r/composer • u/Top-Attitude-4987 • 5h ago

Music The Coming Dawn - So It All Goes (looking for feedback on Minimalist inspired piece)

https://musescore.com/user/127336169/scores/39237035?share=copy_link

It's also my first ever orchestral work, so there's almost certainly plenty of things i'm doing wrong.

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u/ImprovementSlight947 4h ago

Ich mag es, klingt sehr lebendig! Nur die Textur des zweiten Klaviers könnte ab T. 97 ff etwas dichter sein.

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u/Clear_Flight_5192 1h ago

I’ll have to listen to it again to provide feedback as it’s a long one but I really enjoyed it! Love the energy from the start and the more intense second part of the track. I liked many things (counterpoint of winds) but what really stood out to me was the strings harmony (sixths I believe?). It gave the tracj a nice airy feel to counterbalance the continuous ostinati. Really enjoyed it congrats for writing it! 

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u/aaronFortuno 1h ago

It sounds nice! I like so much Glass music and also other minimalist composers such as Reich or Riley and your piece is strong and reminds me some passages from Music in 12 parts.

If you want some advices or specific feedback:

- I think you must use more when writing the 8va tool, because is hard to read a score with 8 or 9 additional lines.

- I think that would be impossible for violins the Bartok's pizzicato at the expected speed, maybe you're thinking on a divisi and players alternate pizz?

- Have you considered the where the breathings are on winds on the first part? They are only one player of each line, so they'll need at some point a pause for breathing.

- The final magically consonant chord was completely unexpected to me, after all the previous chaos, hahaha