My Best Waltz as a 14 yr composer....

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[@jamesmeals1430]

Very nicely done. Don't be afraid to stray from diatonic chords though. Your resolutions can be much more impactful if you lead into them with some dissonance.

[@Jamesmusica]

Thanks!

[@Jackson-ol5xt]

In case that is too complex or you don’t understand, adding in extensions such as the 7th, or 7 with a flat 9th, or bringing in diminished chords are a few greater ways to add or build tension before a resolution.

[@Whatwasmusic123]

@m.h.14554 Do you know how to apply the word "patronising?" Look it up!

[@PPP-1]

​@m.h.14554how is this comment patronizing? Its literally just constructive criticism to help the composer improve

[@quinn7894]

I have the opposite problem. I am afraid to *use* diatonic chords.

[@AmazingErrChannel]

Sounds very romantic era, love it!

[@AcidSpitter783]

Like Chopin romance

[@FranzLisztVeryReal]

measure 12 was so unexpected lol😭 love it tho

[@swagjam1]

ofc you love it liszt 😒

[@gigaguy1773]

This was lovely. You clearly have great potential :) Just a detail in case you didn't know: waltzes musical phrases develop every 4 measures. If you take a Chopin waltz, let's say his Op. 18 No. 1, it has a 4-measure introduction, then he goes up in 4 measures, goes down in 4 measures, and so on. This is very characteristic in waltzes and you shound try to male your musical phrases 4 measures in length.

[@Jamesmusica]

Thank you!

[@jlimusic8538]

As a 19 year old composer this is some very solid stuff for your age! You have a nice sense of form and variation, and your understanding of dynamic tension is very clear. A few notes of my own that could help in future pieces: I think you have the capability to explore more harmonically, you demonstrate the ability to understand modulation and voice leading in measures 28-31, try to expand out of that into some more key centers possibly. No need to change key signatures unless it helps you understand it conceptually. I like the moments like measure 12, it stands out most the first time, and i think you could have a much more dramatic build by having these smaller cadenzas like that in the middle of pieces in a chopin or lisztian way. The pedal per measure can get a little repetitive, try to experiment with even just a staccato variant of the basic waltz you establish. Similarly, varying the waltz by changing the voicings of your chords could do some good to create some movement. Keep up the good work and don't let people dissuade you from delving into composition 🙏

[@AwKeShen.]

Really like the melancholic, sentimental flavour of the waltz without being overblown. Em is one of my fav keys. This is rather accomplished for a 14-yr-old. You clearly have the potential! Keep it up and keep composing!

[@samsv289]

@m.h.14554 have you heard of something called criticism? its pretty good and lets composers grow so maybe like tone down the "dont be patronizing" spam next time

[@Whatwasmusic123]

@m.h.14554 The fuck are you on there is no patronising dumbfuck!

[@brainier4897]

Gorgeous!! I love it!

[@srpskiaiden]

very beautiful! i have been composing for years and years now and i say your style has a lot of potential. in a personal opinion of mine, tension through dissonance is a huge emotional factor in music, especially when it climaxes and resolves into a harmonic phrase. i could see a lot of emotional moments and tears in your style with that factor, seeing as it already is very musical and melodic. this is a very beautiful piece, thank you for sharing!

[@griffin5017]

this is really cool dude, never stop writing

[@ApexDaComposer]

Also as a 14yr composer, I enjoy this piece very much! Would love to see more.

[@mohamedplayz3995]

FINALLY A FELLOW 14 YR OLD COMPOSER LIKE ME DAMN I THOUGHT I WAS ALONE I LOVE THIS PIECE SM POOKS (im 15 and i just finished composing my first waltz a few weeks ago)

[@GarIicClove]

This is awesome dude! I really like the flourishes of 32nd notes and the chromaticism at 28. The main theme great and I like how you sped it up during the middle part. The only thing I will say is I dont think there is much form? Also, that accel. at the end should be changed to a rit. but you probably knew that already. Finally, I think it's a bit unnecessary to have dynamic markings on both hands. Anyways, this is really good especially at 14 years old and im excited to see what you write next!

