I've got tens of compositions (and transcriptions and arrangements) stocked up, so I'll slowly be publishing them on Musescore. You can listen to my works on Musescore's website (the audio will not be mastered there). I will not be publishing my pieces in order of composition. If enough of you request downloadable files, I'll start stocking up my Google Drive.
Very nearly all my pieces are for solo piano--it's at the point where I have piano versions of songs I eventually want to transcribe for bands.
Compositions From Sept. 4, 2022 or Laterhttps://www.ninsheetmusic.org/forum/index.php?topic=8501.msg431228#msg431228
Compositions on Musescorehttps://musescore.com/user/9996931/sets/2213611
ClassicalMarche-Sonate- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2305641
It's a march, complete with repeats. Wait...no...why isn't it going into a trio? No! Noooooo! It's actually a sonata-allegro! ...That really sounds like a march.
Little March- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2380451
Switch from Marche-Sonate at the correct time to this song, then back, and--all of a sudden--the combined songs really are a march!
Scherzo Infernale- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2305971
A blazing fast standalone scherzo and trio, this is rather heavily influenced by Alkan's Scherzo Diabolico.
Out of Strife (Comes Hope)- Musescore (Piano Solo Version): https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2306021
As seen in its subtitle, this march is strongly influenced by Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance marches, particularly his 3rd such march. But unlike that march, Out of Strife (Comes Hope) ends victoriously!
Despite being subtitled as a piano solo version, no other arrangements of this piece currently exist.
Fire and Ice Polka- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2339566
Composed in the style of the Strauss family's polka(-schnell)s, this polka(-schnell) aims to be a crowd-pleaser.
Trumpet Exercise- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2427951
...This is more here for the sake of completion than anything, but this exercise to improve trumpet embouchure (without changing fingering) is one of my first attempts to write for instruments other than the piano.
Bad-Tempered Dances- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2439576
One of my earlier pieces, this bad-tempered rondo contains a series of dances.
Bell Carol- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2477306
Named because of its resemblance to fast renditions of Carol of the Bells, this is one of the earliest pieces I composed. The central section is significantly slower than the flanking sections, though.
Piano Sonata in D Minor ("Piecemeal")Spoiler
Movement 1: Inexorable- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2456601
The weightiest of the four movements and the latest to be composed, this sonata-allegro is more than 9 minutes long counting repeats. It is stern and, while turning towards happiness, inexorably marches to its doom.
Movement 2: Rondo Oscuro- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2453651
The first movement to be composed--and the only one I ever publicly performed--this rondo emerges from the shadows with a simple first theme and explores various other moods.
Movement 3- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2453661
This is a simple, old-fashioned minuet with a rollicking trio.
Movement 4: Tribute- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2456391
This sonata-allegro is actually a tribute to Super Paper Mario. While not actually using any of its music (as I had not listened to the soundtrack at the time), it contains leitmotifs for several important characters and roughly outlines the plot of the game.
- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2464681
This colourful piano etude depicts tumultuously flying over crashing waves. Practice your arpeggios and chords at once with this etude!
Sonatina in C Major ("Pastorale")- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2492551
Another of my earliest pieces, this is soothing and cheerful fare.
Sonatina in F Major ("Classical")- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2495911
If you're into thoroughly classical music, this typical sonata-allegro is for you. This is one of my earlier works.
Piano Sonata in E Minor ("Scherzando") (Unfinished)Spoiler
Movement 1- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2502811
This is an aggressive, scherzo-like sonata-allegro. It starts with a jolt to attention--stark chords, followed by a daring flurry of ascending notes. Perhaps its second theme group, which initially appears in G major, is the call of the Wild Hunt. The Wild Hunt takes an even darker turn by the end of this piece.
Movement 3- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2502741
This scherzo and trio is affable and genial.
Spoiler
Movement 2: Hidden Royal- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2527171
With many mood changes, this sonata-allegro depicts the story of a prince who attempts to explore his kingdom incognito, only to see his royal status exposed in front of everyone, including the lover he had met on one of his incognito trips. Eventually, he accepts both his royal duties and his strong desire for freedom (the reason he tried exploring incognito in the first place).
Movement 3: Chargers- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2527001
Depicting the wild rides of a knight and his companion fairy, this is a rough scherzo with a sprightly trio.
- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2535411
This experimental piece depicts children singing (badly) as they play on the monkey bars.
Piano Sonata in F Major ("Cosmos") (Unfinished)Spoiler
Movement 1: Sun- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2552556
This enthusiastic sonata-allegro depicts the sun.
Movement 2: Moon- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5113669
This alien-sounding ternary-form slow movement depicts the moon.
Movement 3: Stars- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2552486
This fleet-footed scherzo and double trio depicts the stars.
- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2561156
This is a stark and tortured funeral march with a lyrical, slightly troubled trio.
Angry Dance- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2628521
More of a dance excerpt than anything else, this angry dance is the result of accepting a challenge to compose something with exactly 100 notes in it.
Song Without Words No. 1- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2673851
Like Felix Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words, this is a short, song-like piano piece. Its genial melodies are reminiscent of Christmas carols.
King Thrushbeard- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2705176
Composed for a contest in https://musescore.com/groups/soloinstrumentchampionships/discuss/2653921, this piece for solo bass clarinet depicts the Brothers Grimm fairy tale of King Thrushbeard.
Tarantella No. 1 in C Minor- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2745096
This snappy tarantella in sonata-rondo form constantly plays with its sense of key.
March of the Empire- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2813416
Depicting an evil empire and a rebel force that hopes to beat it, this march boasts impressive power and emotional range, but it should be within reach of intermediate to early advanced pianists.
The Abyss- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2950521
Yet another of my earliest pieces, this brief tone poem depicts the calm of the deep sea.
A Sonata-Allegro in Under 2 Minutes- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/3347966
Exactly as advertised, this especially swift and terse piece fits an entire sonata-allegro in less than 2 minutes, including repeats.
Rocket Piece No. 1- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/3402356
One of my earliest pieces, this sonatina starts off with a Mannheim rocket theme and is paired with Rocket Piece No. 2.
Rocket Piece No. 2- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/3402376
One of my earliest pieces, this rondo starts off with a Mannheim rocket theme and is paired with Rocket Piece No. 1.
Etude-Coronation March in G Major- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/3485176
This coronation march of a piano etude focuses on beat subdivision.
Going Distances Polka- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/3802811
This quick, snappy polka covers a lot of ground in less than 2 minutes.
On This Side of Death's Shores- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/3938991
- MP3: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B039DrYUfeUZUlpHdkR6SGFRRWc
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKq2weOnyck
This is the result of accepting a challenge to write a non-WIP piece in 10 minutes or less, this time with a custom soundfont. This piece sounds particularly good on mellow pianos and worse on bright pianos.
Etude in G Minor ("Arpeggio")- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/4030736
One of my earlier works, this etude helps you practice arpeggios and can be played in a wide variety of tempos.
Impromptu-Scherzo in G Minor- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/4219101
This vaguely improvisatory scherzo-with-the-wrong-meter conjures some highly charged emotions.
Synth Scherzando- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/4448171
This is the result of accepting a challenge to write a non-WIP 100-bar-long piece in 10 minutes or less. Despite the form and instrumentation, this still uses several of the melodic conventions of classical music, so I've put it here.
Furiant No. 1 in G Minor- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/4550786
- Google Drive .wav: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1D4U18kZkFbhoo79Hnf4r2JnT0jov5YNX
- Google Drive MP3 (LANDR-Enhanced): https://drive.google.com/open?id=1pWRvYpZFYSrHScsNGelAFkOEpQmIx5Zz
Just like other furiants, this is a fiery 3/4 dance that uses hemiolas liberally.
Sonata-Allegro in F Minor ("Complexity Within")- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/4791177
- Google Drive .wav: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1MbGsZa5IvTfBI2T4lieEBE1XebwBpfTC
- Google Drive .wav (Mellow Soundfont): https://drive.google.com/open?id=11-RAjY056-YnjYvzW9y_8NanChZ-OaZI
- Google Drive MP3 (LANDR-Enhanced): https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Ei_bx-ZyAm-27rsxs-iQo3z13ATOZNPK
- Google Drive MP3 (LANDR-Enhanced) (Mellow Soundfont): https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ffu9lgkH7zhVygr7cWe5oYmlWOxYxkUf
Nicknamed "Complexity Within" because of its central scherzo and trio, this is a sonata-allegro of unusual scale.
March in F Major- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/4850059
This optimistic march happily rolls along into a sunny future.
Puck, Hobgoblin- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/4911541
This scherzino combines a slightly lumbering outer section with a lyrical, graceful trio.
Tarantella No. 2 in E Minor- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5068339
Another snappy tarantella, this one's melody is one long running improvisation.
Prelude in C Major- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5108619
This cheery prelude zips by with its many arpeggiated figures.
Waltz No. 1 in B Minor- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5129442
At turns bold and melancholy, this is an emotional, many-sectioned waltz.
Deceptive Little Bagatelle- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5165318
This short ternary-form piece for woodwind quartet constantly dashes expectations by using exclusively deceptive and imperfect cadences until the last bar.
Tango No. 1 in G Minor- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5184391
This tango is at turns imperious and wistful, a worthy challenge for bass clarinet players.
Song on "Hippo's Hope"- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5191897
Based on Shel Silverstein's poem, "Hippo's Hope", this song setting of sorts covers all 3 of that poem's endings.
Etude in C Minor ("Wilde Jagd")- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5218630
Reminiscent of the folkloric Wild Hunt, complete with starting hunting call, this etude helps you hone your triplets.
Scherzo Oscuro- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5305314
Another fast standalone scherzo and trio, this piece's 8th note-run-filled outer sections contrast nicely with the dotted half note-filled, lyrical melody of its inner section.
Etude in F Minor For the Left Hand ("Cross-Rhythms")- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5335728
This tricky piano etude for the left hand only helps you with cross-rhythms and beat subdivision.
