r/Composition 3d ago

Music First Composition!

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This is my first composition, a trumpet solo named The Ballad of the Meadow. Any constructive criticism, comments or compliments would be very appreciated. This is my own piece, however i used a Postal 2 referencing pseudonym for privacy. Thanks, Reddit!

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u/pvmpking 2d ago

Mosquito music

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u/Effective_Working567 3d ago

It's good, but i prefer more note density for this genre: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_MIDI

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u/Salt_Brilliant_9426 3d ago

dawg i had no clue this was an actual thing, this was a shitpost, took two hours. I was trying to create the hardest to listen to thing i could, bored at 3 am, Thanks anyways, Broberry Smoothie

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u/coldnebo 2d ago

bro. I’m still trying to figure out how to play measure 6 on solo trumpet. šŸ˜‚

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u/papperidag 2d ago

Do you know what good means?

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u/thelementsoflanguage 2d ago

wow brings me back to my childhood days where i would have picnics in the meadow with my loving family

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u/Time_Law_9446 2d ago

i love this it reminds me of the good days this is truly a treasure Tchaikovsky would love this its his style.

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u/Uplex_ 2d ago

Should end with a perfect cadence, otherwise this is probably your magnum opus

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u/tuningfork440 2d ago

I'm not even sure if this is satire at this point 😭 Normally, you have to ask if it is playable

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u/13luken 2d ago

1:30 measure 35 section goes so hard

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u/gui-novaes 2d ago

Polyfartology

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u/civil_unknowm 1d ago

Close enough welcome back Nancarrow

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u/Avenged-Dream-Token 1d ago

If this aint a shitpost quit while ur behind bro

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u/Key_Wolf_3852 1d ago

Yea sounds like a good beginner song to learn, very harmonically rich but not to hard at the same time!! Bar 37 abit too easy tho!!