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[The Triumphant Hero]

Some music I wrote while I was bored.
Please list what song you are commenting on to make it easier to understand.

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I only listened to 1 and 2 before getting bored, but 1 totally lacks direction, and 2 sounds less suited to a piano and more suited to a quartet (if expanded) of different instruments. These are MIDIs, so I assume you have a sequencing program, so try playing around with different voices and use multiple tracks.

[nik0tine]

Neel is right about number 1, which i listened to a few days ago. Did you employ fugal elements in number 2? Also, it sounds like 2 does not end on tonic which makes it sound really weird.

3 sounds like peices of it have potential, but those repeating notes are aweful, unfortunately. And I do not like some of the dissonances that you choose to use, both rhythmic and harmonic. It also ends in a spot where it shouldn't.

4 just sounds really random and the harmonies, especially in the bass, are quite muddy at times. Again, the ending is too abrupt.

I like parts of the melody in 5. The bass needs work, though. The music as a whole gets much better as it progresses. Also, the ending, while still weak, is much stronger than the ending in any of the other peices.

[The Triumphant Hero]

I'm pretty bad at endings - I can never get them to sound good. And as for number 2, I'm not sure how to write for things other than piano. Thanks for the advice.

[nik0tine]

The key to endings is to release tension. Put a big ol' V7 chord on the 3rd beat of one measure and then 'release' it by putting a I chord on the 1st beat of the next measure.


Also, 'fugal elements' just means repeating a musical subject throughout a peice in varying keys.

Attached is a fairly decent example I wrote up demonstrating the concept of tension and release.