Piano Sonata in F Sharp Major, Movement 3 (Collab.)- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5374968
Written to fit in an F sharp major collaborative piano sonata where only one of the other movements was in F sharp major, this scherzo and trio combines an amiable scherzo proper with a whirlwind trio, then foreshadows the fourth movement.
Scherzo Agitato- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5417197
Yet another fast standalone scherzo and trio, this is a nervous little thing. Its outer sections are filled with staccato-note runs, while its central trio quotes the BACH and DSCH motives.
Sonata-Allegro in G Minor ("Introduction and Frenzy")- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5447521
Nicknamed "Introduction and Frenzy" because of its prominent introduction and breakneck sonata-allegro proper, this sonata-allegro is heavily influenced by the 1st movement of Beethoven's Pathetique Sonata.
Scherzo Quartale- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5479279
With its prominent use of quartal harmony, this scherzo gives off a modernistic and avant-garde feel.
Prelude in F Minor- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5564028
Evoking the Romantic era of classical music, this prelude is passionate and dramatic.
At the Extremes- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5586212
Composed for a contest in https://musescore.com/groups/competition/discuss/5040699, this piece has a prominent contrabassoon melody and a rather quartal piccolo accompaniment.
Monarch's Glory- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5627945
This stirring march is composed in the vein of Edward Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4 in G Major.
Song Without Words No. 2- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5655318
Like Felix Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words, this is a short, song-like piano piece. Its heartfelt outer sections contrast with the march-like central section.
Sonata-Allegro in A Minor ("Into Ferocious Times")- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5689999
The fleeting tranquility this piece has later transforms into the rage of the rest of the piece--thus this sonata-allegro's nickname.
Sonata-Allegro in B Flat Minor ("Toccata")- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5840585
A more modernistic toccata in sonata-allegro form, this piece blends together multiple 20th-century toccata influences and presents a strong contrast between its quiet but restless beginning and its later eruption into rage.
Scherzo Cromatico- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5916643
Still another fast standalone scherzo and trio, this one has plentiful chromatic passages, both scalar and chordal.
Ballade No. 1 in E Flat Minor ("Reminiscences of the Sealed")- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6016922
Written for a contest, this ballade depicts the story of a sealed fighter and his sudden rush of memories of happier times with friends and family, only to be replaced by the realization that his sealing will never end anytime soon.
Tarantella No. 3 in A Minor- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6030752
This tarantella shows a shockingly divergent sense of key as it veers into chromatic mediants.
Scherzino in F Major- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6119657
This cheeky scherzino launches itself into chromatic mediants and takes itself rather lightly.
Etude in A Minor ("Quartal")- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6138569
This etude helps you practice parallel suspended chords, creating quartal harmony.
Fugue in D Minor- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6165630
Composed for a contest, this fugue spins off from a D-E-A-F beginning.
Sonata-Allegro in B Flat Major ("Sedate")- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6171255
Also composed for a contest, this slow sonata-allegro is modelled after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 12 in F Major, K. 332, Mvmt. 2.
Galop No. 1 in B Flat Minor- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6175415
This minor-key galop has a darker atmosphere than a typical galop and an agitated mood.
Violin Concerto in A Minor (Unfinished)Movement 1- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6189474
Still another piece composed for a contest, this violin concerto movement is based on Johann Sebastian Bach's Fugue in A Minor, BWV 865 from the Well-Tempered Clavier.
Prelude in D Major- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6222629
With arpeggio flurries and huge leaps in both hands, this virtuosic prelude is not for the faint of heart.
Etude in B Flat Major ("Sparkle")- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6244029
With plentiful rapid arpeggiated chords in the left hand and high notes in the right, this etude hopefully sparkles under your fingers.
Upstairs- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6252936
This atonal piece keeps ascending and ascending, as if the music is going upstairs.
Prelude in B Flat Major- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6261153
This cheerful prelude launches itself into an increasingly virtuosic series of variations.
Sonata-Allegro in D Minor ("The Wandering Hero")- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6275452
With a constantly moving - or wandering - first theme group and an ambitious and heroic second theme group, this sonata-allegro earns its nickname of "The Wandering Hero". Unusually, its exposition's second theme group goes to the Neapolitan - the major key a semitone above the home key.
Polonaise No. 1 in A Major- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6284797
With its steady, moderate tempo and staccato chords, this polonaise sounds assertive and imperious.
Galop No. 2 in D Sharp Minor- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6324801
This swift galop provides a true challenge for violinists.
Prelude in D Flat Major- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6390161
A more placid prelude, this piece thrums along with plentiful 16th-note tremolos.
Funeral March No. 2 in D Minor- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6433686
With unusual chord progressions and modulations, this funeral march has a striking effect. Its trio provides a quiet and more cheerful contrast.
Miniature Cyclic-Form Piano Sonatina in E Flat MajorSpoiler
Movement 1- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6499086
This sonata-allegro is soothing in mood and scherzo-without-trio-like in character.
Movement 2- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6499102
This theme and variations starts quietly and ends with much drama, then a whimper.
Movement 3- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6499111
A tarantella in all but name, this is a speedy and fiery sonata-rondo.
- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6563441
Like Felix Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words, this is a short, song-like piano piece. Its refrain is varied every time it returns.
Prelude in B Flat Minor- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6863733
This unusually rigorous prelude is march-like in form and texture.
Lilliputian Waltz- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6980943
Composed for a contest in https://musescore.com/groups/unlimited-competition-group/discuss/5107098, this waltz attempts to make the best of its glacially slow tempo of quarter note = 5 bpm by being in 3/32 time. ...It's still very slow.
Etude in B Minor ("Off-Beats")- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/7012273
This etude helps you practice syncopation with its melody notes on plentiful off-beats.
Sonata-Allegro in C Minor ("In medias res")- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/7073425
Like some others, this sonata-allegro starts its recapitulation in the middle of its first theme group - hence this piece's nickname, "In medias res". Maybe that nickname helped make this piece sound more Latin.
Ballade No. 2 in G Minor ("Winter Sojourn")- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/7245906
This ballade depicts a quest to the wintry north to recover what has been lost. After a swell of hope and then plunging into hardship, what had been lost is eventually found - but the price to find it may very well be too high.
Forwards On!- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/7371488
This lively march is in the style of Eric Coates's many orchestral marches, including his Dambusters March.
Etude in E Flat Major For the Left Hand ("Courtly Procession")- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/7548410
Evoking a courtly procession, this etude for only the left hand helps you practice wide leaps and chords with that hand.
Scherzo in Miniatura- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/7711715
Made to be less than 3 minutes long, this miniature scherzo and trio compresses a lot of music in that short time.
A Musical Advent Calendar- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/7946711
24 days in December until Christmas, 24 pieces/movements in a variety of styles (actually not just classical), all 24 keys!
Sonata-Allegro in G Major ("Subdominant")- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/8248142
Like some others, this sonata-allegro has its recapitulation start in the subdominant key instead of the home key - hence this piece's nickname, "Subdominant".
Scherzo Intruso- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/8293571
This standalone scherzo and trio incorporates some particularly intrusive notes: a chromatic mediant chord in the scherzo proper and an out-of-place leading tone in the trio.
Sonata-Allegro in C Sharp Minor ("Three Keys to Perdition")- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/8373906
Dubbed "Three Keys to Perdition" partially because of its three-key exposition and partially because of its march to its inescapable doom, this sonata-allegro is less forgiving than most.
Concert Band & Marching BandPercussive March- Musescore (Piano Transcription): https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2251531 (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2251531)
An unorthodox march in rondo form, this march is strongly reminiscent of 20th-21st-century concert band music...and ends up near-quoting 2 too many other works, IMO.
Despite being subtitled as a piano transcription, the concert band version of this piece currently does not exist.
Daring March- Musescore (Original): https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2511606
Another unorthodox--perhaps
daring--march, this is in unconventional instrumentation and not-quite-conventional form.
Herald and Sun March- Musescore (Original for Piano): https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5366081
In the style of turn-of-the-20th-century American marches, this march is sure to put a smile on your face!
Circus Screamer- Musescore (Piano Transcription): https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5477144
As seen in its subtitle, this march is strongly influenced by Sousa's marches. However, as it is a screamer, it is much faster than most of Sousa's marches.
Despite being subtitled as a piano transcription, the concert band version of this piece currently does not exist.
United We Stand March- Musescore (Piano Sketch): https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/8138550
Another unorthodox march in ABA'B' form, this march depicts an army that knows that united it must stand, because divided it will otherwise fall.
A concert band version of this piece was composed in Grade 10, but it is of an older version. Beware: that version was probably not arranged for concert band well, which is why I have not published it here.
RagtimeImprov Rag- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2317231
The first rag I ever composed (but the second I ever published), this is strongly influenced by Joplin's famous rags. ...Except for the fourth strain, which is strongly influenced by tap dance music and "This Land Is Your Land".
(Mottled) Penny Rag- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2213561 (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2213561)
The second rag I ever composed, this starts off sounding like silent film music but broadens emotionally as it progresses. Eventually, it returns to the first strain, but by then, it is broken and forever changed.
Unseelie Rag- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2612441
The third rag I ever composed, this evokes images of daring, mischievous, even malicious fairies. Its incredibly fast passagework reveals influences from both Felix Mendelssohn and George Gershwin.
D-Reamy D-Rag- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2405301
A slow drag, the influences on this rag are less clear than in several of my other rags...except in the third strain, which sounds like tangos and flamenco music.
The Other Ragtime March- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2485106
What do you get when you cross a rag and a march? This!
Sonata-Rag- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2518551
What do you get when you cross a rag and a sonata-allegro? This!
Alien Briar Rag- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2572776
Beware: this rag is full of bizarre, striking, and utterly alien chord progressions.
Simplicity Rag- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2807581
An easy rag for relative beginners, this is meant to be sight-readable at full speed.
Seelie Rag- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2851751
Perhaps evoking images of considerate, reasonable fairies, this rag also involves incredibly fast passagework--this time in a highly jazz-like manner.
Alpha Bravo Foxtrot- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/3035091
This swift foxtrot conjures a slightly military atmosphere, and it even attempts to strafe the listener at one point.
