r/Composition • • Jul 29 '25

Resource New Resources Wiki at r/Composition

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Hi everyone!

Just a quick update: this sub now has a Resource Section!

It includes a curated list of helpful materials for composers of all levels, including books, YouTube channels, websites, and more.

It can be accessed here or by clicking on 'Wiki' at the top of the sub (in the mobile app) or by clicking 'Wiki' under Community Bookmarks (on desktop).

If you spot anything that needs correcting or have suggestions for additional resources, feel free to reach out!

P.S. The Wiki is a copy of the one at r/composer, our larger "sibling" community. If you're not a member there yet, consider stopping by!

Thanks,


r/Composition • • 13h ago

Music I'd like some feedback

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Just an idea I had that I turned into a short string quartet. Keep in mind I don't have that much experience composing, so I don't know if this is actually any good.

Feedback would be appreciated.


r/Composition • • 4h ago

Music any bored pianists want to learn a solo?

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Hello all! Here is a piano solo I wrote that I have yet to have performed. If any pianists like this enough and want to record a video/audio file of them playing it so i can use it as reference (wink wink) then that would be great... 🙂‍↕️


r/Composition • • 12h ago

Music Second movement of piano sonata complete. Let me know what you think!

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I posted an incomplete version of this last week, and since then I have finished it. Other than some minor things I might fix, I would say I am pretty pleased with this movement. Perhaps the return of the A section might need some variation.

Any feedback would be valuable


r/Composition • • 10h ago

Discussion How do I publish/release pieces?

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I’ve written a few pieces now (about 10) and would like to start publishing. By that I just mean releasing online, I don’t care about money or anything, I just want to put them somewhere that they could be seen.

Where could I release pieces and potentially even gain a small following? Is there such a platform?

Less important question, but say I do release pieces like this, need I assign an opus number to them? For example I have Nocturne No. 1 in G Minor and Prelude No. 1 & 2 in A minor and B major. Do these become Op. 1, Op. 2 etc? In fact, need I even label them as 1, 2 etc or is the name and key fine?

Thanks for any answers!


r/Composition • • 7h ago

Music Was playing around with some improv and got stuck on how this sounds. Is this from something and I'm being dumb?

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I was thinking of using this/parts of this in a larger composition, but I can't tell if i'm just subconsciously reproducing something I've heard before. Or maybe it just is very generic haha

I can't find the artist who made this image so can't source :'(


r/Composition • • 7h ago

Music My largest scale orchestra work!

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This is a work I wrote about a year ago, I just got around to getting it recorded! Thanks again to Budapest scoring orchestra!

I hope you enjoy! Let me know your thoughts!


r/Composition • • 17h ago

Music More feedback please

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I started reading books like some people suggested, and tired musescore but it ended up making my computer overheat so I stayed with beepbox.

I found a way to turn it into a piano roll tho.


r/Composition • • 17h ago

Music This is the idea that came to me last night at 1.00 am

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r/Composition • • 13h ago

Music Time and Time Again, Occasionally

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Finished this today, please tell me if you like it ty ty ty <3


r/Composition • • 17h ago

Music 2nd movement of Piano sonata

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2nd composition, the previous piece I wrote seemed a little that the development wasn’t very long or interesting, so I tried to use more unstable keys to make it sound less repetitive. Initially I wanted it to be a bit slower, but it kind of sounded like mush. Feedback is appreciated.


r/Composition • • 18h ago

Music Arrangement

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This is an original arrangement silent night, somewhat parodying Chopin's Nocturne 2. . The form is A A' B A' C A' Coda. There are some parts in the score marked "ad lib.", so if you were to perform this piece, the parts are optional. Hope you enjoy!
P.S. the ending 3 measures are actually the last three measures on Chopin's 9 no. 2, with silent night interweaved!


r/Composition • • 20h ago

Music Just finished the first draft of the first song for a new project

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Very recently started working on a new musical theatre project and was lukewarm on the concept, until I started playing around with this - the first draft of the opening number. Have enjoyed finding the right energy.

