/comp/ Composition Gnereal
"I am not handsome, but when women hear me play, they come crawling to my feet." - Niccolò Paganini
previous thread: >>66412937
An experiment in a pen-and-paper composing general, made for all the theory autists
This differs from /prod/ in that it is more focused on the actual writing of music, not the production, and music theory. That is not to say /prod/'s electronic music is unwelcome, by all means, post here! But post with the intent on discussing composition. And remember, this is NOT /classical/. Any music, such as jazz, is acceptable
Post clyps and accompanying notation so we can accurately critique your composing from a theory perspective
THEORY
>Fux's Counterpoint
http://www.opus28.co.uk/Fux_Gradus.pdf
>Orchestration (Rimsky-Korsakov)
http://www.northernsounds.com/forum/forumdisplay.php/77-Principles-of-Orchestration
>Teoria - Music Theory General Guides/Articles
https://www.teoria.com/index.php
>Arnold Schcoenberg's "Fundementals of Music Composition"
https://monoskop.org/images/d/da/Schoenberg_Arnold_Fundamentals_of_Musical_Composition_no_OCR.pdf
>Jazz harmony (from the course at Berklee)
http://davidvaldez.blogspot.com/2006/04/berklee-jazz-harmony-1-4.html
PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS
>Basic composing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWbH1bhQZSw
>Free Notation Software
https://musescore.org/
IMPROVISATION
>Fake books for jazz and blues soloing
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BzW9o5O35hQzMzA0ZmI0MWEtZGFmNi00OTQ0LWI2MjMtOWUyNzgyNmUzNzNm&usp=drive_web&ddrp=1&hl=en#
STUFF /COMP/ DOES
>the /comp/ YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqUEaKts92UIstFjrz9BfcA
>the /comp/ weekly challenge
[email protected]
Other resources (full of lessons and books): http://pastebin.com/k3xddxwr
REMINDER: THERE WILL BE NO STREAM TODAY. UNLESS THE ANON DOING THE MODAL STREAM DOES HIS TODAY
THE /comp/ COMPOSITION CHALLENGE #3 METERS July 8st - July 15rd
Compose a short piece (around 1 to 2 minutes) with three distinct meters in any instrumentation. Treat these time signatures as meters, rather than just throwing in a different time signature for a bar or two for phrasing purposes. Consider making your meters distinct by considering whether the time signatures you choose are duple or triple; simple, compound or complex/irregular.
BONUS CHALLENGE: Make at least one section of your piece polyrhythmic/polymetric
Post WIPs, talk about things to consider when changing meters, post pieces that have strong metric changes, post polyrhythmic pieces.
Hey, when will that theme and variations be finished?
>>66464194
is the challenge actually still on or? i was thinking about submitting something 2 days ago, but figured i was a bit late.
-also, i managed to compose something moderately tipsy yesterday, and i've completely given up on finishing any of my pieces, ever. Is there any hope that i will ever return to finish some of them, or am i just telling myself that to live a happy lie?
https://clyp.it/30qaue3o
I mostly make video game music, but a year ago, I tried my hand at something orchestral. Hope you can see past the fact that I didn't know how to program MIDI very well. Hope you enjoy I'd, and I'd love some actual feedback as well.
https://soundcloud.com/krisena/sneaking-past-the-festival-in
I don't have the score for this exact version, but you can look at the one provided and most will be the same.
The focus of the piece was first and foremost to practice form. Orchestration was just a secondary objective, so keep that in mind. I still appreciate orchestration comments though.
>score
http://s000.tinyupload.com/download.php?file_id=04738075967416676769&t=0473807596741667676965025
>>66464436
Dude, that's a great piece. You gotta return to this one, at least.
>is the challenge actually still on or?
I don't know, I'm not the guy that does the challenges.
>>66464439
sweet piece really, some passages reminds me of ori and the blind forest
don't die on me comp
Modulating from F-C in 4 bars, how do I do it? Use the V/V?