Ragtime Evening- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/3239891
A purposeful return to old-style, Scott Joplin-like rags, this piece is a serenade of a rag.
Thopter Foundry Rag- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/4876309
This purposefully mechanical rag rattles along, to the point of parodying more famous rags (such as Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag").
JazzTook 5 to the Wing- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2907081
The first full jazz piece I ever composed (but nowhere near close to the first I ever made themes for), this is rather like an improvisation on the chord progression that Ridley and Meta Knight's themes share in the style of the Dave Brubeck Quartet's "Take Five".
Relaxing Jazz- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/3899601
This is the result of a challenge to write a non-WIP "relaxing" piece in 31 minutes or less. It uses an unorthodox-for-jazz set-up of electric piano, trumpet, alto saxophone, and especially cello.
A Jazz Sonata-Allegro- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5956026
Written for a contest, this is a sonata-allegro made entirely of energetic jazz music for jazz trio.
12-Bar, 4-Note Blues- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6321757
Also written for a contest, this 12-bar-blues-using boogie woogie gets by, even though its left-hand part uses only the notes C, D, F, and G.
Premiere at the Battleship- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/7054685
Yet another jazz piece written for a contest, imagine this energetic jazz combo piece as the first piece played on a battleship opened to the public!
Call to All Dancers- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/8347868
Quick-paced and hard-swinging, this swift jazz solo piano piece is influenced by "Sing, Sing, Sing".
Rock/Metal (Includes Crossovers)It's Only Us Together- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2301611
Rock? Pop? Latin? Does this song even care what genre it's in? It struts and sways around exotic harmonies and rollicking rhythms regardless.
Toccata No. 1 in E Minor ("Alla Metal")- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2380481
Beware: as a classical-metal crossover piece, this is pretty unpleasant-sounding, especially if you're not used to listening to heavy metal.
Regressive Form- Musescore (Piano): https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2709726
- Musescore (Heavy Metal Band): https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/4361891
- Google Drive .wav (Piano, Mellow Soundfont): https://drive.google.com/open?id=173Buo_3UF85fGQOi6QdsXjhq1kW5u4jl
- Google Drive MP3 (LANDR-Enhanced) (Piano, Mellow Soundfont): https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Q0fZmYiq_e0QIMGRheOFtDnXgqR8Pi2t
The "Regressive Form" in the title is sonata-allegro form, but that's the only thing that's classical about this heavy metal piece.
Drum Solo Time!- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/3851716
This is the result of accepting a challenge to write a non-WIP "original" piece in 10 minutes or less. Premise-wise, think of the drummer of a
Dream Theater-like band having a little time to improvise.
Avant-Garde Sonata-Allegro- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/3875141
This sonata-allegro is so avant-garde that its first theme group is atonal (well, because it's for solo drum kit), yet its second theme group is not (blame the glockenspiel). It has the mixed meters, key shifts, and drum kit use of progressive rock, but perhaps not much else.
Torn-Wing Butterfly- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5212984
This metal ballad howls for lives cruelly cut short.
Seventh Sight-Read Failure- Musescore (Readable): https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6211661
- Musescore (Basically Unreadable): https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6211659
Conceived as a submission for a contest for unreadable sheet music that preferably sounds decent, this is a short heavy metal piece for the piano.
10-Measure Piano Metal- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6314135
This is an entry for a contest to write a 10-measure-long piece with at least 10 C major chords in it. Turns out that it's another short heavy metal piece for the piano.
Toccata No. 2 in A Minor ("To the Metal Ocean")- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6607545
This time, this classical-metal crossover piece is crossed over with technical death metal and was composed as a homage to the tech death band Conquering Dystopia's song "Tethys" (thus the nickname of this piece).
PopLow-Soaring Flight- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/8040327
Composed for a contest requesting a piece that uses the B-F#-G#m-E chord progression, this instrumental pop song uses both that chord progression and a version of the "Canon" chord progression extensively.
Electronic5 By 3- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6678660
Composed for a contest requesting a piece in 15/16 (or 11/8) time, this piece extensively uses both 5 groups of 3 and 3 groups of 5 per measure.
Video Game Music Loops (With Special OST Endings)Thunder On Boss (Boss Theme)- Musescore (Piano Transcription): https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2297126
A generic boss theme for a hypothetical video game that does not (yet) exist, this is sure to fire up all player characters in-game! (Final, bonus, and special semi-final boss themes I compose will convey some of the personality of the boss.) Bars 79-111 (everything after the repeat) are the OST-only ending.
Despite being subtitled as a piano transcription, no other arrangements of this piece currently exist.
Theme of the Light Warrior (Special Boss Theme)- Musescore (Piano Transcription): https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2398231
A special boss theme for a fan character I made, this is the first video game theme I ever composed, which is why it sounds like classical music. Bars 45-72 (everything after the repeat) are the OST-only ending.
Despite being subtitled as a piano transcription, no other arrangements of this piece currently exist.
Out and About (Overworld Theme)- Musescore (Piano Transcription): https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2468376
A first/Level 1 overworld theme for a hypothetical video game that does not (yet) exist, this march-like theme goes for a grand, orchestral feel. Bars 61-93 (everything after the repeat) are the OST-only ending.
Despite being subtitled as a piano transcription, no other arrangements of this piece currently exist.
Fraught Forest (Special Level Theme)- Musescore (Piano Transcription): https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2492166
This is a dark forest level theme for a hypothetical video game that does not yet exist. This forest is supposed to make you feel tense, uneasy, and agitated. Bars 52-63 (everything after the repeat) are the OST-only ending.
Despite being subtitled as a piano transcription, no other arrangements of this piece currently exist.
10 Minutes' Worth of Stressful Racetrack (Racetrack Theme)- Musescore (Saw Wave Melody): https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/3818511
This is the result of accepting a challenge to write a non-WIP piece in 10 minutes or less. This is in the style of a racetrack theme from a
F-Zero-like video game. ...Yeah, I wasn't able to write any harmonies or a proper OST-only ending in the time provided.
Fight As If They're Monsters (Boss Theme)- Musescore (Synth Sketch): https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/4375436
Another boss theme for a hypothetical video game that does not (yet) exist, this one may be more appropriate for fighting against people instead of monsters...but now you've got to fight them as if they're actually monsters, don't you? Bars 36-49 (everything after the repeat) are the OST-only ending.
Despite being subtitled as a synth sketch, no other arrangements of this piece currently exist.
Four Can Fight At This (Boss Theme)- Musescore (Piano Transcription): https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5135360
- YouTube (Piano Transcription): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLbUKTpD720
Yet another boss theme for a hypothetical video game that does not (yet) exist, this one seems reserved for especially difficult bosses. Quartal harmonies may make this one stand out. Bars 75-95 (everything after the repeat) are the OST-only ending.
Despite being subtitled as a piano transcription, no other arrangements of this piece currently exist.
Summer Field (Special Level Theme)- Musescore (Piano Transcription): https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5200381
This is a summer field level theme for a hypothetical video game that does not yet exist. This field is rather peaceful and comes with a lingering sunset. Bars 73-88 (everything after the repeat) are the OST-only ending.
Despite being subtitled as a piano transcription, no other arrangements of this piece currently exist.
Eight-Ton Showdown (Boss Theme)- Musescore (Heavy Metal Band): https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5328923
Still another boss theme for a hypothetical video game that does not (yet) exist, this one seems best suited for recurring, grudge-inducing bosses. Its use of an octatonic scale makes this especially abrasive. Bars 49-57 (everything after the repeat) are the OST-only ending.
Despite being subtitled as a heavy metal band version, no other arrangements of this piece currently exist.
Victory! (Victory Theme)- Musescore (Piano Transcription): https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5608210
A victory theme for a hypothetical video game that does not yet exist, this piece aims for majesty. Bars 44-52 (everything after the repeat) are the OST-only ending.
Despite being subtitled as a piano transcription, no other arrangements of this piece currently exist.
Double Harm (Boss Theme)- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5825689
Yet again, this is another boss theme for a hypothetical video game that does not (yet) exist. Perhaps this one is for a potential ally who's currently a difficult and irritating boss to fight. The constant use of the G# double harmonic major scale ups the stress. Bars 57-65 (everything after the repeat) are the OST-only ending.
Despite being subtitled as a piano transcription, no other arrangements of this piece currently exist.
Dark Chase (Cutscene Chase Theme)- Musescore (Piano Version): https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6460169
Born as a contest entry for specialized orchestration commissions, this is a cutscene chase theme for a hypothetical video game that does not (yet) exist. As a result, this ends conclusively and is not meant to be looped.
Smash Your Brother (Smash Bros. Fan Main Theme)- Musescore (Piano Transcription): https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6462067
In the style of a Super Smash Bros. main theme, this is versatile enough to be both a menu theme and a battle theme. Bars 52-70 (everything after the repeat) are the OST-only ending.
Despite being subtitled as a piano transcription, no other arrangements of this piece currently exist.
Winter Joy (Winter/Snow Level Theme)- Musescore (Piano Transcription): https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/7026728
This is a winter or snow level theme for a hypothetical video game that does not yet exist. Bars 26-38 (everything after the repeat) are the OST-only ending.
Despite being subtitled as a piano transcription, no other arrangements of this piece currently exist.
Select on Standby (Menu Theme)- Musescore (Piano Transcription): https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/7635086
This is a menu theme for a hypothetical video game that does not yet exist. Bars 17-24 (everything after the repeat) are the OST-only ending.
Despite being subtitled as a piano transcription, no other arrangements of this piece currently exist.
8-Bit Credits (Credits Theme)- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/8507249
This is the credits theme of a hypothetical 8-bit video game that does not yet exist. This is one of those credits themes that does not loop.
Quote from: Dekkadeci on June 11, 2016, 09:45:39 PM(Mottled) Penny Rag
- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2213561 (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2213561)
The second rag I ever composed, this starts off sounding like silent film music but broadens emotionally as it progresses. Eventually, it returns to the first strain, but by then, it is broken and forever changed.
