Oh, I forgot to add, string players might be a bit reserved when it comes to bashing their bow col legno on the last note :)

The col Legno was an attempt to incorporate some more ‘modern’ performance techniques into the piece. I don’t actually like col legno that much in general, and I think that to properly use it in a string quartet (or other) score would require some more thought. So I agree with you 😅

Thanks for your comment. I like specific advice :) You aren’t the first person to request more counterpoint in my music haha, so hopefully I will do this in the future. Also I’m thrilled when anyone is interested to perform anything I write, so thanks 😊😊

I find that notes that are ‘detache’ in real life sound closest to notes marked ‘staccato’ in musescore. Therefore in MuseScore I typically just make an ‘audio only’ file which has staccato on many notes, but I remove this for the final sheet music. Does this make sense? There might be an easier way to do it 😅 also you can possibly buy a sound library in musehub which doesn’t have as much gliss 😊 I use one called ‘cinestrings’ which was cheap ($20) and sounds nice, but has similar gliss probably unfortunately haha

@benjaminpiano3110 You can simply hide articulation that only to be contributed to audio

@@napatruankaew thanks so much, I’m glad you like :) best of luck with your compositions and violin playing! 😊

My main advice would just be to keep composing 😅 I don’t claim to be a particularly good composer myself haha, but keep writing and remember that not everything will sound good lol 😂😂🙃

I’m not super familiar with the music from Zelda 😅 but I’m glad you like it :) good luck with all your writing, I’m sure it’s great haha 😊😊

@@gonasjoss thanks 😊 I love contrapuntal music, and I should indeed write some music which includes this (to the extent I can manage contrapuntal writing haha 😅)

@@hergestthered I’d never heard of Al Bowlly before so thanks for introducing me to him haha 😊

@@hergestthered thanks so much! I’m always thrilled when someone likes the piece 😊😊 Yes I agree a live quartet would be ideal haha, but until then MuseScore will have to do 🙃 Recently I’ve been using paid sound libraries in MuseScore different to the default ones - for example the ‘CineString’ library for solo strings is ~$20 on MuseHub and gives a possibly more realistic sound, which you might find helpful in terms of improving the sound quality, although it might not be the best solution and nothing beats real musicians 😂

I’ve been trying different soundfonts, but the best soundfont is real musicians haha 😂😅😅

I agree with you 😅 I hope as I get better at writing music I will give better/fun parts to all instruments 😊

Sounds like something a viola player would say 🤨

@@TeamUniverse-x5h thanks :) I just listened your your quintet and it sounds good haha Yes I use MuseScore 4 :)

@@MarcoCristianIvan thank you 😊 I’m glad you liked it. I could also be better at composition haha 😊

Thanks :) I’m glad you like

Thanks very much I appreciate that you enjoy the music 😊😊

Glad you find it helpful 😊

Hopefully I will write more exciting/interesting music as I improve 😅😅 thanks for your comment

How does it not take you anywhere? How exactly? You're just stating non-arguments. Where are your compositions? Let's see them. I'm all for criticism but it should be meaningful. I do think it may linger too long around 2:30 but the piece isn't long enough for it to be a big issue. I really like the way he shifts from the more modern commercial sound when the strings are playing 8th notes in unison back to a more traditional sound. I don't think any given part or melody is that interesting on it's own but I love the structure and the fun attitude the whole piece gives. I can appreciate this piece as someone who really struggles with giving music interesting and cohesive structure.

@@hergestthered thank you for your thoughtful and insightful comment 😊 May we all continue trying to compose music with a cohesive and interesting structure! 😂😅

Was this performed? If not, which software did you use for this tone?

I’m humbled that you like it 😊

@@ViHendrixto my knowledge it has not been performed, although sheet music is available for free on IMSLP haha. For this piece I used MuseScore 4 with MuseSounds for the audio- it’s pretty good haha 😊 although recently I’ve updated to paid libraries which are a bit more realistic haha

@@James-ll3jb thanks 😊 the second movement might be a bit more relaxed 😅

@@kolokolo4585 thanks :) I’m really glad you enjoyed 😊

I’ve actually been thinking about making a video of composing a piece, this is a good suggestion and I should do it soon!! 😅😂

Thanks so much ❤specific feedback is really useful - as someone who doesn’t play the cello it isn’t always obvious what is good writing and what isn’t 😅 thanks for taking the time to go through the score 😊 I will have to make a ‘2nd edition’ edited score which incorporates feedback from you and others to make the piece more playable. I’m glad you liked it and if you or anyone ever plays it feel free to change anything you like haha 😊😊

@ Maybe I'll try to convince the peeps I meet up with to play chamber to record us sight reading this at some point :)

Thanks so much I'm really glad you enjoyed :) By 'play it' do you mean you want the sheet music or like an mp3 file of the piece haha The link to the sheet music (free) and parts is here: imslp.org/wiki/String_Quartet_No.6_(McLean%2C_Benjamin)

​@benjaminpiano3110 By play it I mean have the sheet music to play it with friends in my orchestra! Your work is amazing!! Thank you!

Did you learn how to play the violin? 11:50 I thought viola played the melody.

@@aPersonWhoHasViolins happy Halloween to you too haha

⁠@@aPersonWhoHasViolinsI have actually been starting to learn the basics of playing the violin 😅😅 why do you ask? do you think this piece is written better or worse? 😂

I think this piece is excellent! The unique part of the Second movement are the two intervals repeating 😀. I just discovered CineStrings (sound font). Maybe it could make the strings sound better, but I've never tried it before. It costs 19.99... Anyways I enjoyed your piece while doing math homework.