[@santiagobravo970]

I think both hands dynamics are for midi manipulation in playback

[@santiagobravo970]

people this day won't change velocities any more

[@SmilingArcticWolf-qd5fd]

Amazing work done by 13 y old!!!

[@magdalenahayder5195]

You did an amazing job!❤️ I love it. Regards from Poland 🎶

[@trevandrea8909]

Holy moly this is soo amazing and emotional,love the suspense and drama. I love the waltz chords as well 😍 Youre so amazing esoecially as youre only 14

[@uhigldasdtyuiosagjk]

This might be the most I've enjoyed a Waltz. AMAZING job.

[@hisky.]

that's insane, not to discredit this waltz because it's pretty good especially for a 14 year old. but one of the best you've ever heard? have you listened to any music ever

[@gmfrunzik]

No it’s definitely not

[@uhigldasdtyuiosagjk]

@@gmfrunzik I'm new to the classical music seen, so I wouldn't be able to name more then 10 waltzes. There are probably better ones out there, but this is one I really like.

[@uhigldasdtyuiosagjk]

Oh, and I've never really been too interested in waltzes, so it's uncommon for me to find one that sticks with me.

[@gmfrunzik]

@@uhigldasdtyuiosagjk oh alright

[@kalynnscompositions]

This is enchanting (: I like the tempo shifts.

[@Jamesmusica]

Thank you!

[@张大侠-q4c]

Wonderful pieces, just sounds great.

[@Gmajor713]

Young composers like us are the best

[@samuelbuitrago1516]

I really like the chords on the left hand, but I think you could improve your main melody using more rhytmic figures like eight notes and mixing it with the melody you've already done, idk, that's the sensation a waltz gives to me.

[@Jamesmusica]

Thank you!

[@Whatwasmusic123]

@m.h.14554 Bro where is your waltzes? You can't be commenting on other people's comment about how they haven't written a waltz while you haven't either! Stop being a hypocrite!

[@Jamesmusica]

@m.h.14554 please stop commenting in my comment section if you are going to be like this.

[@PPP-1]

Hey this is a really nice peice. Has a really nice atmosphere! Just some feedback, you dont have to write dynamics on both clefs, unless you specifically one to be louder or quieter. Cool waltz, keep it up!

[@Jamesmusica]

Thanks! musesounds for some reason wont use diffrent dynamic in each hand, idk why.

[@PPP-1]

@@Jamesmusica ah I see, in that case you can manually change the strength by using the properties tab :)

[@Jamesmusica]

@@PPP-1 Thank you so much!

[@R.E.WCompsandProds]

Nice piece.

[@lancegerrish2616]

Very nice. I just subscribe. Looking forward to your next composition.

[@RachManJohn]

Quite pretty. Keep working on developing your ideas!

[@Whatwasmusic123]

@m.h.14554 Are you actually sped?

[@kito1156]

i would love to here this in a spooky video game

[@hello_person_wathing_beatSaber]

Here before the Whatismusic123 guy comments

[@空の呼吸六の方夏の青い空]

i want two set violin to play this soooo bad cuz it sounds sooo good 🤌🤌🤌

[@Whatismusic123]

Study Ebenezer Prout's "Harmony: its theory and practice" 16th impression or later, and diligently complete every exercise within, also have by the side "analytical key to harmony:etc" which is a rare case of every exercise being completed by the author himself, it'll hreatly aid you in understanding harmony, and eliminating your flaws, by directly comparing yourself to someone who is better for every step of the way. I recommend you minimize composing while studying it, as in your current state, you are at great risk of developing bad habits and training your ear to accept mistakes as acceptable. I also recommend you learn chromatic solfege, and that you study hard to recognize tonal center by ear using it, as that is the most important skill a composer could have. As you are still young, you are blessed with time, I recommend you utilize that by not rushing too much, you don't need to be a good composer immediately, instead take your time to hone your skill until you become a great composer instead.