>>66467053
Do this
F major - D minor - D major - G major - C major
>>66467053
F - A#m - B dim - C
This works, right?
https://clyp.it/4sjxuou5
How do I learn to actually compose a song?
I took piano lessons when I was younger so I know all my major and minor scales, how to make triads, 7th, 9t, 11t, 13th etc, and that's pretty much all I see in basic resources. Where can I learn to actually make phrases, melodies, and learn song structure?
>>66468637
Check the YouTube channel.
Arnold Schcoenberg's "Fundementals of Music Composition" is a very good, entry-level book for all composers.
https://monoskop.org/images/d/da/Schoenberg_Arnold_Fundamentals_of_Musical_Composition_no_OCR.pdf
I also reccomend the "Art of Composing" basic composition series
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWbH1bhQZSw&list=PL341D841389B2FEC7
So basically, you learn phrases -> periods ->themes and sctions -> binary/ternary/rondo/etc. -> sonata-allegro/minuets and trios/etc. -> a fucking symphony/sonata/other large form shit
>>66468987
Thanks. I'll check it out. Beyond that, what would be some good things to look at?
Toby Fox answers "How do I get good at composing?"
http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sothcs
>>66469958
Why Toby Fox? He's good, but he's no where near amazing. Up until recently he was a nobody. get someone else, like one of those big movie composers like hans zimmer or someone
>>66469656
You need to analyze compositions. Start with earlier compositions, as composers tend to get more complex as they get older. Bagalletes and themes and variations are good to study. Figure out how composers present and develop ideas with those forms.
Classical music is really an academic study. You'll need to go to a university to study it if you are serious about becoming a composer. Not being good at composing, but writing music for orchestras and publishing it and making money off of it.
I guess you could write film scores too
>>66470477
I love his music personally. If you like video game music, there's no reason not to be interested in his advice.
...Also, even if he's new, he's probably earned more money on his music than everyone on /comp/ ever will.
>>66470607
when did I ever say that I earned more money then him?
He's saying good advice that I agree with, no doubt. But if we're just talking game music, I'd much rather listen to an interview with Nobuo Uematsu. He's had much more influence (and money lo) and has also written much more varied music comparied to Fox. Nothing bad for listening to the words of a composer you're a fan of, but all I'm saying is that it's like studying Sakimi-chan instead of Leonardo Da Vinci or Norman Rockwell you know
>>66470704
That's fine. I love reading the advice of the veterans too. However, many people have been inspired by Fox's music specifically to start composing, so I think it's great that he gives advice. Maybe someone here likes him too.
>>66470772
all good my man. Just wanted to let you know that I'm not hating on you just cause you like Fox. Just wanted you to understand where I was coming from you know.
Nice that we came to an understanding.
I want to compose for a wind ensemble but all I can come up with is pirate music. Please be brutal.
https://clyp.it/xsp3jhb5
>>66470883
alot of the chord changes sound off dude. like 0:19 to 0:21. also, i dont think using full block chords would sound good for this type of thing
>>66470883
>>66471035
sure this is a wind ensemble though? sounds like a piano to me. maybe i'm just high.
>>66471059
>>66471035
I get the idea on piano and then orchestrate it
Also, what do you mean by "off"?
>>66471102
well it just doesn't work homedog. seems like it swaps into scales that are too different, chords that are just too far away from each other, (if we're gonna be talking circle of fifths or something to that nature). another thing that might be it is that even though a chord has a note that supports it, maybe the third is a minor or major while your melody is in the opposite scale. you know what i mean? look I won't go in detail, I'm no music theory major, but melodies are supposed to resolve, and when you change chords too often the mood changes too and the last chords just doesn't resolve for the ear. wait a couple more hours, there are people in these threads who are much better at explaining why stuff works and doesn't work in music then I am. I just use my ears... maybe you should try choosing a chord progression before hand and writing on top of that?
