?) and I could also predict. But I heard a great orchestra behind this, with the winds with a flourish of color.

Great melody though, I like it a lot. ^_^

Thank you guys for the comments. I'm just plain lazy to think of the accompaniments. Writing them takes alot of time and effort. lol.

My new composition, trying to do alittle bit more.

Im not the one judge melodies since I apparently suck at them =).
Its also kind of hard to judge a melody without accompaniment, meaning you cant hear what role the melody is playing (fifth in the main chord, tonic etc.
Anyway the first one could almost work as a voice to "Stairway to heaven"
it was a little monotonous but could work with an orchestra expanding the theme behind it.
the other one was... I dont know what to say... cool?

simplemelody~
Needs accompaniment. It would be great for an orchestral piece.

variables~
Also needs accompaniment. It possibly could be used as a Theme and Variations piece.

Sounds pretty nice. You should really learn to make accomps. ^_^

I added accompaniment to simple melody, since u ppl keep wanting me to do it :( . LOL, anyway i added a simple chordal ensemble accompaniment of thirds to support the melody. And also borrowed the help of a flute to lighten up the piece a little (hopefully). I'm not very knowledgeable in music theory, i just do what I felt is nice. But the tonality of the midi is alittle "cartoon" hopefully i can get a copy of sonar from my friend and transform it to a mp3 with better sound fonts and effects. Since i dun think any ensemble would want to try out my composition :sweat: .
And this is "Yet Still A Simple Melody"

All I can say right now is that in my opinion, I think there should be more instruments.

I had orchestrated the simple melody, hope u guys like it.:)

Violin, Cello, Harp, Clarinet, and Bassoon have whole notes most of the time (not the solo parts), which can be boring to hear after a while.

tq clarinetist for the comments. It had been fun writing accompaniments. lol

My new composition. Still a violin solo.

In fact I quite like how they all sounds so simple, but It would sound great accompaniment. Maybe another pitch or part or tune or whatever (What I mean is a second melody or how to say it... >I really need to get a dictionary for music words<) sound great.

My poor ears won't make it happen for me to listen to midi, so I can't comment that, sorry.

But the tonality of the midi is alittle "cartoon" hopefully i can get a copy of sonar from my friend and transform it to a mp3 with better sound fonts and effects.

A gift. (http://honeyandclover.net/simplemelodyhigh.mp3).

I think it sounds nice, just work on keeping interest with some variations, especially in the lower end. As someone else said, the constant whole notes with the cellos and etc., get's repetitive very quickly.

Thank you guys for the comments and thank you theowne for the mp3.

It's actually very beautiful, so congrats!

The only complaint I have is that you ended on a deceptive cadence. In some cases, that's ok, so if what you wanted was to leave the audience hanging, wishing for a resolution, I guess it's ok. However, I think it would be better WITH the resolution, because the style of your piece to me seems more conventional anyway.

Trying to compose a bacarolle. Any tips to help me improve on this.

*Looks up correct definition of bacarolle*

It sounds like a boat would be moving along in Venice (or quiet waters).

I would get a 'left hand' part in there, and maybe edit those sections where those harp runs go crazy--they seem just a tad out of place; but you have very good phrase lines. Good job so far. ;)

My new composition. I'm experimenting with modern now. Hope there is someone that will appreciate this piece. :heh: It is not easy to write a "structured" modern piece. :(

simplemelody

Beautiful melody in a good choice of key for the violin -- A minor always sounds nice on stringed instruments. Nice violin technique, too. You handle the higher register pretty well, though I could pick up on just a few minor intonation errors (and the slide at around 0:13 sounded overshot by just a hair). This has potential. I can picture a harp (or, if you don't want to be so adventurous, a piano) accompanying this.

variables

These samples are sure a nice way to show off your nice vibrato, one of the first things I noticed in this little sample. I'm not entirely crazy about the huge leap at ~0:28, but it is very violinistic writing. I was rather puzzled at first by your change of character at around 0:45, as the double stops and bariolage seem kind of out of character when compared to the rest of the sweeping melody. However, it's also kind of a nice surprise, and it would be even more pronounced and interesting if there were an orchestra or accompanist backing you up.