Ooooh; that was quite an exciting adventure! I like it!
Here goes...my first published VGM loop! ...For video games that don't exist.
Thunder On Boss is an exciting, aggressive generic boss theme. You can listen to it and view the sheet music here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2297126)! Downloadable content available in Google Drive upon request.
EDIT: I just released It's Only Us Together here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2301611)! While I'm uncertain about whether this is actually a rock song, and the melody is pretty much unsingable as-is (I cannot hit the highest note in Bar 77 and can barely hit the highest note in Bar 76, but I can hit all the highest notes in the first several bars, and those go lower than Low C), I find it pretty hard to NOT start sashaying to the song.
EDIT June 20, 2016: Just released Marche-Sonate, and you can view and listen to it here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2305641)! One of my prime examples of musical humour, it convinces listeners that it's a regular march, then reveals that it's actually a classical sonata-allegro.
Also just released Scherzo Infernale here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2305971) and the march Out of Strife (Comes Hope) here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2306021)!
I've finally released the first rag I ever composed--the Improv Rag, which you can listen to and view here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2317231)!
Whoa! Didn't expect to hear what I heard.
Just took a listen to the Thunder on Boss and Improv Rag! It was a just-for-funsies thing, but there's so much substance in those two little works that I'm going to do a proper review!...after this nap. You interrupted my nap plans with good music, haiz.
I will say three things though! ^^
Your harmonies and your structural ideas are very Beethoven-esque. I will definitely elaborate more on that, but I think it's really cool haha.
You play with chromaticism really well. The Thunder on Boss is full of awesome examples. Once again more on this in the full reviews.
Um, the only thing I would criticise is the texture. You love thick chords, and I kinda began writing pieces that way too. But learn a bit of four-part writing, try a few more pieces, and suddenly you might realise that you can't throw in too many notes in an instant, especially if they're close together, and more so if they're lower in the reigster.
But these are creative tracks that deserve listening, so many wows and thanks for the music! Be back soon~
Looking forward to your full review, dajwxp!
In the meantime, I've published my Fire and Ice Polka, which you can view and listen to here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2339566)! IMO, it is not one of my better pieces, though...
Listening to the Scherzo atm.
Meh... Repetitive, loud and harsh, and without any particular melody... Sorry, but I'm not feeling this one, especially the middle section.
It's only us together is pretty neat.
The Marche-Sonate isn't bad, but IMO it (along with much of your work) suffers from too much texture, which, aside from being unpianistic, ends up sounding muddy by itself (to say nothing of sustain pedal use).
Idk, maybe I'm just incredibly salty rn, lol.
Quote from: Dekkadeci on June 11, 2016, 09:45:39 PMVideo Game Music Loops (With Special OST Endings)
Thunder On Boss (Boss Theme)
- Musescore (Piano Transcription): https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2297126
A generic boss theme for a hypothetical video game that does not (yet) exist, this is sure to fire up all player characters in-game! (Final, bonus, and special sub-final boss themes I compose will convey some of the personality of the boss.) Bars 79-111 (everything after the repeat) are the OST-only ending.
Despite being subtitled as a piano transcription, no other arrangements of this piece currently exist.
proper review!~
Dekkadeci - Thunder on Bosshmm, interesting name.
b. 1 to b. 16 starts the piece off fantastically. You've got the textural contrast, which is awesome - but more importantly, you introduced the theme (I'll call it 'A') right away, you repeated it exactly with more rhythmic soundness and intensity, and it worked. The transition at b
b. 16 comes at a pleasant surprise too ^^
b. 17 to b. 20 just works. Hypermeter and metric displacement and all, but to heck with it - it sounds amazing. You've created lots of textural contrasts, killing the stability of the music and making it an extremely effective transition to the main section.
The main section from
b. 21 to b. 36 (I'll call it 'B') has a nice and catchy melody and a nice, simple harmonic progression! But it's also here that things start getting muddy - reason being that you use textural contrast for emphasis instead of the more traditional accents...and it kinda works. In an electronic boss theme you can tweak the frequencies a lot and have an insane bass riff in tandem with the bass line. But in a piano part it's a lot less effective. Low notes in the register you chose are...muddy. You don't get the same rhythmic drive if you take them out, but you lose a lot of the mud. Eh, your call here.
Oh, cool harmonies at
b. 35 to b. 36 btw! Unstable harmonies make for good transitions ^^
Breakdown at
b. 37! I liked it a lot at first. Textural contrast is nice. Buuuut I think you could have left the octaves out and stayed with single notes. Because, you know, mud. It's way too thick down there for a breakdown section, aaaand when you start throwing in triads around
b. 39 the break loses its effect.
I'm completely in agreement with your Beethoven harmony at
b. 43 to b. 46, but I think the semiquavers...don't really sink in. Not too sure why. Think it kills the tension you were building.
b. 47 to b. 62 bother me a little...because there's not a very strong sense of phrasing/musical progression. I haven't studied the theory enough to describe this well, but I think you give us listeners too many false climaxes. The dominant A major chord carries along some expectations (to resolve to the tonic) to it, and when you don't deliver that time after time in such a short segment of the music, it kinda serves as the ultimate killjoy. It's like denying an orgasm, as an old conductor I once worked with liked to say. The part from
b. 59 to b. 62 was a little cringy, hehe. I see the German 6th at
b. 62, buuuut you let the music resolve to the VI chord for way too long. It felt weird. Haha.
b. 63 to b. 70 though, are really good. Harmonic instability all the way to the ic - V - i cadence. Good use of chromaticism (Beethoven would be proud), fantastic use of rhythmic variation (the triplets work), and a very smooth return to the A section.
We have a repeat here~
Return to the extension of the A theme, cross the repeat for the second time, and we reach a familiar section at
b. 87 to b. 94. This one works really well. Once again, good use of chromaticism - I won't analyse all the chords, but you played with harmonic tension really well. The best surprise came at the end of this phrase - you started out really strong, you never really gave us a resolution until the end, but at the end you cut the tension. It transitions to a "soft" coda nicely.
The ending is...okay. I would have preferred something much bigger, because you never really brought back the thickness of the B section in the coda and the ending sounds smaller than the middle section. I guess it's okay to have a not-so-good ending, because a VGM loop wouldn't really need an ending...but heck.
Overall, great, creative work! Some work on the textural side, check out your phrasing a bit, and you have something pretty nice ^^
Quote from: Pianist Da Sootopolis on June 29, 2016, 11:33:03 PMListening to the Scherzo atm.
Meh... Repetitive, loud and harsh, and without any particular melody... Sorry, but I'm not feeling this one, especially the middle section.
The Marche-Sonate isn't bad, but IMO it (along with much of your work) suffers from too much texture, which, aside from being unpianistic, ends up sounding muddy by itself (to say nothing of sustain pedal use).
Since it's appropriate, I thought I'd just bring in PDS' comment ^^
Yes, absolutely. I took a listen to the Scherzo and the Marche-Sonate, took some comparisons with the Thunder, and I thought, "hmm, mud."
Texture! It's okay to have really thick passages, but you may want to consider a pretty simple move - drop some notes here and there for better contrast. You'll pick up a bunch of skills that help you mold musical texture to your will at some point...but for now, do consider that notion. It's kinda funny, because when I first started writing my composition teacher bashed me (really hard, btw) for too much texture, and I was like, "hah, screw you" buuut after a bunch of self-listenings and whatsoever I decided to cut some notes. He was kinda right. Hng.
...Okay, he was right. Frikkin' hell.
It's a little problem in the Thunder too, though less so because you did make some nice contrasts in between sections. I think the reason why you want large chords - if I may make a quick assumption - is that you want intensity. Texture was a pretty fun way to create intensity when I first started too, hehe. But over time you might realise why it doesn't work, and believe me - there are so many other subtle ways to do it. So yeah, don't mind the bashing for now; we all love you! But do explore a little.
QuoteIdk, maybe I'm just incredibly salty rn, lol.
ahaha aren't we all sometimes
In reflection, Thunder on Boss was composed in a metal style, and I was definitely improvising sections and sticking them together. I'm actually not that fond of what dajwxp calls the B section because I think it sounds too much like Bravely Default's "That Person's Name Is".
I published two more pieces today, and they're definitely for different audiences.
The Little March here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2380451) is a companion piece to the Marche-Sonate and is meant to be the theoretical trio for the older piece's first theme. While using the same tempo, time signature, and tonic, it contrasts in style.
Toccata No. 1 in E Minor here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2380481) is labelled ("Alla Metal") for a reason--it's a crossover between classical and metal. Unless you're into harsh-sounding metal, I think it'll be one of the most dissonant and unpleasant songs I'll ever compose.
I published another video game theme today! This time, it's for a fan character of mine, and you can listen to it and read more about the character here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2398231).
I published my first slow drag today--D-Reamy D-Rag, which you can listen to and view here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2405301)!
EDIT: I guess I may as well mention that I've written a piece for an instrument other than the piano: the trumpet. Beware: as this (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2427951) is an exercise to improve trumpet embouchure, and trumpet players should play it without changing their fingering at all, it basically has only trumpet C's, E's, and G's in it.
I'm starting to publish some of my earlier pieces (ones I completed years ago), and one such piece is Bad-Tempered Dances, which you can listen to here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2439576). I personally find it slightly repetitive, but your opinion may vary...
Another of my earlier pieces (although I revised it today just before publishing it) is my first complete piano sonata, "Piecemeal". You can see all its movements here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/sets/2456606) and read about the movements in the OP.
Yet another earlier piece (I'll publish my more recent pieces soon, I promise) is my Etude in D Minor ("Eil Ton") here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2464681). While the piece is filled with arpeggios and chords, it aims to keep listeners' interest by evoking imagery of crashing waves.
EDIT: Here's a more recent piece of mine--Out and About, an overworld theme you can view and listen to here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2468376)! ...Sigh, the video game for and orchestral version of this piece still don't exist...
