MIND THE BEGINNING~ That was an experiment that went terribly wrong, but I kept it up in case someone wants to tell me how to do it right. It was meant to be like a drumroll/into to battle kindof thing. The melody of this is based after the first piano rift I made on my own, I hope you like it because I'm pretty proud of this one ^.^ Feel free to tell me what notes/chords I did wrong because at one point I wasn't quite sure what chords were right. Im pretty positive I got it but you never know. Advice is appreciated!
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OMG I PLAYED THIS hahaha great piece it sounds so medieval lol love it
OMG I PLAYED THIS hahaha great piece it sounds so medieval lol love it
Same here. I love this. It sounds Celtic. I am OBSESSED with celtic music.
I really hate how the strings sound in Musescore. Awesome piece though and the beginning is fine.
all can be fixed with soundfonts!
I totally agree i thought I was the only one who thought that.
EDIT~that sounded so pompous, what I meant to respond to was the part about the strings being weird on musecore. Not about the beginning xP
Ok! I like the way that it starts. It has a neat battle march feel to it, which is probably what you intended. I like the way that this piece flows smoothly from one section to another; each time the melody moves to another instrument.
Now, when it comes to measures 11 - 62, this song just SCREAMS at me 6/8! 6/8! 6/8! Now...how do I explain this? OH! CLOSE YOUR EYES AND LISTEN When you listen to measures 11-62 do you feel like the measure has two beats or three? My guess is your head would bob left and right at a steady pace of two beats per measure. Well, when it comes to time signature, 3/4 usually tells the musician to think in three beats per measure, thus a lot of extra counting and stuff like that is born. Why does it tell the musician to think three beats per minute? because 3 (top number) is divisible by 3, but not 2. The neat thing about 6/8 is that 6 (top number) is divisible by 2 (like the two beats per measure) and 3. Since 3/4 has the thinking in three already covered, musicians like to change the time signature for those measures to 6/8, as 6 is divisible by 2. That way, each measure will flow more naturally as follows: 1 + a 2 + a (1-an-da-2-an-da)
mkay...now when it comes to measures 11-26, I like the piano pattern, it sounds to me like it's a little bit empty. I think it would sound reaally neat if you were to add the piano pedal (it's a line, kinda like the 8va line, except it has a script "Leo" in front of it. don't ask me what it stands for, I have no idea :P) and experiment with it. The pedal can add a lot of "fullness" to the piano sound =)
Well, I guess that's it, Ashboy and FlyingNinja pretty much covered everything else. I see much potential in you! You are learning with each piece you write! Keep it up =)
Oh, and ninja, I'm lovin' the new profile picture. KIRBY IS AWESOME =)
Im always too lazy to put the pedal thing there I just assume someone who plays the piano would play the pedal... xP And about the 6/8ths I'm confused I thought that just meant that its counted in eighth notes and that there are 6 per measure, which is the same thing as 3/4ths just you keep count in 8th notes instead of quater notes. Maybe I just got confused by your explanation. Now that I think about it 6/8ths would sound better for that part...
I had that problem too when I started off. So my teacher told me this: "Don't look it as 6/8 look at it as 2/♩. (dotted quarter note)" She was right. 6/8 can be counted and conducted with six beats and one eighth note per beat, but it can also be counted with two beats per measure, where the dotted quarter note is one beat, and each eighth note is 1/3 of a beat. does that make a little more sense?
Oh, and I'm pretty sure the piano pedal script actually says 'Ped'. Look at it closely - its just a very weird cursive P, and the d has its upwards tail squished to the left. It seems to make more sense than Leo. Leo reminds me of lions.
ohmygodmylifemakessooooomuchmoresensenow... Thanks!
sorry, even though this piece is excellent, the musescore songbook is actually piano only. One of your piano pieces would work well though (:
OK...Ima say this before I even listen...There is no "right" when it comes to music. "Right" is basically a bias word that is highly opinionated. Music is not something that you do right.
Sorry if I sound a little unpleasant...That is something I take a bit too seriously...
NEVERTHELESS, let's have a listen =)
Like I said, "as others may say". XD I just knew you would say something about that. I actually remember receiving the same scolding awhile back =P
Yep...you're welcome XD
Wow... I've never actually done an ensemble before. This makes me want to write something really pretty like this. The oboe is kind of overpowering in the end (like what AshBoy said), but I don't dislike it; and if you like it, great!
Keep up the great work. You never disappoint me.
Happy trails, Flyingninja77
I thought an ensemble would be impossible, but it was a lot easier than I expected ^.^ You should definitely try it. And if you fail, (which I highly doubt you will) its really not that big of a deal. :D
I agree with Mae, you should definitely try writing an ensemble. Combined with your piano composition skills, it HAS to turn out great.
You deserve to be proud of this - I love it. Jellyfish..... I'm assuming these soldiers were battling a giant jellyfish, and its killed all but one? A sad story indeed. :P I really like the piano in this, you are really good at coming up with good piano parts for ensembles! I got a really nice Irish feel from this, but yet a calm feeling as well. I also like how it fades away at the end. Relating to that, I felt like that last chord could be more, 'resolving'. You've based it on an E, I think it would sound more finishing if based on an A. And maybe try making it quieter, to keep the fading effect consistent. I also like the drums at the beginning, another awesome ensemble by Mae!!!!!!!!!
I don't have my earphones with me, so I can't hear it. I'll comment some more when I can hear it. But what did you mean by "basing it off an E" as opposed to "basing it off an A"? It looks to me like it ends on an A minor chord, which (Can't hear it, so I'm just going off what I can see) would be the tonic chord. Unless you mean that E seems to be the dominant tone, which appears to be the case. I would probably agree that the bass should end on the tonic A. You might have the oboe and violin have the E and C.
Also (Sorry for hogging your post Ashboy, but I'm too lazy to make two comments. =P), in the beginning you begin with the harp. Assuming this is a march (if it's not, please correct me; I'm just going off the title), it would probably be a good idea to have snare drum play the beginning. I don't know that I've ever heard a march with a harp, but I'm all for using uncommon instruments. Anyway, a flute or piccolo would also help to deliver the march effect. Similarly, chords in the trumpets tend to help with that, too. Anyway, sorry I can't be more specific; like I said, I can't hear it. I'll look at it again when I have my earphones with me.
I was gonna base it off the A, but then I decided to put in the oboe at the end (and for some reason it was louder) but I liked how it sounded unresolved it reminded me of a game over rift that happens when you die in some of those older nintendo games. Maybe that was just me but I decided to keep it ^.^
Oh, ok, that makes perfect sense! Develops a cliffhanger, I suppose. I immediately thought of the Mario death-themesong when you referred to that. Way to exercise your composer initiative!!!!!! =P
And also, as others may say, we can't tell you how to do it right. You're the composer - do you think its right?
Really nice. I love the way the instruments work together and the harp melody is beautiful.
Well done! :D