>>66468564
help me out homies, sounds kind of wrong to me
>>66471254
Okay, thanks for helping man
>>66468564
>https://clyp.it/4sjxuou5
honestly it sounds ok, just seems like something is missing from 1:02. First of all, the entrance is slightly out of rythm probably because the organ or whatever strikes 0.1ms late, I guess you can use it to your effect to make it seem slightly off putting. Secondly also at 1:06, it sounds like a track where you take out the vocals. if you want it to be a break part, maybe just add something silly small like just a little high pitched sound forming a rythm or just making it's mark. That's what i think at least. The rest sounds fine to me honestly.
>>66464194
isn't this challenge thing closed as of 2 days ago?
Are there any resources for musical form independent from standard functional harmony? I know all about periods and sentences but it's really hard to apply my knowledge of such things when the fundamental V-I sounds out of place in my piece.
You know, two threads ago this challenge idea was posted:
>>66400893
>so i'm almost done with compiling the theme and variations. For next week's challenge a couple of people expressed the idea of setting a text in an art song style, but I'm going to push that idea off until later because I think I might be able to get a singer to record them in about 3 weeks, so it'd be cooler to wait until then. For next week, I was thinking of taking another idea that an anon mentioned. He said he was having a lot of fun improvising around restricted pitch classes, so the challenge could be something like :
>"Compose a short piece with 1 to 3 sections in any instrumentation. Each section is limited to only using 4 specific pitch classes off your choosing. i.e. Section A only contains the notes D F# G and B, Section B contains only E F# C and C#
>Is this too restrictive? Perhaps it should be 5 or fewer pitch classes instead of specifying 4 (I want to guide people away from easy pentatonic writing, but also don't want this to be too limiting)
Please /comp/ gib advice
https://clyp.it/urv1x1gt
>>66470531
>composers tend to get more complex as they get older
do composers really do this?
why?
>>66472917
probably because they don't like to write something they've written before, and to reinvent themselves they just gradually expand on their ideas over some decades
>>66472917
I mean, it's just a natural tendency of artists to be more limited and academic in their early stuff, not yet sure what works and what doesn't, and more experimental as they get older, as they've gotten comfortable with the medium.
I mean, it's kind of a cliche example, but here's Beethoven's 1st piano sonata: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoTCS9AZRSQ
and his last piano sonata:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE2iyBRmA_g
>>66472917
Stravinsky's last piece was a simple song, and Chopin's last opus was a bunch of low-key sketches
![jNTy3mI[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/Atgsl7S.jpg "jNTy3mI[1].jpg")
not yet, /comp/ keep fighting
>>66473687
>Stravinsky's last piece was a simple song
It's not that they get more complex in instrumentation, it's that they tend to get less and less orthodox in general.
I mean, this is not what you'd call simple: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgBjc5onfPk
>>66472917
Each composer is unique. Some get more complex, some get less complex and more focused on beauty. Some stay the same the whole time.
>>66467053
F2 /Eb Bb2 /D |
Eb2 /Db Ab2 /C |
Db2 /Cb G2 /B |
C1
Descending 5th and a Neapolitan
http://lilybin.com/30s834/3
>>66470531
Alright. I'm not that into classical outside the basic stuff I studied when I was younger, but I'll try. I'm more into jazz, electronic, and hip-hop. I mostly want to learn about music theory so I don't limit myself, I can learn to make stuff, and I can make complex compositions that I'm proud of if I want to.
>>66475967
>>66467802
>>66467476
Thank you anons!
>>66472722
What'd you use to make this anon?
>>66476692
Cinematic strings with kontakt on FL studio
>inb4 fl
I'm waiting for the next challenge and will be monitoring this thread!
Also, if anyone is currently writing something for voice, I can give you some tips and suggestions, since I'm studying classical singing. I have experience with new music too, so don't be afraid if it's more out there.
what's the term for the first 3 notes of a scale?
trichord?
https://clyp.it/1z5ftmjv
for the love of god /comp/ please help. i'm really not moving in the right direction if i want to compose romantic pieces, am i? anyway i made my daily 1 minute piece and some places it's a bit lazy with the bass notes, maybe i'll try and shape it up at another time
>>66478077
oh.. and i forgot to mention it definitely sounds like a 4/4 rythm, but i started in 5/4 and it's too late to move things around because it just crashes.
on the plus side, it looks ok on paper as 5/4
>>66478077
this sounds pretty damn rad to be honest
severely misspelled, though.
