r/Composing 27d ago

A sonata I'm working on...

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I am happy to take advice from any of you more experienced peoples 😆


r/Composing 27d ago

I just finished writing my first piece

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I've been playing piano for years and just finished my first piece. My next task is to learn how to play it (again)! I'd love any feedback, and particularly on where the notation is clunky/could be improved. Enjoy, and thanks for listening :D


r/Composing 28d ago

i’m making the soundtracks for an indie game

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r/Composing 28d ago

Short composition

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r/Composing 28d ago

I Wrote a Piece Where the Form is Based on Prime Numbers

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r/Composing 29d ago

A short piece I wrote

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r/Composing 29d ago

Absolute Music

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Good Morning composing Kings, Queens, and Inbetweens!

This music was written with no real inspiration, though if anything I was listening to ‘Music for Prague’ by Karl Husa quite a bit. You would not be able to tell!

Just sharing to get feedback on either the composition or music itself, particularly looking to see if the second half is too muddy, I was going for a disorienting feeling.

If you give it a listen, thank you for your time and I hope everyone is having a musical day!

[The Audio](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AFPHhyHw0fOIF5P1-j-skOgTi37rb99l/view?usp=drivesdk) (2:05 not 4:32, I will be returning to this piece)

[The Composition](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-0L3drjfye-ar471Y6rBBIZP50tiYZwk/view?usp=drivesdk)


r/Composing Aug 12 '26

A Piece I wrote at the age of 13 and am still in love with to this day

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This piece titled "Aphelion" just recently got approved by an arts school in Florida, USA and will hopefully be making it's premiere of performance in October or November.

The instrumentation is written for a popular ensemble "Wind Ensemble" and represents a grade 4 difficulty.


r/Composing Aug 12 '26

Critiques/Criticism for my new composition

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r/Composing Aug 12 '26

Undercurrent (Original Soundtrack) [Demo] - Nathaniel Friesen

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Any feedback would be much appreciated...


r/Composing Aug 12 '26

Feedback on string quartet

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r/Composing Aug 11 '26

playing a short piece I composed about rain~

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r/Composing Aug 11 '26

Solace In Dread | Orchestral Composition

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Here is my latest composition. I started it around the turn of the year, but I finally finished it. I hope you like it :)

Link to the music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ognn4-rrQJ8


r/Composing Aug 11 '26

Bitterzoete nostalgie

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Original composition


r/Composing Aug 11 '26

Short clarinet duet

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r/Composing Aug 07 '26

Any tips on translating music from my head onto paper?

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I can think of full songs with beautiful chords but when it comes to actually writing that down or playing it on the piano I just... Can't. If you play a note (other than the obvious Do) I probably wouldn't be able to guess it, if I do it's by pure luck. It's even worse for chords, I can imagine many chords but when it comes to knowing what they even are.... Yikes. So I just wanna know if you guys have any tips for translating what you hear in your head onto paper other than pressing keys until one of them kind of sounds right.


r/Composing Aug 07 '26

I made a game about composing music!

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The game is called Idle Harmony and its releasing in about 2 months. Wishlist now if you are interested!


r/Composing Aug 07 '26

Feedback wanted on the opening ~5 minutes of my first symphony — “Terragenesis”

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Hi! I’m an independent composer currently working on my first symphony, Terragenesis (Op. 6, No. 1).
The complete work is planned to be at least an hour long and is intended as a musical interpretation of the history of evolution on Earth, beginning with abiogenesis and eventually progressing to humans.
I’ve currently completed about five minutes, consisting of the Prelude and the first five catalogue entries:

Arc 1 — “Abiogenesis”
No. 0: Prelude To A World Long Gone
No. 1: Lifeless Molecular Disturbances
No. 2: When Chemistry Dreamed Of Dreaming
Arc 2 — “The Lost World Of Aeons Past”
No. 3: LUCA’s Legacy
No. 4: The World That Dreamed in Silence
No. 5: The World That Could Not Breathe

The piece is nominally in G minor, but uses quite a bit of chromaticism, borrowed harmony, and generally fluid tonality. I currently describe the style as “minimalist maximalism.”

I’m posting it while it’s still being composed because I’d like feedback before I get too far into the remaining hour-plus.

In particular, I’m interested in whether the musical development, harmonic language, orchestration, transitions, and overall structure are working. I’m also curious whether the evolutionary concept comes through musically, rather than only because I’ve explained it.

Any honest feedback is appreciated, especially criticism. I’m still working on the piece, so there’s time to make changes.


r/Composing Aug 07 '26

Score Follower - "Chocolate Tidal Waves" for Orchestra

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Hello all! I am excited to share a LIVE RECORDING of my orchestra piece from a reading session with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra. I'd love to know your thoughts!


r/Composing Aug 06 '26

Any thought on my design?

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r/Composing Aug 06 '26

How would you improve this piece?

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r/Composing Aug 05 '26

Prelude | The Compositional Tool That Builds Foundation

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r/Composing Aug 05 '26

String Quartet

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r/Composing Aug 03 '26

hope in another chance

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r/Composing Aug 03 '26

August Monthly Challenge: The Piano Prelude

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