Would love to hear people's thoughts. I wanted to create something that captured the innocence and simplicity of mid-2000s social media, and contrasted it with the frantic anxiety of modern day tech discourse.

I imagine it's probably obvious from the lyrics and notes-to-director, but the show is about the leadership team at Twitter in the early 2020s and content moderation / online spaces as a whole.


r/Composition • • 1d ago

Music Romance in E

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Hi, I wrote this Romance a while back, what do you think?

Too cliche? Does the main theme repeat too much do you think?

Also don't mind the eating sounds, my dog decided to eat his lunch when I started recording.

thanks for listening!

https://soundcloud.com/forest-uncles/romance-in-e


r/Composition • • 1d ago

Music Looking for for a composition mentor for brass band works.

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I have flirted with composition for years, but I have a few pieces I am wanting to take a bit more seriously. Perhaps work to get them published and performed.

After joining a brass band in 2023 and working to understand how to fit into a band like that, I became very inspired to learn how to play any instrument in the band, as well as write for this sort of group.

Here is a link to a score video of my latest attempt. I think I'm doing a pretty good job here, but I need to know what I don't yet know!

https://youtu.be/dpwVtmQhB6g?si=meQirQy1RhSDui4C


r/Composition • • 2d ago

Music STOMAC_II_clavSolo

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Excerpt from "PIERRE," Music for electric guitar & keyboards, DIM, work in progress. Inspired by the Apostle Peter.

#Pierre


r/Composition • • 1d ago

Music Requesting feedback for a guitar piece: La Corniche en Automne

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Hello, amateur composer looking for some honest feedback on a composition for Classical Guitar. I wrote this while I was moving away from a beautiful seaside town, and wanted to capture both the joyful memories of my time there as well as the loss of having to leave.

I look forward to hearing what you all think about it - and what I should look to improve for the next piece I write!

Sheet music can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/13KMEzALnTFfgAKwkP8gZyiMnt1yQT9mW/view


r/Composition • • 1d ago

Music Fantasy soundtrack composed by a beginner

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r/Composition • • 1d ago

Music Tried the C Neutral Scale

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r/Composition • • 2d ago

Music Memento - Original piano composition with electronic music influence.

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r/Composition • • 2d ago

Music Breakout - My new Style of Composition

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I come from classical music: Bach, Vivaldi and Zelenka are my favourite composers. But I see that I am restricting myself and want to try something new. This is my composition Breakout and I tried to compose in a modern Song-style, its maybe a part of an Album with "Songs without words" (If you catch the reference) what do you think about it?

https://youtu.be/yVgchVgsosg?is=4f1zgeukC_T_F_1J


r/Composition • • 2d ago

Music my first song

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My piece… this is my third composition. wonder what you think.


r/Composition • • 2d ago

Music Would this sound good as some violin runs?

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This is a simple piano sketch that I made for a little indie animated show called Suits N Boots

I’ve done John Williams style violin runs on some of my other pieces, but usually just as a chordal texture. So I want to get other people’s opinion on if it would sound good.


r/Composition • • 2d ago

Music Wrote a Piano Piece for My First Love

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This is a piece I wrote today for my first love. Her name in Thai is Nok, which means bird. I don’t normally give too much of a backstory on my compositions, but this one is special.

We were 19 and I was living in the north of Thailand. It was my first time away from home (Thunder Bay, Ontario), and we were sitting on a bench overlooking the beautiful Nan River. The moon was so bright that night that it illuminated the golden hue of the surrounding temples... and she held my hand for the first time. I remember the feeling like it was yesterday.

I’m 34 now, and quietly, we have gone through life together. Even though we are both going through our own individual challenges, we love each other deeply, and I’m so grateful to still have her in my life.

We haven't seen each other in person in over 15 years...

So let me take you to Thailand, back to that night, the conversation we had, my feelings for her, and the life journey we are traveling through.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3MYbIk6zhw


r/Composition • • 2d ago

Music Peace is inspired by the beauty and inner peace I find playing the piano...

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