What do you hate most mu? Any music piece or genre or musician you'd never want to get close to?
>>66479133
Did you mean to post a new thread?
Personally I just can't get into rock, it just seems too shallow for me. Mostly it's just how important lyrics seem to be to most fans' enjoyment of it that puts me off. Also the homogeneity of the percussion.
>>66479394
nope, meant to say /comp/ instead of /mu/.
I just wanna find out the most hated music related item of /comp/
as for me, it's rap music.
>>66478925
by mispelled you mean it should've been written in 4/4, right?
>>66479453
Well, that too. You might fix that by relabeling the time signature as 40/32, though that's not exactly easy on the eyes either.
But what I mean is, look at the melody implied by the strong beats in the right hand:
>E Eb D Bb G G# Bb
And the bass:
>G# G# G# Bb Gnat Bnat F# Bb
Clearly we're dealing with some atonal shit right here. But no, it's very tonal, the tonal center is G#/Ab. Basically notes need to be renamed to fit their position in the scale. So for example, with the strong beats of the melody:
>E Eb D Bb G G# Bb
The tonal center is G#/Ab, so these can be notated as scale degrees like so:
>b6 5 #4 2 7 1 2
So then you could write them as either
>(in G# minor:) E D# Cx A# Fx G# A#
or
>(in Ab minor:) Fb Eb Dnat Bb Gnat Ab Bb
>>66480040
meant for >>66479614
>>66480040
so it's always recommended to write the key you consider the piece to be in, and not the key which causes the least sharps or flats?
it definitely makes sense, i'm not sure why i thought it might have been the other way around.
also... time signature 40/32? how did you come up with that?
vocaroo.com/i/s0LDmTdyKMHF
Rate my waltz
>tfw you feel like your concerto's slow movement is coming together
After months of intermittent work, I have over 13 minutes in sketches. That should be enough. Just need to organize it.
Hi /comp/. New to the general here
I wanted to know If you knew about composition software that goes in depth, allows to change signatures and has an intuitive interface for android.
I used ensemble studio pro for my phone but it glitches the audio tests, and once you establish the time signature you can't change it. And I don't think you can do mixed signatures (aka 5/4 or 11/8)
It's embarassing that windows phone has better software about that than android.
Agh well, If you know an alternative it would be nice.
>>66480318
>so it's always recommended to write the key you consider the piece to be in, and not the key which causes the least sharps or flats?
Well, in this case, considering how distant both G# minor and Ab minor are from A minor, G# minor having five sharps and Ab minor having seven flats, it doesn't really matter which you use (G# minor has fewer accidentals, true, but considering it's minor you'll be using Fx a lot, so it's just as hard on the eyes as seven flats are).
Mainly, the most important thing is sticking to a single spelling and not flipping between G# minor and Ab minor. G# minor is difficult to play and Ab minor is difficult to play, but the way your piece is now, with, for example, Eb and G# intermingling freely, it's impossible to play. The dominant and tonic are a fourth apart, not a third. But E and G are a third apart, and Eb and G# are an augmented third apart, so it's hard to tell mid-performance that Eb is the dominant and G# is the tonic.
>also... time signature 40/32? how did you come up with that?
Well, the problem with 5/4 is that it doesn't reflect that the piece is in 8. Each measure contains 5 quarter notes (5/4), so 10 eighth notes (10/8), or 20 sixteenths (20/16), or 40 thirty-seconds (40/32).
If you have a piece in 15/8, the piece is in 5, with every beat being three eighth notes. In other words,
>5*(3/8) = 15/8
Here, the piece is in 8, and every beat is equal to five thirty-second notes, or in other words
>8*(5/32) = 40/32
The reason a piece in 6/8 is in 6/8 and not 3/4 is because you can't divide 3/4 into two subdivisions. Similarly the reason this would be in 40/32 and not 5/4 is that you can't divide 5/4 into eight subdivisions.