[@Jamesmusica]

Thank you! I will look into that soon!

[@Lorenzo_gl]

Well done, love it!

[@Seth.A.Ueckert]

Amazing, as someone whos writes music i truely love the way you used half steps, but feel free to use more intervals, but overall amazing!

[@callmeqt1269]

awesome composition - i’d just probably recommend that you experiment slightly more with notes that are off the main beats and non-diatonic chords for tension, but that is absolutely not to say that i think they’d make this composition better it’s really impressive and you should be super proud 🙌🙌

[@Whatwasmusic123]

@m.h.14554 Who are you to think you can comment on any comment and say they are either patronising or they don't so they should shut up!

[@callmeqt1269]

@m.h.14554 i have written plenty of piano compositions, including waltzes; i just don’t upload them on youtube but if someone uploads their compositions to youtube with the comments enabled, they are, inarguably, opening themselves to criticism i didn’t even criticize; i offered two suggestions and clarified that they were just suggestions and wouldn’t necessarily improve this very impressive work you’re the one criticizing in the wrong

[@Jamesmusica]

@@callmeqt1269 yeah, this jerk keeps commenting on my video lol.

[@oFqllen]

This is great! Reminds me of the chopin prelude in e minor. Do you mind me asking what piano you used for the sound? I love the mellow sound of it!

[@uncertainity188]

Have you ever listened to Chopin’s Prelude in E Minor?

[@oFqllen]

I have listened to it before. I’ve also played it before.

[@uncertainity188]

@@oFqllen Obviously not. I have played it. It is without any similarity to this piece.

[@oFqllen]

listen to the start of this piece. It does have some resemblance to me.

[@uncertainity188]

​​@@oFqllenWhat similarities are you observing? Describe them to me.

[@oddguys178]

It was intoxicating

[@itayklein3098]

Nicely done. It's a good melody. I have a few suggestions, maybe you'll love them. I think that you make the proportions a bit better next time. It feels a bit suffocated, maybetry making measure 15 a half note and a quarter note instead of simply quarters. Try adding 4 more measures after measure 17, It will make the build up a bit more satisfying in my opinion.

[@Whatwasmusic123]

@m.h.14554 Bro this guy is actually stupid! He's giving constructive criticism. What the hell are you doing here?! Your just commenting on any comment that gives the lightest ounce of criticism! How about you shut up and write a waltz!

[@Stancotangent]

This sounds more like nocturne than waltz

[@xeniaa777]

OMGG I LOVE THIS SO MUCHH❤❤ GOOD JOB!!!!

[@mxsqn]

Very beautiful, I think RH should be stronger than LH, ANd I think end is not accel is Rit right? Fantastic

[@OziCastle]

Constructive criticism for most of your pieces I’ve heard. 1. Please don’t always clutch to the tonic in your pieces and try to find harmonic development. Staying in one place, repeating mostly the same idea over and over gets very repetitive and boring. 2. I get for most composers bad ideas need to be made for good ones too come later, but I think trying to find some more interesting now melodies would definitely make the pieces well.. more interesting. 3. Don’t just base most of the piece on one idea. Leave room for other ideas and possible development. This will give your pieces balance. 4. Again to try and make your pieces better, disassociate with typical and very predictable progressions that don’t lead anywhere. Instead try and create direction in your pieces.

[@samsv289]

this is real good but i agree with some of the comments that it lacks contrast take my opinion with a grain of salt since im not the greatest at writing for piano though

[@nahuelmelara]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@jyiohan]

this iis beautiful!