The earlier piece publishing spree continues with one of my earliest pieces, Bell Carol. Resembling a sped-up rendition of Carol of the Bells, you can view and listen to it here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2477306).
I'm putting this in a separate post to notify you all: I like messing around with established musical forms, including fusing two forms together.
The Other Ragtime March is one such fusion of musical forms, where I blend march form and ragtime texture (and arguably form, as rag forms are influenced by march forms). You can view and listen to it here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2485106).
EDIT: I published two of my pieces today--one earlier piece and one later piece. The Sonatina in C Major ("Pastorale") here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2492551) is the earlier piece, while Fraught Forest (Special Level Theme) here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2492166) is the later piece. Fraught Forest is a dark forest level theme that you can rearrange and put in your game if you want.
I published another earlier piece today--the Sonatina in F Major ("Classical") here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2495911), for all your "sounds-just-like-composers-from-the-Classical-period" needs.
Yet another of my earlier pieces is one of my incomplete piano sonatas, "Scherzando". You can see all its complete movements here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/sets/2502886) and read about the movements in the OP.
Finally, another piece that isn't for solo piano! The Daring March is here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2511606) and is in unconventional instrumentation for a march! ...Yeah, a complete lack of percussion parts makes this sound less like a march than it could.
...Oh yeah, it's also one of my earlier pieces (though one I've revised).
Another fusion of musical forms I've composed is the Sonata-Rag here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2518551)! This time, it's a rag in sonata-allegro form, complete with ragtime's relentlessly repeated sections and the sonata-allegro's use of development.
Still another of my earlier pieces is an incomplete piano suite, the Suite in E Flat. You can see all its complete movements here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/sets/2527021) and read about the movements in the OP.
EDIT: I've published one of my most experimental pieces today--Kids On the Monkey Bars here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2535411)! Normally, my sense of tonality isn't that fuzzy, but the kids are bad at singing...
Still another of my earlier pieces is an incomplete piano sonata, "Cosmos". You can see all its complete movements here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/sets/2552571) and read about the movements in the OP.
I don't just compose fast songs--this (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2561156) is a funeral march I've published today! It's in B flat minor.
EDIT: If you actually want more dissonant and unpleasant-sounding music from me, I've published the Alien Briar Rag today here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2572776)!
Want another atypical rag? The Unseelie Rag here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2612441) is an atypically fast rag!
...Want to hear what I can do with exactly 100 notes? Listen to the Angry Dance here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2628521)! It's very short, though...
HEATHEN
THOU SHALT PLAY RAGTIME AT 80 BPM AND NO MORE
I'm sensing a lot of inspiration from Beethoven's Op. 26 on the funeral march.
IMO, it's one of the few pieces of yours that your very heavy writing style works well for. Nicely done :)
If you want to hear me try out composing song-like pieces, the Song Without Words No. 1 here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2673851) isn't a bad start!
I see what you mean when you say it reminds you of Christmas. It's so festive, and I can see all sorts of people in fuzzy coats at a shopping mall in December looking in all the windows for Christmas presents.
It's really nice to wrap up something that you've had in your head for a long time, isn't it?
My same criticisms. Your somewhat okay melody is drowned out by thick, heavy chords. That works well in things like funeral marches, but not stuff like this.
Want to hear a song I composed under contest-related time pressures? Listen to King Thrushbeard here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2705176), which was composed for https://musescore.com/groups/soloinstrumentchampionships/discuss/2653921!
Yet another of my fusions of musical forms is my heavy metal piano piece Regressive Form here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2709726), which contorts sonata-allegro form into verse-chorus form (including a solo).
That's nice to listen to (for the most part), but the way you have it written is physically unplayable at many spots in that tempo..
Quote from: Pianist Da Sootopolis on October 05, 2016, 05:11:45 PMThat's nice to listen to (for the most part), but the way you have it written is physically unplayable at many spots in that tempo..
I tested out both the verse and chorus at full speed, and the 16th notes do have to be played closer to a shake than completely accurately. However, the rest of the piece is accurately playable (even if the most difficult remaining parts of the piece are passages like the LH accompaniment in the 4 bars before the repeat). If anything, I'd say that fast octave runs like in The Other Ragtime March are harder, and the corruption of Bonetrousle in The Polka of Your Best Friend is nearly impossible to play.
Want a less chordal, easier-to-play piece that still sounds impressive? Try the Tarantella No. 1 in C Minor here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2745096)! (Warning: I'd say this is still RCM Level 9 or above, but at least it isn't a finger-breaker that's above Level 10.)
Want something so easy that it's sight-readable at full speed for once? Then get the Simplicity Rag here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2807581)! (Like ragtime in general, it's still pretty chord-heavy.)
March of the Empire here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2813416) may not be completely sight-readable at full speed, but it should be impressive-sounding yet relatively easy to play.
If you're here to listen to difficult piano music, the Seelie Rag here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2851751) may just be up your alley!
The Jazz section of the OP is finally open with this piece, Took 5 to the Wing (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2907081)! ...Yeah, it sounds like Ridley and Meta Knight's themes.
Today, I published my earliest composition I'm willing to release, The Abyss (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2950521). It's short, it uses a lot of pedal, it's easy to play, and it can sound quite beautiful...
The Alpha Bravo Foxtrot here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/3035091) is close in feel to a quickstep and goes for a (slightly) military mood.
Ragtime Evening here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/3239891) is rather like a serenade in ragtime. It's highly influenced by old-style rags, especially Scott Joplin's.
it's neat.
I love a good bit of ragtime :D I started out composing by doing loads of rags! My favourite that I've listened to is the Simplicity Rag and - controversially due to the whole point - I think it could be even better if it were a tad less simple XD I know how silly that sounds... Just a bit more left hand activity wouldn't go amiss.
I'm going to give some tips for a couple of moments in Ragtime Evening that could be improved in order to make it even better. I really like this piece and it's something I'm considering learning, which is why I'd like to address a couple o' things. The big blobs of text may look daunting but I'm just helping out :)
Bar 7 falls flat because there's no change in harmony and not much is happening - you could change the bottom B to an A to add the minor 7th flavour, as I have shown below (highlighted in blue)
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Bar 10 is also static after the melody stops, which is fine because the melody needs a break - however the accompaniment needs to be more interesting to make up for it. Quick example below using different textures and some chromatic falling parts.
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Bar 12 sees the end of the phrase and a triplet rhythm in the melody. This rhythm is a little unusual in relation to what has been happening so far and seems out of place, to me - I've rejigged it so that the resolution onto the top D is delayed and therefore keeps the momentum going for a chromatic fall to the first note of the melody. (This is just a quick example and I'm aware you couldn't do this due to the repeat) I've also experimented with a more excited bassline underneath the static chords when the melody restarts, which is in the picture too.
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Just a general comment on ragtimes: avoid using the same striding left hand accompaniment more than three times in a row, which you have done, mostly. There's a lot of differing left hand activity in this piece so it isn't much of an issue - Always break it up with what I call rundowns/runups on the fourth chord: example bar 49
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Feel free to rant about my stuff back if you feel I'm being mean XD Hopefully it's not come across that way!
No patience for long pieces of classical music? A Sonata-Allegro in Under 2 Minutes (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/3347966) is exactly as its title says!
Interested in some of my earliest compositions? Turns out that, even in Grade 5 or 6, I was aware of musical forms in Rocket Piece No. 1 (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/3402356) and Rocket Piece No. 2 (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/3402376).
I'm guessing that's around year 6/7 then....?
They're actually very good for that age. I like 'em! Especially number 2, catchy stuff. I can see a kind of relation to the stuff you're doing now as well :D
Just finished one of my works that I started years ago--the Etude-Coronation March in G Major here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/3485176)! ...Yeah, I'm no longer enamoured with filling a musical section with transposed versions of the same theme, unlike what you'll hear in this piece...
I've composed another polka, for fans of that genre and of fast classical music--it's the Going Distances Polka (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/3802811)!
If you want some insight on how I tend to improvise hummed tunes on the spot, check out the first 17 bars of 10 Minutes' Worth of Stressful Racetrack (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/3818511)! I decided to improvise in the style of a F-Zero-like racetrack theme for this piece, which I had only 10 minutes to compose. The rest of the bars were rather copy-and-paste.
Wow that's pretty good for 10 minutes! Very catchy and definitely F-Zero like. I don't know if I'd be able to do anything like that in such a short space of time. Do you plan to do something with it now or just leave it as it is?
Quote from: AmpharosAndy on May 01, 2017, 02:13:27 PMWow that's pretty good for 10 minutes! Very catchy and definitely F-Zero like. I don't know if I'd be able to do anything like that in such a short space of time. Do you plan to do something with it now or just leave it as it is?
I'm planning on leaving it as-is right now.
On the other hand, with this new 10-minutes'-worth-of-work-for-a-contest, Drum Solo Time! (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/3851716), I've finally gotten enough inspiration to start actively composing one of my kookier ideas.
Quote from: Dekkadeci on May 04, 2017, 06:53:20 PMDrum Solo Time! (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/3851716)
*Whiplash intensifies*
I've now published the piece I referred to in this quote:
Quote from: Dekkadeci on May 04, 2017, 06:53:20 PM<snip> I've finally gotten enough inspiration to start actively composing one of my kookier ideas.
That kooky idea is a sonata-allegro with an atonal first theme group and a tonal, major-key second theme group that behaves as if the entire sonata-allegro is more conventional and in a major key--Avant-Garde Sonata-Allegro (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/3875141)! ...So I'm bad enough at composing atonal music that I figured I may as well stick to drum kit for it...
Want relaxing jazz? Want something that took me roughly half an hour to compose? Here's Relaxing Jazz (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/3899601) for all those needs!
The Avant-Garde Sonata-Allegro is probably the best piece of yours I've heard so far! Lots of interesting rhythms and interesting harmonic moments. I would love to hear this performed at some point :)
Quote from: Dekkadeci on May 08, 2017, 07:17:59 PMSo I'm bad enough at composing atonal music that I figured I may as well stick to drum kit for it...
I'd think that your strong classical influences would make atonal writing easier? All that structure and planning etc.