>>66480930
>composing on a phone
why.jpg
>>66481039
I got my problems.
>>66480930
man, there's not even any composition software for desktops with intuitive interface
>>66481035
i think i understood about 60% of that, i'll try reading it again in the morning though, thanks again anon
In the preface to his Two- and Three-Part Inventions, Bach said they were written so one could develop technique and style on the keyboard, but also a foretaste of composition. Would /comp/ recommend their study? If so, are there other works like this I should look into?
>>66482028
Well Tempered Clavier in particular is excellent for developing technique. Bartok Microkosmos starts easy and progresses to be more and more difficult iirc
>>66483874
I'm interested in composition, though, do you think those works are conducive to a deeper understanding of it?
>>66483901
Studying Bach's Inventions will definetly help you with composing
>>66483928
Thanks!
I'm an electronic musician focusing on Techno/prog house. What sort of composition methods/activities should I try to make my tracks more interesting. This has been my biggest hurdle and I would appreciate any guidance on where to go from here.
>>66484286
Read the references in the OP.
>>66484286
Jazz harmony. House uses huge chords with thick pads. Jazz harmony is good for that.
Has anyone read The Complete Musician? What's your opinion on it?
I thought I knew enough of theory, but the damn book is shitting all over me.
What kind of things will a 'music theory I' type course teach me?
>>66484860
how to understand music theory II type courses
>>66467476
>>66467802
I never quite understood why/how this works
Anyone could explain?
>>66484324
>>66484455
thanks for the help!
>>66484860
The basics of the basics of traditional harmony. The intervals, each of the diatonic chords, rules of four part harmony, maybe a bit about counterpoint, standard melodic rules and secondary dominants at the end.
It depends, though. Due to shenanigans I took such a class twice, and the second class started with Fuxian counterpoint and then went to diatonic harmony.
Also, if there's no fundamentals class also available to take, you might have to sit through in-depth explanations of how to read music and stuff like that.
>>66470477
I think he's of interest to /comp/ because of the way he smartly handles leitmotifs, combining, reusing and whatnot
Undertale as a whole might have 6 or 7 melodies/themes and you can barely notice
ok faggots
what is the best way to learn theory
>>66485121
trial and error with minimal or without reliance on prior theoretical knowledge
>>66485121
advanced second-grade dark hermeneutics
first-grade is good too, but be careful with the flames
>>66485121
starting at the age of 5?
Well, what >>66485159 said, but keep in mind while learning it that ultimately it's all just suggestions. It's best to approach it as though they're strict rules when you're practicing your knowledge, though.
>>66485121
If you seriously want to learn as much as possible: university/college
If you just want to learn some basics
READ THE FUCKING OP
nah jk:
http://www.musictheory.net/lessons
>>66485303
not that anon, but i often see the university suggestion
couldn't it be replaced with books, exercises and interaction with musicians?
>>66485303
>university/college
i have been considering this because i can do it for free but i would have to take other classes i dont want to
>>66485098
But what if I know this stuff already
>>66485042
How what works? Modulation? I'll explain the first post:
F major, the tonic, to D minor, the relative minor. They share two notes, F and A. Then a shift to the parallel major, D major. D major acts as the dominant to G major, which acts as the dominant to C major, throw in a cadential six four to reinforce the new key, and you have modulated.
>>66485337
>couldn't it be replaced with books, exercises and interaction with musicians?
You're replacing it with what it already is. There is no better way to have a focused 3 or 4 years with books, exercises and interaction with musicians.
The reality is its hard to get interaction with classical musicians unless you already know a lot of them. A good university/college music degree will have you working with performers from year 1, not to mention meeting and forming working relationships with them.
Being in a music degree really puts you in a focused place to essentially learn the craft of composing. Its not really recommended unless you seriously want to become a composer or musicologist or music historian, or professional performer. If you just want to learn a bit of theory, just read a lot of theory books, and check out online theory resources.
