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    • murphybridget
      If They May Dance: Grand Waltz for Orchestra

      By murphybridget · Posted

      No reason to be sorry my friend. We all do make mistake aren't we?
    • luderart
      Caprice for Solo Violin No. 6

      By luderart · Posted

      This is my "Caprice for Solo Violin No. 6". With such works generally being composed in sets of multiples of 6 (Locatelli's and Paganini's caprices for solo violin coming in sets of 24, and Bach's partitas and sonatas for solo violin and solo violoncello being six each, and in more modern times even Ysaye's sonatas for solo violin coming in a set of 6), I look at this 6th Caprice for solo violin of mine as being perhaps of greater importance since with it I have finally completed a set of six caprices for solo violin (spread over 13 months from March 13, 2023 to May 5, 2024). Here are the links to my previous 5 caprices for solo violin: https://www.youngcomposers.com/t44427/caprice-for-solo-violin-no-1/ https://www.youngcomposers.com/t44439/caprice-for-solo-violin-no-2/ https://www.youngcomposers.com/t44505/caprice-for-solo-violin-no-3/ https://www.youngcomposers.com/t44826/caprice-for-solo-violin-no-4/ https://www.youngcomposers.com/t44862/caprice-for-solo-violin-no-5/
    • PeterthePapercomPoser
      Piano piece draft played in digital piano (need suggestion for turning themes into full pieces)

      By PeterthePapercomPoser · Posted

      Hi @JorgeDavid! I think this is a quaint little barcarolle!  The theme really works and is beautifully simple.  I think every note you wrote here is essential and related to the main theme.  It is so good that there's no shame in repeating it - Beethoven does the same thing in the Fur Elise.  Also, your arpeggiation of the dominant chord happens very naturally and arises from the melody.  As for how to vary your melody - you already made a quite successful variation in the parallel minor!  Other ideas might be to change the tempo and meter to give the same material a totally different feel.  Also - check out this topic:   Thanks for sharing!
    • Aled Edwards
      Apocalypse - Rock Song

      By Aled Edwards · Posted

      Thank you!
    • JorgeDavid
      Piano piece draft played in digital piano (need suggestion for turning themes into full pieces)

      By JorgeDavid · Posted

      Hello everyone,  I have been playing around with the piano and composing for the first time something by playing it myself first and writing it down on paper later. I am not good at playing piano so there are many mistakes and I had to record parts separately and mix them later, so there are a few issues with the sound when different sections are mixed. Also, my digital piano is not super expensive so I am sorry about the sound quality. I composed first the main theme, and, since I liked how it turned out, I tried developing it into a longer piece (just a simple piece in binary form).  However, I always get lost when turning themes or ideas into pieces and have trouble composing pieces with a natural and well-designed form that flows well. For example, in this piece I had the theme ending in a Half cadence in bar 8. If we call this theme "A", I though on doing the following: A finishing in HC -> A finishing in PC -> Development (in other key) -> A finishing in PC  However,  even after deciding in a form-design for the piece, I always run into problems, some of them are: The repetition of all main theme A sections always sound too similar and repetitive and I never find good ways of varying them.   When I finally come up with a beginning for a development or contrasting section that I like, I have troubles for making it flow naturally both in its own and also when transitioning to the original theme (most times I can only transition after long dominant arpeggios). Troubles for writing introductions and Codas to frame the piece.  In the case of this piece, in the end I wrote a development section in the parallel minor and, even though I like the beginning very much, I soon started not knowing where to go and end up finishing with a rushed arpeggiated generic HC  for coming back to the main theme. I feel form and making the music flow naturally is one of my weakest points when composing. Do you have any advice or suggestion about how to go about it for improving? Also, what are your methods for turning themes and ideas into full pieces? How do you go about deciding on things such writing a contrasting/development section, transitions, designing the form, introductions, codas, etc.? Thank you!  
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