[@GeometryDashRenzor]

I love it

[@tavitenorclef]

Sorry to be rude, but i feel this is quite emotionless and directionless, those frivolous runs don't help at all, they actually kind of contradict to the accompaniment. But eh, i did worse when i was 11. Sadly bland. It could be improved. (The pedaling is quite questionable)

[@Jamesmusica]

I feel like it is pretty hard to convey emotion in musescore. I’ve only been writing for a year and a half now so I’m still learning. I’ll have to post the live recording soon.

[@tavitenorclef]

@@Jamesmusica dynamics? that exists on musecore ever since the muse sounds update. the realistic sound makes it easier to convey. the piece from my opinion lacks dynamic texture, which is the main component of your intended emotion.

[@Whatwasmusic123]

@@tavitenorclef womp womp you didnt like what you heard

[@tavitenorclef]

@@Whatwasmusic123 Touch some grass. The fact that you keep on tracking my comments on classical music just to attack me really makes me question if this is just a requirement of being a classical music listener or you're just made like an imbecile. So what if I didn't like what I heard?, does that effect your well being? Does that close your third eye? Your acting like a stubborn 5 year old with some extreme brainrot. When was the last time you went to your bed and felt good about yourself? I'm honestly sad for you. Your acting like a shitty human being, but no one is perfect sadly. Especially you.

[@Whatwasmusic123]

​@@tavitenorclef You is are the one for the critism for the one is here. This is because of the music in the intentions of the channel disregard the entire part of the story. You are they are the thing in here for we are enjoying the afternoon. Stoop the boot of the poop in the troop and Stomp the Romp in the comp of the gronk in the Trunk. Like is the hammer on the steak that party in the cup of the mug therefore it is clean? Were are you aboard the ship about the sea above the trunk across the road? After the morning against the numbers of the keypad in the nightly sunshine of the lighting worm in the buzz! I notwithstanding inorder to feed atop the mountain barring the sea? Me neither? Outside and aside from the vitamins of the paperclips.

[@santiagocaldeira7555]

Why is the accelerando doing a rittardando in the end?

[@zachteschcomposer]

I have a master's degree in composition and I still can't get my notation software to play what I've written accurately. A lot of the time, the playback in these programs is just plain buggy. Props to this composer for trusting his written notation and ignoring the midi! That can be very challenging to do as a young composer.

[@Whatwasmusic123]

@m.h.14554 He's just curious because usually Accelerando means to gradually speed up while ritardando means to slow down! How about you stop being delusional!

[@hargosus]

Usually waltzes are allegro, and andante is pretty strange.

[@Jamesmusica]

It’s more of a slow waltz.

[@Whatwasmusic123]

@m.h.14554 Not seeing people's waltzes doesn't mean they are automatically stupid! Like damn bro hop off of these people!

[@hargosus]

@m.h.14554, sorry, I didn't want to hurt someone. Actually I wrote a waltz, but the harmony or structure was pretty dumb, so I've decided to remake it, but didn't do that yet. And I've just mentioned a fact that classical waltzes should be fast, if it's not a fantasy.

[@Jamesmusica]

@@hargosus thank you for your feedback! this jerk keeps commenting. ill go and try to expierment with faster tempos. i reported m.h.14554 for harrasment and we'll see how it goes. m.h.14554, he's a real keyboard warrior lmao.

[@amartyasau4175]

Noice.

[@Neem_]

very cool

[@doostan193]

keep it up!

[@MiraproductionTv]

Good Luck. I think this is only a first attempt.