A music degree is great imo because you meet a lot of interesting people, you have really inspirational tutors and mentors, you are forced to write in new mediums, and exposed to new styles and ways of writing/playing that you probably wouldn't find on your own. It gives you a well rounded background of music history, composition, theory, orchestration, end the experience of working with real players. Then on top of that add on any of the other activities you do outside uni/college. When I was there we organized a lot of chamber music concerts in order to have new pieces played and recorded. They were very successful and really cool to be able to have a new piece played in a public concert 2 times a year. had some great feedback and there are some recordings around too. Also a great chance to experiment and find your own voice.
Uni/College also makes you aware of the various opportunities around, things like composition workshops, competitions, calls for scores, lectures by visiting composers or musicians, etc. Things you wouldn't really know about unless you were in the "loop"
Daily reminder that if you aren't successful by the age of 20 you never will be.
>>66485723
not true in the slightest anon. many composers were late bloomers. Brahms didn't write his first symphony until he was 50, Rautavaara didn't start until he way 60 or something. Starting young is only important if you want to become some kind of freakishly good professional performer.
>>66485793
Brahms composed tons of stuff early on, he just destroyed it all. If you don't start composing/playing by the age of 5, at the absolute latest, you will never make it.
>>66485905
Disagree strongly
>>66485905
this is just retarded
>>66485905
>>66485914
>>66485922
You only disagree because you're in denial.
>>66485939
*unsheathes katana*
*teleports behind you*
heh nothing personnel kiddo
>>66485938
>>66485996
I don't understand why you find this so difficult to grasp. It's simple: neuroplasticity is highest as a young child and it is the only time you can really instill the habits of constant practice and the fundamentals which you build on.
>>66486055
>he only time you can really instill the habits of constant practice and the fundamentals which you build on
[citation needed]
>>66485461
If you need it as a credit in university, well, maybe you can test out of the first course, but I mean I couldn't test out so.
Sit at the side, pay only enough attention to be able to show off all the knowledge you have already, but try not to correct the teacher too often.
>>66479394
what about prog rock? like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODWYJyJh6cg
I think its a great blend of complex composition and rock influenced guitars. It's even got elements of classical music.
>>66487799
Ah, well, that sort of thing is perfectly fine, very interesting. I've found some prog rock I really liked, though also some prog rock that was really just rock with surface-level pretenses of being complex.
>>66485103
Tbh, leitmotifs aren't the only thing. There's lots of interesting instrumentation and orchestration choices in the soundtrack, not to mention melody, which is where he's the best to me. His leitmotifs are played almost exclusively straight, never actually changing or developing the original melodies further, instead putting them in different settings. It's enlightening to experience it, sure, but it's also very easy to learn.
>>66485723
>>66486055
I started composing 2 years ago, at age 22, after learning music theory at age 16 and then abanoning music from age 18 to 22. After a year of fulltime concentrated practice I wrote this: https://soundcloud.com/krisena/crossing-over-into-an
Tbh, I and others in this thread may never be the next Brahms or anything, but neither do I want to. I just want to express myself with music, you know? Surely, if I keep making my best music and developing my style, people will support me. I haven't even started music school yet, so I'm optimistic that I'll be able to live off my music.
>>66472722
>tfw i'm too bad to even be given advice
>>66489343
At least I like your taste in art.
>>66488395
>posting this without irony or shame
lol
If you won't be the next Brahms there's literally no point in continuing. Doing anything without being the best at it is pointless.
>>66488395
not bad nigga. I take it you're a fan of jrpgs? sounds like nobuo uematsu crossed with fire emblem
>>66489343
not bad anon, a bit blocky though, not very lyrical. Look at some great string scores for inspiration. maybe some Mendelssohn string quartets or his string symphonies.
>>66489475
>Doing anything without being the best at it is pointless.
you should stop breathing and eating then. There are people far better at it than you.