As for the relaxing jazz, the cello strikes me as an unusual choice especially because of the lack of activity in the sax and trumpet parts. Why not throw that melody on one of those? The held notes in the trumpet aren't necessary with the held piano chords + they'd be too distracting/overpowering. Very good for half an hour, though! Keep it up :D
Quote from: AmpharosAndy on May 13, 2017, 08:43:46 AMI'd think that your strong classical influences would make atonal writing easier? All that structure and planning etc.
I keep fretting that even the most atonal chord progressions I use can be interpreted tonally (I've tried writing 12-tone rows with tonal implications, and IMO, it's shockingly easy).
Anyway, here's my newest piece-I-composed-in-10-minutes-for-a-contest:
On This Side of Death's Shores- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/3938991
- MP3: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B039DrYUfeUZUlpHdkR6SGFRRWc
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKq2weOnyck
This is a slow, quiet, and sad piano piece, meant to sound much better with a mellow piano soundfont than Musescore's default brilliant one. I'll probably end up using a similar basis for a future piece, "On the Other Side of Death's Shores".
Putting the custom soundfont on the Musescore website version (for easier judging) took way too long and forced me to make a YouTube account. Should I leave my YouTube account in a dusty corner or put more of my stuff on it?
Gah! All these 10 minute compositions make me want to do it XD I guess I'm doing a few of those today ;)
I really like the custom soundfont, though. Sounds way better to me.
Want a piece you can play in a large variety of tempos for once? Try one of my earlier pieces, Etude in G Minor ("Arpeggio") (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/4030736)! Beware--it's one of my earlier ones, and I'm fairly sure I composed it before I went to university.
It's a very clever little piece, certainly good for teaching early piano (assuming you're doing it slowly haha). I'm making it sound like I'm a piano teacher, which I assure you I am not.
Quote from: Dekkadeci on June 03, 2017, 02:37:40 PMI'm fairly sure I composed it before I went to university.
Did you study composition?
(if I may ask, no is very reasonable)
Quote from: AmpharosAndy on June 03, 2017, 04:02:33 PMDid you study composition? (if I may ask, no is very reasonable)
I never formally studied composition with a teacher. One of my piano teachers did try to teach me some composition when I was in Grade 5 (I wrote my very first composition then--it's far too simple for me to publish anywhere, IMO). I think the closest I got was when I took a cool "composition" class in Grade 10, but I don't recall its teacher ever giving composition tips. All I remember was being given assignments and working with GarageBand and a DAW.
Ironically, I think I learned the most about composition from my Royal Conservatory of Music (it's a Canada thing) Harmony and History lessons. I learned about classical music forms and acceptable chord progressions in most classical music, and I still apply those lessons today.
I think I'm self-taught in regards to composing in any genre other than classical. I probably learned about jazz musical forms and harmonies by osmosis in school jazz bands (and probably likewise for concert band musical forms and common chord progressions and rhythmic patterns in concert band music from playing in school bands--let's just say they're very inconsistent), but I learned everything about composing rock/pop/heavy metal/video game music by listening to the radio, playing video games, and seeking out example songs myself.
Quote from: Dekkadeci on June 03, 2017, 10:02:31 PMacceptable chord progressions
wth are those? lol
Quote from: Dekkadeci on June 03, 2017, 10:02:31 PMRoyal Conservatory of Music (it's a Canada thing)
I would've thought it'd be called a Conservatoire as you're more french than we are. That's what us english folk call 'em.
Funky biznu. I can see how your style is the way it is.
Quote from: AmpharosAndy on June 04, 2017, 01:24:36 AMQuote from: Dekkadeci on June 03, 2017, 10:02:31 PMacceptable chord progressions
wth are those? lol
Among other things, my Royal Conservatory of Music Harmony lessons taught me that V-I is an acceptable authentic cadence, so is vii°
7-I, and V-iv
6 is a barely acceptable deceptive cadence, but â™II-i, i-#IV, and French augmented 6th-â™VII are unacceptable chord progressions, period (at least for the "19th-century common practice period"). The 20th century and later seem determined to make more chord progressions acceptable, at least from the pieces I've listened to (I've even heard orchestral video game music sneak in unusual chord progressions those harmony lessons would definitely have rejected).
Just released my Impromptu-Scherzo in G Minor (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/4219101). It sounds a lot like classical music even though it's in quintuple meter...don't you think?
Remember my older piece, Regressive Form (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/2709726)? Well, now I've finally made a version of it that's for heavy metal band for once! You can find it here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/4361891). Yeah, it's for a Musescore rearrangement contest, but I figured it was about time this piece got the instrumentation it deserved.
I've released a new boss theme piece--Fight As If They're Monsters (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/4375436)! ...You're probably fighting people to this, though.
10-minute composition challenges are back!
I had to compose a 100-bar long piece in 10 minutes this time, so I composed this: Synth Scherzando (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/4448171)
I seem to be influenced by a lot of composers; this piece sounds like Felix Mendelssohn in particular....
Like fast dances? The Slavs did, too! Furiant No. 1 in G Minor (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/4550786) is a piece I've just published that's meant to be an example of that fiery, hemiola-filled Slavic dance of old, the furiant.
How many movements do you bet my latest work is? Sonata-Allegro in F Minor ("Complexity Within") (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/4791177) is a continuous sonata-allegro, sure enough, but it does manage to fit an entire scherzo and trio inside...which is fittingly based on the rest of the piece.
Like major-key, happy marches? Listen to this March in F Major (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/4850059)!
Ever wondered how far you can go with some of ragtime's more mechanical tendencies? With the Thopter Foundry Rag (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/4876309), you'll find out! (Yeah, the title is a Magic: The Gathering reference.)
I love the second section of the rag! It's so cheeky and witty :D
Wondering how much my old and new composition styles may clash? If so, you'll be interested in my newest composition, Puck, Hobgoblin (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/4911541)! I composed the outer sections several years ago and the inner section this week.
Like tarantellas? Want to see how well I can pull off improvised introductions? Want some insight into what my improvised tunes sound like? Go listen to my Tarantella No. 2 in E Minor (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5068339)!
Like cheerful Classical preludes? (OK, this might be more Baroque or Romantic in style.) Then listen to my newest work, Prelude in C Major (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5108619)!
This may be my weirdest piece yet harmony-wise--the second movement of my incomplete piano sonata, "Cosmos", is finally here! "Moon" (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5113669) depicts the moon in all its solemn, alien glory using bizarre, slow chord progressions.
Pretty cool.
Here's my first waltz, Waltz No. 1 in B Minor (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5129442)! I'm surprised how easily this one came to me.
I always enjoy listening to your compositions and the waltz is no exception! Your cheeky style makes me smile :D
Like boss themes? Wonder how my first time using quartal harmony turned out? Listen to Four Can Fight At This (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5135360), a theme for difficult bosses!
Wow, this sounds really neat - nice job! (I think I really like quartal harmony...)
Let's see how many times my latest piece surprises you: Deceptive Little Bagatelle (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5165318) uses only deceptive and imperfect cadences until its last bar! It's also my first woodwind quartet piece, and the sound balancing for it was surprisingly hard.
Here's both my first tango and my first piano-&-non-piano duet: Tango No. 1 in G Minor (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5184391)! How well did I do balancing the piano and bass clarinet parts?
Whenever I see this topic and think about clicking it, the following thought pops into my head: "Do I want to feel musically inadequate today?" Yet here I am.
The tango is pretty good, but I wish musescore had a better clarinet soundfont. I tried importing it into finale, but that didn't quite work either.
I may try again later.
Here's my first musical setting: Song on "Hippo's Hope" (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5191897), based on the poem by Shel Silverstein! Actually, you can sing the poem to only about half this piece (not the C major-like sections), but I did try to cover all 3 of that poem's endings in it! ...Yeah, most of this piece is years old.
Like later level themes? Then you may like Summer Field (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5200381), a theme for a...well...summery field level! Those kinds of levels tend to pop up later in the game. This piece is also part ostinato use practice....
Likely not what you expect from this thread, but Torn-Wing Butterfly (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5212984) is my first piece initially written for heavy metal band! Good old verse-chorus form, and this is a deceptively fast metal ballad....
Like etudes? Then you'll enjoy practicing your triplets with my newest piece, Etude in C Minor ("Wilde Jagd") (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5218630)! Actually, I composed the outer theme and some of the central theme on an earlier version of Finale Notepad, and let me assure you, being unable to change the key signature and tempo midway through the piece definitely sucked....
Fonder of my earlier compositional style? Well, this is yet another one of my pieces that I started years ago on Musescore 1 but finished this year: Scherzo Oscuro (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5305314)!
Like boss themes? Wonder how my first time using the octatonic scale worked out? Listen to Eight-Ton Showdown (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5328923), a heavy metal boss theme for that one recurring boss!
How difficult can a piano etude for the left hand only get? Pretty difficult! Just listen to my Etude in F Minor For the Left Hand ("Cross-Rhythms") (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5335728) for such an example. Yup, time to practice your one-hand cross-rhythms and beat subdivision like crazy!
Like turn-of-the-20th-century American marches? Then I bet you'll like my Herald and Sun March (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5366081)!
That's a really cute piece! I particularly like the A and B sections, they feel particularly sunny!
Also just popping in to say thanks for posting your stuff here; I always enjoy listening to your new works. :)
Want to hear how well one of my works fits in a collaborative work? Listen to my Piano Sonata in F Sharp Minor, Movement 3 (Collab.) (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5374968)! (The other movements of the collaborative sonata can be found in the link.) Please tell me I did a decent job....
Like scherzos? Then you may like my newest composition, Scherzo Agitato (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5417197)! See if you can find where I sneak in the BACH and DSCH motives (well, without reading its description).
Quote from: Libera on December 23, 2018, 03:40:46 PMAlso just popping in to say thanks for posting your stuff here; I always enjoy listening to your new works. :)
same. i keep cumin back 4it :)
Wondering how well I can write a slow introduction? You'll sure get an opportunity with my Sonata-Allegro in G Minor ("Introduction and Frenzy") (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5447521)! Be aware that this is heavily influenced by the 1st movement of Beethoven's Pathetique Sonata, complete with using corresponding accompaniment textures and reusing introduction material later in the piece.