[@niccy_the_niccy]

oooooo scary

[@Iumine]

i didnt feel the development to bigger chords and octaves, with the accents, accelerando, and fortissimo were as impactful you wanted them to be. thats not to say the idea isnt there and obvious, but instead that its left feeling to me a little straightforward and its power is weak. maybe you could consider somehow building up to it more or using some dissonance as other users have suggested. personally, i struggle alot with keeping them from being plain, and its the texture that i struggle with. something that helps me is looking at what older and well accomplished composers do to make texture. i dont mean youd have to get down in the weeds too much and 'study' the scores (though you could if you want, i myself struggle with that) but find a part of a composition you love and try to see what the composer does to make it something other than the skeleton its built around and try to bend those same techniques around parts of your composition. i find its much easier to grow your 'composing toolbox' when you can collect *real* experience through doing hands on things like this as opposed to reading textbooks (for me at least). i hope you take my solicitation lightly and that its helpful

[@FindlayG]

I thought this was great! I’m also 14 and have written a few things before and I loved this but I thought that what you did in bar 12 just seemed really abrupt and a little bit random, I just think that you either have to add runs in more often or to just change that. You can disagree with me but this is what I thought

[@Whatwasmusic123]

@m.h.14554 "Thought" is used incorrectly! "Thought" is the past tense of "think!" Therefore, you should use "think" instead of "thought" in this instance! Also, STFU work on your own composition!

[@Trumpetis1]

That was good, but it lacked contrast. Waltz usually have some type of the ABA (ternary) form. I suggest extending your pieces or working on them for longer to make a more finished and longer product with better form.

[@Jamesmusica]

Thank you! I will take that into consideration! I was going to but this was more of a draft. I will go back and edit it later.

[@TheAsianTree]

@m.h.14554dude, he gave good constructive feedback, not criticism.

[@Jamesmusica]

@m.h.14554 Don't be rude.

[@Trumpetis1]

@m.h.14554 I have written multiple waltzes, and publishing companies have requested for me to sell them.

[@microitos9754]

Written plenty, doesn’t mean that you can or can’t give constructive criticism. This is good for a 14 year old.

[@BrettElpers-yr8zn]

so instead of writing "andante" again the "correct" way of writing it is "a tempo", also it's a little bit repetitive but i completely understand, it can be hard to come up with something new

[@brockpiano]

nice! i agree with your comment about how hard it is to convey emotion through musescore (having tried to use it before) but i think you did pretty well ngl

[@pianist_detentive]

lol I was unexpectedly beautiful! Anyway, I'm also a 14 yrs old composer too :D

[@Red_Aura.]

Mannn, now I want to ask if you want to work together on Discord to make something together, lol. But I think our music styles would be a little too different, lol

[@wziscool]

Sounds a lot like Chopin prelude 4

[@TacoAlligator]

I love how there is 0 dislikes

[@AlexGonzalez-xx4gp]

This was amazing. Do you use muse score put the video togeather ?

[@Jamesmusica]

Thank you! Yes I used musescore.

[@depisoroszkoltosrac6547]

It sounds like a film soundtrack... i know it would be great effort, but i'd really like to see an orchestrated version of that. Congratulations on your hard work!

[@alborzpiano]

This is honestly so amazing, And at such a young age! You have a bright future ahead of you😊

[@Pamela-dv7gb]

It’s good but that really make me realize how hard is to compose a masterpiece like Chopin’s waltz

[@pitz968]

As a pianist, not a composer: I liked it! Some variety and dissonance in chords would flesh out the piece more. Also, no clue how I’d properly play measure 21. Maybe onle play the upper E? Keep up the good work, you’ll only grow and I can’t wait to see where you’ll end up!

[@pitz968]

@m.h.14554 I wasn't trying to be patronising in any way, I just gave my opinion... Is that considered rude nowadays?

[@boyleiidea]

I'm absolutely blown away! Beautiful job!! I literally can't wait for more of your wonderful music!

[@terroveran]

Very Talent bro, CONTINUE!

[@KbIPbIL0]

I love it!!!

[@anteygd7333]

Норм

[@laiton2]

youre gonna be a great contemporary composer one day, keep trying, studying, improving and most importantly make music

[@Whatwasmusic123]

@m.h.14554 Tell me where laiton2 is being patronising? If anything, your the one being patronising!

[@Jamesmusica]

@m.h.14554 Please treat people with respect in my comment section

[@Whatwasmusic123]

@mandyh86 shut up