I Wrote a song in 14/16....

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I Wrote a song in 14/16....

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Ай бұрын

Welp I made another piece, I named this one Fading Light. I challenged myself to write a piece in 14/16 because I encourage all composers to experiment with odd time signatures. I can definitely see an argument for 7 / 8 tho because 14 is not very stable, but I soon will upload a collage of all of my works in every time signature! The editing took me the longest for any video for this and I really hope y'all enjoy this. I really enjoyed making this. If anyone needs a composer for a video game! PLEASE!! Reach out to me in the comments and I can work for you!
Part List: Piano (88-Key Required)
Sheet Music: musescore.com/...
Audio: audio.com/drew...
Thumbnail ring of fire came from pixabay.
Take care Yall!
CC-BY-ND 4.0
-drewracer777

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@drewracer777 Ай бұрын

I am aware of the case for 7/8, and I can for sure see if you think this is in 7/8, but I intended it to be in 14/16 :)

@Anthony-yc5qq Ай бұрын

Sir, compose a piece with: A brass section A Strings sectiom (Violinonum sum) A wind section I am trying to do this my self, but can't quite get the sound I want, so I guess my tendancy to steal is not very akward, snyways... Doth ye dare to accept mine challeng?: X: No O: Yes Have a nice day, good sir.

@drewracer777 Ай бұрын

@@Anthony-yc5qq I will accept it, but I will take me a long time, I have made numerous brass compositions and have messed with other ensembles before, I see what I can do!

@Isalick34 Ай бұрын

It sounds like 14/16, only some of the last section sounds like 7/8 to me. The way I go about the subdivisions is where the groove lands most of the time, for example, 14/16 subdivided as 4+4+3+3 is something a lot of people would call 7/8, but the groove steps out of the eighth note pulse, so I wouldn’t call it that.

@drewracer777 Ай бұрын

@@Isalick34 yeah that is 100% fair, I tried, the section near the end does not go in to 16th notes at all

@spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace Ай бұрын

write one with 22/7 time

@creakiap 26 күн бұрын

14/16 is addictive once you get used to it. I love 14/16. And this sounds awesome! Both the rythm and harmony are well written, pleasing and original. Bravo!

@JLComposition Ай бұрын

Interesting! I’ll definitely give you some pointers from a composer and listener’s perspective. 1. I love your harmonic structure! 2. I think it was already addressed about the muddy bass! 3. I love the arpeggiation on top, and would emphasize little details in the melody on the bass and spacing it with the alto range and bass range. Giving you a wider sound. 4. 3+3+3+2 Idea was very intriguing! Really nailed the odd meter! 5. 14:52 Your orchestration on the chords was quite interesting as well! The sudden feeling of a timpani smack, giving you that massive build! I adore the crescendo! 6. 15:24 Instead of the immediate fortissimo, personally I would change it towards a forte crescendoing towards the fortissimo for the grand effect. Then change to a piano for the chord on 15:29 leaving you with the large crescendo towards the forte!! 7. This piece absolutely intriguing with intensity! I love it!! Keep up the good work and for my final recommendation, build up the intensity to explode with more ferocity! W piece! Challenge completed. Now do 11/16

@garrylarry890 Ай бұрын

3+3+3+3+2 (you forgot a 3)

@JLComposition Ай бұрын

@@garrylarry890 Here it is: 3 lmaooo

@wyattstevens8574 22 күн бұрын

3+3+3+2 could *make* 11/16! The first example of 11 I can usually think of is the intro to the Book of Boba Fett theme, which Musicnotes actually marks as 3+3+5 instead!

@FayeDaughtry-j4n Ай бұрын

Sounds like an old Zelda boss battle… I can just imagine a 16 bit version

@greenytoaster Ай бұрын

i recently made a track that uses 7/8 and even 11/8 at times, and my trick is honestly just only use it if it actually flows well instead of trying to force it into a song. a good example of this is the beach theme for the snes game plok :p

@daitsuki Ай бұрын

Why do you only have 78 (now 79) subs you are SO underrated!! 7/4 (or any derivatives like 7/8 or 14/16) is my second favorite time signature (after 3/4) and seeing someone do this perfectly is AMAZING!! You actually need more subs bro 😭 You received a sub from me tho!

@UpdateFreak33 Ай бұрын

bro forgot that 6/8 exists (the underrated goat)

@daitsuki Ай бұрын

@@UpdateFreak33 true (i would rank it the same as 3/4)

@Wreniffer Ай бұрын

7/4 is so fun, as is other normal time signatures, but every so often missing a beat it is so fun to work with, or using 7/4 as 3 3 1

@daitsuki Ай бұрын

@@Wreniffer indeed my favorite 7/4 rhythm is 4 + 3

@American_PhilippineA Ай бұрын

consider yourself an opp of you dont like 13/8, π/4,

@ivmatt3142 Ай бұрын

I’m actually surprised you don’t have more subs, so I’m going to sub. You’re legitimately talented at composing music.

@magnesium8996 21 күн бұрын

Hol up bro grew by 240 subs in 3 weeks

@dzmo-official Ай бұрын

I love how to take on the challenge to actually challenge yourself! You have/are developing such talent. Supa nice results! Keep this up 👏

@Disfigure__ Ай бұрын

This honestly turned out so well, especially the second half!