Wow, that sounds really cool! I wonder what it'd sound like performed? At the part where the tempo increases to 172 to the half note, I think that it should be written with sixteenth notes rather than eighth notes, which would make the tempo 172 to the quarter note. This makes is much easier to read and comprehend when learning the piece, because when I first saw the eighth notes, my initial thought was "it's not as fast as it looks", but it's way faster than it looks. You also change the key signature quite often, which is really cool and I like that, but you don't put any actual key changes in the music. That would be helpful to have, to let the player know the key is changing rather than having them look at accidentals the entire time. Overall, the piece sounds awesome and really fun to play!
Quote from: cashwarrior1 on February 15, 2019, 05:23:40 AMWow, that sounds really cool! I wonder what it'd sound like performed? At the part where the tempo increases to 172 to the half note, I think that it should be written with sixteenth notes rather than eighth notes, which would make the tempo 172 to the quarter note. This makes is much easier to read and comprehend when learning the piece, because when I first saw the eighth notes, my initial thought was "it's not as fast as it looks", but it's way faster than it looks. You also change the key signature quite often, which is really cool and I like that, but you don't put any actual key changes in the music. That would be helpful to have, to let the player know the key is changing rather than having them look at accidentals the entire time. Overall, the piece sounds awesome and really fun to play!
My use of 2/2 time and therefore eighth notes is a direct homage to the 1st movement of Beethoven's Pathetique Sonata, which also uses both of them at roughly the same tempo.
My lack of key signature changes is consistent with the sonata-allegros whose scores I've read. Those don't tend to change key signatures, either, even when they change keys at quicksilver speed. Removing the key signature from the development might be warranted, though, especially since it goes into C sharp minor at one point.
Quote from: Dekkadeci on February 15, 2019, 09:39:32 AMMy use of 2/2 time and therefore eighth notes is a direct homage to the 1st movement of Beethoven's Pathetique Sonata, which also uses both of them at roughly the same tempo.
Okay, that makes sense. I'd do it with sixteenth notes, but I guess it's not too big of a difference.
Quote from: Dekkadeci on February 15, 2019, 09:39:32 AMMy lack of key signature changes is consistent with the sonata-allegros whose scores I've read. Those don't tend to change key signatures, either, even when they change keys at quicksilver speed. Removing the key signature from the development might be warranted, though, especially since it goes into C sharp minor at one point.
If this is the case, then it might be better to just make there no key signature at the fast section, that way you don't have to have as many naturals in some sections.
Like John Philip Sousa's marches? Then you might also like my latest piece: Circus Screamer (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5477144)! ...I actually think this sounds like Sousa's "Manhattan Beach March" the most....
If you're a visitor here who likes quartal harmony, maybe you'll like my Scherzo Quartale (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5479279), which uses quartal harmony in spades!
Like more passionate and dramatic classical music. Try my new Prelude in F Minor (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5564028)!
Interested in a piccolo and contrabassoon duet where the contrabassoon actually gets the melody for once? Then listen to my newest piece, At the Extremes (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5586212)!
Like victory themes? Find out how well I made my first one in Victory! (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5608210)
Like Pomp and Circumstance marches and other marches that sound like them (e.g. "Dam Busters March", "Crown Imperial")? Then you might like my newest march in that vein, Monarch's Glory (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5627945)!
That was good, I really liked it!
I've finished a little song without words today--if you're into intimate music, check it out here (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5655318)!
Like my sonata-allegros? Then there's a fair chance you'll love my latest piece: Sonata-Allegro in A Minor ("Into Ferocious Times") (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5689999)!
Like boss themes? You might like my newest composition, the boss theme Double Harm (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5825689)!
Used to more modernistic pieces? Like toccatas? You might like my latest piece, Sonata-Allegro in B Flat Minor ("Toccata") (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5840585)!
Liked any of my earlier fast scherzo and trios? Then you may be a fan of my latest piece, Scherzo Cromatico (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5916643)!
Wrote this for a contest but that contest got cancelled today, so now you get to listen to A Jazz Sonata-Allegro (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/5956026)!
Composed this for a contest that wanted a 3-minutes-long-or-less piece with a storyline - here's my Ballade No. 1 in E Flat Minor ("Reminiscences of the Sealed") (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6016922)! It's about a sealed fighter and his sudden rush of memories of happier times with friends and family, only to be replaced by the realization that his sealing will never end anytime soon.
Like tarantellas? Then you might like my latest piece, Tarantella No. 3 in A Minor (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6030752)!
In the mood for a piece that doesn't take itself too seriously? Try my Scherzino in F Major (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6119657)!
Sounds as cheeky as the word scherzino = very :) I liek
It reminds me of the title music for Kid Icarus, but it's a fun jaunt that feels like it came from the early classical era like if Mendelssohn arranged something Beethoven wrote to be less hammery.
You've got a lot a good stuff here, I always try to keep an eye on what you post so keep it up!
Trying to get used to the sound of suspended chords in a quartal harmony-like context? My Etude in A Minor ("Quartal") (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6138569) is a great place to start!
I hope I did a good job with my first 3-voice fugue: Fugue in D Minor (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6165630)! (Yeah, I wrote it for a contest.)
Here's another contest entry, this time modelled after the rather slow Piano Sonata No. 12 in F Major, K. 332, Mvmt. 2 by Mozart: Sonata-Allegro in B Flat Major ("Sedate") (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6171255)!
Like my fast dances? Here's yet another fast dance for you--my first galop, Galop No. 1 in B Flat Minor (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6175415)!
Here's still another contest entry, this time based on the Fugue in A Minor, BWV 865 from Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier: Violin Concerto in A Minor, Movement 1 (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6189474)!
If you're interested in my contest entries for other websites, my latest is the rather heavy metal Seventh Sight-Read Failure (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6211661)...and its virtually unreadable version for a contest (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6211659).
Like virtuosic music? Then listen to my newest piece: Prelude in D Major (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6222629)!
Here's a quickie I started and finished today: Etude in B Flat Major ("Sparkle") (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6244029)!
Welp, here's my first atonal piece for piano: the chromatically ascending quartal piece Upstairs (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6252936)!
Here's another virtuosic piece: Prelude in B Flat Major (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6261153)!
Like my sonata-allegros? This one is more heroic than my usual fare: Sonata-Allegro in D Minor ("The Wandering Hero") (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6275452)!
Want to hear what my first polonaise is like? Here it is: Polonaise No. 1 in A Major (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6284797)!
...If you're interested in a contest entry where I had to write a 10-measure-long piece with at least 10 C major chords in it, then you may as well listen to 10-Measure Piano Metal (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6314135).
This happens to be my first boogie-woogie piece: 12-Bar, 4-Note Blues (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6321757)! Yeah, this is a contest entry, and I was restricted to using only 4 notes in one hand (I picked C, D, F, and G for the left hand).
Wondering how well I did for my second piano-and-non-piano duet? Liked my first galop? Well, here's my Galop No. 2 in D Sharp Minor (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6324801) for piano and violin!
Quote from: Dekkadeci on August 31, 2020, 09:38:38 PMThis happens to be my first boogie-woogie piece: 12-Bar, 4-Note Blues (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6321757)! Yeah, this is a contest entry, and I was restricted to using only 4 notes in one hand (I picked C, D, F, and G for the left hand).
Hm, I like this a lot, but I feel like it would be better if you leaned a bit more into the "blues" aspect of it and slowed the tempo down a bit.
In the mood for something more tranquil-sounding? Try my newest piece, Prelude in D Flat Major (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6390161)!
Like funeral marches? Then you might like my Funeral March No. 2 in D Minor (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6433686)! Beware of its unusual mid-piece modulations to A flat major....
This was actually born as a contest entry where each musical section can only use 3 melody notes at most - I hope you like my video game cutscene chase theme Dark Chase (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6460169) anyway!
Wondering how well I did composing something in the style of a Smash Bros. main theme? Listen to my latest composition, Smash Your Brother (http://smash%20your%20brother)!
Managed to start a 3-movement piano sonatina yesterday and finish it today - here are all 3 movements of my Miniature Cyclic-Form Piano Sonatina in E Flat Major (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/sets/5106199)! All 3 movements are less than 3 minutes long each!
- Movement 1: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6499086
- Movement 2: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6499102
- Movement 3: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6499111
Want a simpler piece? Try my newest composition, Song Without Words No. 3 (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6563441)!
Prepared for another toccata that's crossed over between classical and heavy metal music? Try my Toccata No. 2 in A Minor ("To the Metal Ocean") (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6607545)!
Want to hear what 15/16 time is like? I explore both 5 groups of 3 and 3 groups of 5 per measure in my newest piece, 5 By 3 (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6678660)!
Ohhh nice! I've been working on a piece that uses 15/16 for a few months now (on and off). It's interesting to see how you approached it and I think you did a great job transitioning between two divisions. For my piece I used 5 groupings of 3 as well as 3 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 (And one other one that I didn't really have a defined grouping). I haven't tried 3 groupings of 5 though, so that was really interesting to me.
Managed to compose another piece this July - here's my rather march-like Prelude in B Flat Minor (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6863733)!
Came up with the full version of this etude at the piano today: here's my Etude in B Minor ("Off-Beats") (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/7012273)!
Also forgot to tell you about this very slow waltz I composed for a contest last month: the Lilliputian Waltz (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/6980943)!
I haven't come up with a video game level theme in a while - now I have for a winter/snow level: Winter Joy (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/7026728)!
I haven't come up with jazz for a while, either - I guess I mainly compose them for concerts. Here's my newest such piece: Premiere at the Battleship (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/7054685)!
Like my sonata-allegros? Here's another one: Sonata-Allegro in C Minor ("In medias res") (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/7073425)! Yes, it starts its recapitulation in the middle of the first theme group - hence the nickname "In medias res".