>>66487991
yeah man. gentle giant is great. i was never a fan of vocals in general, but they really showed me the power of a single voice as a musical instrument in complex compositions
>>66489548
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAqBF1ukRss
>>66489362
>>66489548
Thanks anon
somebody please help me what the fuck do i use to solo over these changes. tempo is VERY fast btw
![Obama-Pointing-Smile[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/a8ogYrE.jpg "Obama-Pointing-Smile[1].jpg")
>>66489548
>you should stop breathing and eating then. There are people far better at it than you.
you haven't seen me in a sushi bar anon
>>66489475
>posting this without irony or shame
>writing your post without irony or shame
>>66490452
some asian guy is still better than you at eating sushi.
The point is your logic is flawed. You dont get to become the best without being an underdog for most of your life, and even then "best" is subjective.
If no one ever tried, no one would ever become "good" in the first place. By all means never try because you dont think you can be Brahms. Less competition for the rest of us
>>66490727
i'm not the guy who said anything about becoming the next brahms, i just like sushi :(
bumping with some thoughts
i have a feeling musescore was made by bad programmers with good interface skills.
and sibelius was made by good programmers with bad interface skills.
Why is the hotkeys for making semi/quarter quavers on the numpad, and why can't i rebind these hotkeys?
why do i have to click on a bar, then press Y to set the pin to that specific bar, then click again to unselect the specific instrument, and THEN click space to actually just play the piece at that bar at that time. Couldn't it just have been 1 key why is this not even an option under hotkeys in sibelius?
what a frustrating price to pay for good sound, and dynamic tempo
(and much much less crashes)
>>66464019
What is that drone piece?
Is it a set of 8 or more experimental works?
>>66492595
ask the anon who wrote it. He's somewhere in /comp/
>>66489475
I'm sorry. I should've known better than replying to a troll. Oops, there I did it again. Damn. Better stop breathing.
>>66489521
Yes. I'm a big fan of both Uematsu and Fire Emblem, so the fact that you think it's similar pleases me. Thank you!
So I did >>66467802 with my piece. Is it okay?
https://clyp.it/454ihi0t
>>66496756
Watch for parallels at the very end. Right now the left hand is too harsh. You could try it with the fifth in the bass
Like this:
G B D
D G B
E G C
>>66496756
we just figured out earlier that there's no such thing as "okay"
it's either nothing or better than brahms.
>>66492595
Its a piece for solo oboe. All the sections are pretty normal, even the last one, just includes an audience drone. I wouldn't say its "experimental"
>>66485042
what the other guy said, also the chromatic ascent A->B#->B->C
>>66485159
>le "learning is bad" meme
>>66464019
I hereby humbly offer the PDF I made for that stream lesson on Gregorian Modes for the OP.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/v26nd8bepv74d8s/Gregorian%20Modes%20v1.5.pdf?dl=0
https://clyp.it/azcbhwce
nightly piece, i'm trying again to try and make something less swingy and more romantic, still haven't thought of trying a daw yet, and i doubt i will look into it before i believe that it's worth the time to produce one of my pieces (aka if or when i finish one).
i think there might be something wrong with the rythm, i'm not entirely sure, it's very hard to count along with the 1-2-3-4.
and the chords in the end is just an idea of where to take it next, not sure if i will keep them that way.
https://clyp.it/vafppixm
I have this theme stuck in my head and I'm wondering where I heard it because I'm definitely not able to think that up on my own. What piece does it come from?
>>66503963
>I'm definitely not able to think that up on my own
really, anon?
it's not anything i've heard anyway, sounds good thought, you should try and brush something out from it, we believe in you
>>66504174
You're sure it doesn't sound familiar? Like tchaikovsky or hindemith?
>>66504262
>https://clyp.it/vafppixm
definitely doesn't sound like any tchaikovsky i've heard
if you worry about stealing something, don't. just go crazy with it, but if you actually want to find the piece you're better off asking literally anywhere else than this, maybe try /classical/. This is not really a high traffic thread.