yetstillasimplemelody

The addition of some orchestral thirds and a flute harmonizing/complementing the violin part is a good thing. However, I'm hearing so many unisons/octaves between the melody and the background that the violin almost loses its voice in this arrangement. Your choice to end on an F major chord (while the melody sounds predominantly A minor) is interesting, though it certainly leaves the piece sounding a little incomplete. I really like the part where the flute executes a very quick upward scalar run and takes over the melody for just a bit. If I were you, I'd read up a bit about cadence types so you can use them to their full effect to go along with the wonderful melodic play between the flute/violin here. Using thirds (some of which are harmonically questionable and ambiguous) simply doesn't do the melody justice. It's getting better though, that's for sure!

thesimplemelody

Okay, now it's starting to sound lush and more full. However, it still sounds to me like you're missing the root (or at least the third) of some chords. The accompanying orchestral parts are all in octaves/unisons... if I were you, I'd make a more definite bass line, using the bassoon/cello (or maybe add a double bass in there and leave the cello part as it) to sound the root of each chord, since several of the chords sound ambiguous to me, still. Also, did you mean to turn the trills into mere mordents? I kind of liked the trills.... :P I really like the ending here, even though it sounds incomplete. It has a really interesting charm about the way it swells into the chord gentle. However, it sounds like the violin might be lingering on that G# for just a little longer than it should. You're on the right path!

simpleviolin

Intonation isn't perfect in the beginning, otherwise the melody has a very good start. I like the exchange of registers between higher and lower parts here and there. Pretty melody overall, though you really should think about adding a harp/piano (or something along those lines) to accompany you. You sure like A minor, huh? :lol:

barcarolle

This piece sounds so random at first, taking quite some time before the phrasing is clear and solid. Also, maybe it's just me, but from the melody it is impossible for me to feel comfortable about assigning this piece a time signature. Are there pick up notes? Is it really in 6/8, as a Barcarolle ought to be? It seems unstable to me, though the to-and-fro feeling of the broken chords does make me think of riding upon a gondola.

tantalizing piano

Sounds very 20th century right off the bat. It evades establishing a tonal center pretty well, though I'm not quite sure what "structure" you were going for here. The octave leaping a bit before 1:30 is really interesting, perhaps my favorite feature of this little piece. Definitely not my cup of tea, but it's pretty good atonal writing!

tq gnomish for listening and commenting on each of them :)

My new composition. A quartet piece with a very chinese melody :heh:

Violin solo
This is one of the things I happen to stumble upon that I actually like. Even though it's only a solo, you could stuff so much into it to give it a grand boost of life. Also, that it repeats to the same melody, that I hadn't noticed since the dynamics were really good.

Chinese Quartet
I don't underestimate the power of midi, though it didn't feel eastern, or eastern enough to be clear. I'm assuming a quartet also includes strings and flute, and the flute would have helped a lot.

Barcarolle
Sounds somewhat of an outerspace lullabye.It would have been nice if it included an orchestra behind it.

Really love that quartet there Rovskers! Just some of the chords seem unneed that create a '7th' which doesnt sound good for the way the piece sounds.

Good job.

Chinese Quartet

Pretty catchy rhythm, first off. I'm hearing a funny dissonance though in what sounds like the 3rd measure -- a G against an F#. They're just quarter notes, though, so it doesn't draw too much attention to itself. The repetition of the chord progression i-VII-v gets a little drab, though, and it sounds like you may have missed some very good opportunities to change the harmonies up just a bit, and it sounds like you missed a few good opportunities to insert a phrygian half-cadence where the violin I ascends to a whole note B at a few spots. However, it's not necessary to make this alteration, as it's just a suggestion. The direct modulation to a minor is a nice surprise, and the melody gets a bit more interesting here. However, are you sure you want the supporting parts to have such high placement of chords? It's probably the 2nd violin, but one of the chording voices is muddying up the listener's ability to hear the melody clearly. I'm also not to crazy about the final cadence, as the highest voice is playing a G... the third of the scale, which makes this ending sound incomplete. Overall, this piece's name matches its sound, and with a few minor reworkings, it could easily be a great first or second movement in a quartet. :)

A transcription of my fav anime's opening theme. Daddy Long Legs.:)