Managed to make my second ballade - Ballade No. 2 in G Minor ("Winter Sojourn") (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/7245906)! It depicts the story of a trip to the north to retrieve what had been lost. After a sizeable journey, what was lost is now found - but the price to find it may very well be too high.
Wonder how well I can compose a march in the style of Eric Coates (Dambusters March and friends)? Listen to my newest march, Forwards On! (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/7371488)
Hopefully this sounds like it's for 2 hands - here's my newest composition, Etude in E Flat Major For the Left Hand ("Courtly Procession") (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/7548410)!
This is my first time composing a menu theme for a (hypothetical) video game: the Mario Kart menu theme-influenced Select on Standby (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/7635086)!
I'm surprised how quickly I came up with this purposefully-less-than-3-minutes-long scherzo and trio today - Scherzo in Miniatura (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/7711715)!
My most ambitious compositional project yet: A Musical Advent Calendar (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/7946711)! 24 days in December until Christmas, 24 movements in a variety of styles (and even genres), all 24 keys!
I've composed my first (admittedly instrumental) pop song today - Low-Soaring Flight (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/8040327)! ...Yeah, it's for a contest (to use the B-F#-G#m-E chord progression).
Managed to rearrange a better version of a piece I composed in Grade 10: United We Stand March (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/8138550)! One step closer to an improved version of that piece for concert band....
Decided to compose a more typically classical music-style sonata-allegro this time, including the classical era's occasional tendency to start the recapitulation of its sonata-allegros in the subdominant key instead of the home key - here's my latest piece, Sonata-Allegro in G Major ("Subdominant") (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/8248142)!
Here's my newest piece: Scherzo Intruso (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/8293571)! Beware: this contains some particularly intrusive and out-of-place notes....
The first jazz solo piano piece I've composed in a while...here's Call to All Dancers (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/8347868)!
Back to my more typical high-strung Classical-Romantic style - here's my latest piece, Sonata-Allegro in C Sharp Minor ("Three Keys to Perdition") (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/8373906)!
My first 8-bit composition (although I have tried an 8-bit arrangement before): 8-Bit Credits (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/8507249)! Yeah, it's for a hypothetical video game.
Welp, looks like I hit the character limit for the 1st post - here's where my latest compositions are listed!
ClassicalWaltz No. 2 in C Major- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/8589662
Composed for a contest, this jazz-influenced waltz is based on a not-so-orthodox chord progression involving â™VII-V.
Sonata-Allegro in C Major ("One Start, Many Paths")- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/8940730
Like some others, this sonata-allegro has a monothematic exposition...that actually has its first and second theme groups both diverge quite quickly from their shared opening phrase, just like other monothematic sonata-allegros. Therefore nicknamed "One Start, Many Paths", this piece is syncopated, energetic, and optimistic.
Sonatina in G Minor- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/9858289
This light Scarlatti-like sonatina is not too demanding and is reminiscent of a lilting dance.
Slow Minuet in B Flat Major- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/10422310
This slower-than-average minuet carries its own elegance and grace.
Prelude in G Minor- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/11044255
This march-like prelude keeps a stiff upper lip but is fairly easy to play.
Quick Dance in D Minor- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/11385973
This swift dance makes dancers go at breakneck speed!
March in E Major- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/14285737
This Neoromantic march has some daring key changes.
Prelude in C Minor- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/14679319
With its rapid-note runs, this prelude can be tricky to play at times.
Sonata-Allegro in E Flat Minor ("Alla Scherzo")- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/15288961
Composed for a contest, this sonata-allegro is in the style of Chopin's scherzos.
Concert Band & Marching BandRolling Along March- Musescore (Original for Piano): https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/12025420
In the style of turn-of-the-20th-century American marches, this march indeed merrily rolls along.
RagtimeTrick-or-Treat Rag- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/8804865
This shockingly deliberate rag, composed for a contest, aims to evoke the atmosphere of trick-or-treating during Halloween.
JazzJazz Miniature in E Flat Major- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/10792174
This jazz miniature gently prances around.
Golden Surge- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/11225404
This Kapustin-esque straight jazz piece constantly heads towards a brighter tomorrow.
Jazz Miniature in A Flat Major- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/33835180/scores/11167363
This jazz miniature, while stodgier, still ambles around gently.
Desert Trip- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/12444454
Mostly based on a short B-C chord progression, this jazz trio piece sultrily weaves around and has an extended solo.
Cream Soda "Rag"- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/12879643
Influenced by Billy Joel's Root Beer Rag and Max Keenlyside's Caffeinated Rag, this straight jazz piece bounces along with foxtrot-like rhythms at a breakneck pace.
Rock/Metal (Includes Crossovers)Toccata No. 3 in C Minor ("Record Speed")- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/10036267
This classical-rock crossover piece blasts by at record speed.
Inflamed Story- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/14823010
This piece is influenced by the works of the bands Sound Horizon and Linked Horizon.
Video Game Music Loops (With Special OST Endings)Beachside Races (Racetrack Theme)- Musescore (Piano Transcription): https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/9463828
This is a tropical beach racetrack theme for a hypothetical racing game that does not (yet) exist. Yes, it's Mario Kart-influenced. Bars 40-52 (everything after the repeat) are the OST-only ending.
Despite being subtitled as a piano transcription, no other arrangements of this piece currently exist.
Carnival Round (Carnival Stage Theme)- Musescore: https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/14560621
This is a carnival theme for...any carnival, really. They could even be real carnivals!
Bars 33-48 (everything after the repeat) are the OST-only ending.
Cupcake Hero CST (Concept Soundtrack)Spoiler
Results Theme- Musescore (Piano Transcription): https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/14019550
It's just an innocent results theme that plays after the victory jingle. Bars 17-18 (everything after the repeat) just might play as you exist the results screen.
Despite being subtitled as a piano transcription, no other arrangements of this piece currently exist.
Might be redundant given the post above, but here's my latest composition - the jazz-influenced Waltz No. 2 in C Major (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/8589662)!
Quote from: Dekkadeci on August 18, 2022, 09:20:02 PMMy first 8-bit composition (although I have tried an 8-bit arrangement before): 8-Bit Credits (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/8507249)! Yeah, it's for a hypothetical video game.
That sounds really amazing for being made entirely in MuseScore!!! :o
Quote from: Dekkadeci on August 18, 2022, 09:20:02 PMMy first 8-bit composition (although I have tried an 8-bit arrangement before): 8-Bit Credits (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/8507249)! Yeah, it's for a hypothetical video game.
Woah I agree, this is awesome! If you ever end up putting it into Famitracker I'd love to hear it!
Wow, this is my first rag in over 4 years...here's that rag, Trick-or-Treat Rag (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/8804865)!
Very nice!!! Doesn't feel like it's been 4 years since your last rag; guess you're just a natural at it. ;)
This monothematic sonata-allegro is actually in a syncopated, more pop-like style for a change, and just like most other monothematic sonata-allegros, its first and second theme groups diverge quite quickly from their shared opening phrase - here's my latest piece, Sonata-Allegro in C Major ("One Start, Many Paths") (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/8940730)!
Here's my first composition of 2023 - Beachside Races (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/9463828) for the tropical beach racetrack of a hypothetical racing game!
Composed a little Scarlatti-like sonatina today - Sonatina in G Minor (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/9858289)!
Here's a pretty darn fast piece - Toccata No. 3 in C Minor ("Record Speed") (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/10036267)!
Quote from: Dekkadeci on March 02, 2023, 05:17:14 PMHere's a pretty darn fast piece - Toccata No. 3 in C Minor ("Record Speed") (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/10036267)!
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Turns out I need more practice composing slow music, so I composed this Slow Minuet in B Flat Major (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/10422310) today!
If you liked some of the bagatelles in my Advent Calendar last year, you might like this, too, as it's in roughly the same style as the jazz mini-pieces in there: my Jazz Miniature in E Flat Major (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/10792174)!
Came up with another short prelude today: Prelude in G Minor (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/11044255)!
This is likely my most Kapustin-esque piece yet - Golden Surge (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/11225404)!
Good stuff as always!
Managed to whip up a quick piece today - here's Quick Dance in D Minor (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/11385973)!
Finally finished this little piece - Jazz Miniature in A Flat Major (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/11758711)!
Quote from: Dekkadeci on August 09, 2023, 05:09:59 PMFinally finished this little piece - Jazz Miniature in A Flat Major (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/11758711)!
:D nice! It makes me think of going for a little jaunt down the sidewalk of some town with a clear blue sky overhead.
Here's a lovely little march for piano - Rolling Along March (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/12025420)!
Came up with a new piece for jazz trio - Desert Trip (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/12444454)!
Came up with a particularly bouncy piece today - Cream Soda "Rag" (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/12879643)! It's only a "rag" just like Billy Joel's "Root Beer Rag" is a "rag".
I'm starting a CST (Concept Soundtrack) today - the CST of the hypothetical online browser game Cupcake Hero!
In Cupcake Hero, you assemble and serve cupcakes to hungry customers out of myriad kinds of cake, toppings, and icing! Quickly assemble the right cupcakes for the customers who request them, or your customers will get angry and make you lose lots! You can play a round in 5 minutes or less, and the action quickly gets hectic!
And here's the first theme I composed for this CST, the Results Theme (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/14019550)!
Really cool concept! Looking forward to seeing more
Agree, very nice composition too. Definitely captures the vibes of a "results theme" well.
Here's a more assured march for piano - March in E Major (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/14285737)!
Ended up making a carnival theme - here's Carnival Round (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/14560621)!
I like it! Sounds like something you'd hear in a Dreamcast or PS1 game.
Came up with this quick prelude today - Prelude in C Minor (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/14679319)!
Composed a piece influenced by Sound Horizon/Linked Horizon - Inflamed Story (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/14823010)!
Composed this for a contest that asked for pieces in the style of Chopin - here's Sonata-Allegro in E Flat Minor ("Alla Scherzo") (https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/15288961)! Yes, it's in the style of Chopin's Scherzos No. 2-3.