Musestrings had too much portamento.

@@suhaibal-samman4806 thanks so much!! 😊

Thanks for your constructive comment. It’s just a string quartet that I enjoyed writing 😅😅 I hopefully will write other pieces that benefit from a more modern style 😊

@@benjaminpiano3110 Yeah, it’s a well written piece! And I’m not necessarily saying you have to write in a modern style, but maybe focusing on a style that’s more unique to you. At the beginning, I was getting some Studio Ghibli vibes. Maybe you could lean into that more? Just a thought. Keep up the good work!

@@eckehardhilf8824 Danke sehr :) Es freut mich sehr, dass Sie es schön empfunden haben

@@salvopappalardo4956 not sure what you mean by this 😅😅

@@1014halifax much appreciated, glad you enjoyed 😊

You won't regret it!😊

@@IsaiahCelloBrown thanks so much! If you have any suggestions for what I should write next feel free to let me know 😂😂

Any chance you could write a cello Quartet? 😁

@ hi, sure :) I can write a cello quartet, sounds fun. Any specifications haha (difficultly level, style requests, etc?) 😅😅

@@aramkhachaturian8043 thanks very much 😊😊

Hi thanks for the comment - I’m not a violinist 😅😅 working on improving writing for violin and other string instruments 😂 if you or anyone plays this feel free to play with whatever bowing you prefer

@@benjaminpiano3110 ok👍

Thanks very much I’m glad you enjoyed :) the software I use is MuseScore 4 which has pretty good timbres for their instruments (although real musicians are always best 😅), what do you mean by unique?

Usually, for however much my opinion’s worth, I use the solo sounds for viola and cello but use the orchestral violin 1 sounds for violin 1 & 2 because it makes it much easier to work with.

@@EthicalEthicsEnteringEthically thanks for the tip 😊 anything to make the sound quality better in MuseScore 😂😂

@@debussyman88 thanks a lot 😊 much appreciated

Thanks so much! It reminds me of something I used to listen to but I can’t remember what it is - some pop song with a melancholy vibe 😂😂 Glad people think that I’m improving 😂

@@benjaminpiano3110 It doesn't remind me of anything!

Thanks so much, I see you’ve also submitted a video 😊 it’s very nice, good luck to you too!

@@benjaminpiano3110 Thank you!

Thanks so much! For this piece free sheet music is here: imslp.org/wiki/String_Quartet_No.5_(McLean%2C_Benjamin) I’m also happy to write anything for anyone 😂😂 any suggestions? 😅

@@GLOUTON_1 In this video, a mirror 😂😂

@@GLOUTON_1 haha how do you mean?

@@benjaminpiano3110 I'm sorry I wasn't clear enough, but I think you play remarkably well. How did you acquire such mastery?

@@GLOUTON_1 thanks I’m thrilled you think so. I’m mostly self taught 😅

@@benjaminpiano3110 How many years have you been playing the piano?

Not always 😅😅

Much appreciated as always 😊

@@RodolfoLimacbx I could arrange something for quintet, or if you like I could write a string quintet 😊 I could try writing one however you want if you would like something specific haha

Thanks glad you enjoyed

I thought A major would be a good place to start given the end of the 2nd movement (which ended in A major). I feel it gives a smoother transition between movements. This being said the 1st movement is in Bb major, which is the nominal key of the quartet. As I think you point out, it doesn’t make too much sense to say the quartet is in Bb major given most of the quartet is in A major for a fair amount of time. (Although technically as the 1st movement is in Bb major it doesn’t matter what the other movements are - it’s perfectly allowed to say it’s in Bb major). Nevertheless it would probably have been a better artistic choice to have this movement end in Bb. Oh well - there is very large variety of quartets being composed these days (incorporating atonality, extended techniques, non-traditional sounds, forms, etc.), and I’d argue that the fact the key of this movement is A and not Bb is a fairly minor consideration. Any quartet who wants to play it is free to transpose everything up a semitone if they like 😂 Perhaps I should remove ‘in Bb major’ from the title and just call it ‘Quartet No. 5’. With regards to MuseScore - there are a few different types of trills you can add to a note, you can add the ‘tr’ symbol or one that looks like ‘tr~~~~~~~~~~~~’ which gives an extended trill for the duration of the note. The latter is what I used here which gives a much nicer, sustained trill. Also note that MuseScore is not so good with flattened/sharpened trills (ie a trill with the higher note a semi tone higher or lower than otherwise indicated by the key signature) , it doesn’t like them and I can’t figure out a way to make it play them except to change the key signature in MuseScore momentarily, for the purposes of playback only.

But anyway thanks 😊

Just MuseScore 4 :) the MuseHub sounds are quite good (although real musicians are ideal obviously 😅😅)

@@aPersonWhoHasViolins haha I improvise a lot 😅

@@aPersonWhoHasViolins hope you enjoyed :)

Very dangerous to be compared to Beethoven or Chopin 😂😂 much appreciated 😊

@@benjaminpiano3110 Understood. You'll be fine; don't worry....

Yes, I make the audio and sheet music in MuseScore 4 :) of course if you know a baroque ensemble lmk 😉😂😂😂

Glad you like 😊 I’d be thrilled to have my music played 😊

I’ll be down if you need a second violin!

Sorry... I realized that I don't have time for that, and I forgot to tell you.