Even though I am a guitarist, here is an arpeggio study I have composedfor piano

[kamalayka]

Hi everybody. I am a self-taught musician. I Like spend my free time arranging classical and ragtime piano music for guitar.

However, I  have decided to "compose" a little something for piano. I don't play the instrument, so I would like some opinions on its playability.

https://www.noteflight.com/scores/view/ec5410f95e629a33320b90a087d7005f4455992d

[j_menz]

You need a noteflight account to view these. You should post here as pdfs.

[marklang]

No, you don't need. Just put on play in the lower left. The music is nice, well structured, and sounds well

[marklang]

About playability, you could do more dynamics, like some crescendos, diminuendos; more contrasts, in playing some passages piano, some forte... Another idea is to starting piano, I think it will sound better.

[kamalayka]

Thanks for the responses, everyone. To be honest, I don't know a whole lot of music theory (which is why I feel more comfortable arranging other people's music - the notes are already there, lol).

I don't plan on ever composing any original music. There's already a hundred lifetimes' worth of music onplanet earth to discover and learn about!

[kamalayka]

About playability, you could do more dynamics, like some crescendos, diminuendos; more contrasts, in playing some passages piano, some forte... Another idea is to starting piano, I think it will sound better.

Thanks for the advice.

I don't feel comfortable putting dynamics in anything, though. I've always had the belief that when a composer creates a piece music for someone else to perform, it's sort of like a creative marriage. The performer just as much a right to interpret it any way they choose to.

[allegromaestoso]

There's a stretch of a tenth from F below middle C to the A above middle C. This is impossible for many pianists. I would stick to closer intervals.

[kamalayka]

Alright, I added some more to it. (Not that anybody other than me really cares  )