@johnnytheyoungmaestro 16 күн бұрын

Wow, I'm very impressed!! Odd time signatures are very unique, and they add a whole bunch of character to a piece of music. I love experimenting with odd time signatures, and even learning to conduct them. Fantastic job!! :)

@moleman999 Ай бұрын

This is super cool and creative, you deserve more subscribers.

@Anklejbiter Ай бұрын

I've been messing around with odd time signatures, and it's been some of the most fun I've had in a while. My favourite has got to be 17/16, it feels surprisingly natural, give it a shot! Editing to say this piece you've made is really, really good! I like it a lot.

@drewracer777 Ай бұрын

@@Anklejbiter yeah, I like to be courage people to mess with unnatural time signatures, I did make on in 17/16 a bit ago with a 4+4+4+1 rhythm, I do plan to make another one though

@Anklejbiter Ай бұрын

@@drewracer777 I did 17 with 4+3+3+3+4, taking inspiration from hell on earth which uses 4+4+3+3+3+3 for 20/16 or some variant of 5/4. IMO It's hard to make music, honestly. I am proud of my recent stuff, but even that is at this point of... like I'm not really sure it's good enough to share, you know? but who knows. They say you're your own worst critic. You're really good at this, though. Keep it up!

@Fernsaur 10 күн бұрын

Sounds great! Your channel is very underrated.

@ephraimcullen Ай бұрын

I appreciate your creativity. Very fun to watch your process!

@drewracer777 Ай бұрын

@@ephraimcullen I love making videos like this, but I often am too lazy to edit or I forgot to record the process in general, thank you tho!

@wyattswasey2630 Ай бұрын

Watched this whole video thinking this guy had at least a minion subs, bravo

@lailoutherand Ай бұрын

A "minion" suvs

@cloudy4602 Ай бұрын

@@lailoutherand A "minion" "suvs"

@skeire1 Ай бұрын

"A" "minion" "suvs"

@user-ei1lp5bg1v Ай бұрын

@@skeire1 " "A" "minion" "suvs" "

@ExzaktVid Ай бұрын

Minions watch youtube confirmed

@Robotron-wd9em Ай бұрын

cool piece, be careful with those alterations you're making not required chromatic passages through the use of enharmonic equivalence.

@XopterCat Ай бұрын

Oh my goodness. This actually sounds amazing!! It’s really fun to listen to- I might try playing it sometime!

@Alexander-oh8ry Ай бұрын

3:20 what? It sounded really great with square waves, much better than piano!

@user-yi7yj1kz9g 28 күн бұрын

that's what I was thinking as well lmao

@renegaderaiderlover 26 күн бұрын

sounded like toby fox

@silphv 21 күн бұрын

Agreed. I don't know what the song is trying to evoke though. The lower arps become a melded morphing mess which had a really interesting sound actually. I'm guessing that's why it "didn't work" thouogh because it turned those lower arp lines into textured mud with indistinct harmony (Interesting mud that's in key, but still pretty muddy.) That's kinda what I liked the most. A middle ground could be to make use of both-a solution if one liked the synth sound but didn't want to lose the clear-sounding low arp entirely to the muddy synth texture could be to gradually lower note length (or decay/release on the patch if synth params are automate-able in MuseScore, I have no idea)-basically dynamic shift from what sounded legato towards staccato. Or leave it as it was and double the instrument at another octave and make that one fully staccato the whole time to bring the outline of the arp back into clarity. Or the muddy low arp with the too-long decay tails could be occassional accents underneath that come in sometimes, on time or before or after time to like a call/response. etc etc. I have mostly only made electronic music so I hear that and just think, whoa that sound like something I can use somewhere, at least. Happy accidents are the best.

@apaolomusic 24 күн бұрын

I remember writing my Digital Composition final in 23/8. I'm surprised my teacher even let me pass.

@kdearsarakdearsara9377 23 күн бұрын

whats the software being used in the video? if you know by any chance 🙏🏾

@apaolomusic 23 күн бұрын

@@kdearsarakdearsara9377 No clue.

@tuxat_ Ай бұрын

great music and great editing! really deserves more attention!

@k4shey 26 күн бұрын

Normie musician: OMG I wrote a song in 14/16 this is so hard Meanwhile Meshuggah:

@arcioko2142 Ай бұрын

i thought the song was going to be 15 minutes long :(

@drewracer777 Ай бұрын

@@arcioko2142 yeah, I don’t compose long pieces, don’t know why, I am trying to get better about making longer works

@Backpackzackmusic Ай бұрын

That's so cool! As a 7/8, or in this case 14/16, addict, I've also made something similar to this, but as it was made in musescore 3 2 years ago, it doesn't compare to this imo. It's the only video on my channel if you want to check it out

@ClicStudio 16 күн бұрын

WOAH THATS SO GOOD

@MrMoffatt Ай бұрын

I genuinely forgot to comment on this when it first released. This was a really nice piece to listen to and interesting to see how you work. Can't wait to see more of your interesting compositions! It looks playable to me, though the left hand would probably require a bit of practice for me lol.

@Mr-Prasguerman 9 күн бұрын

I like to compose in 7/8 and 5/4 😺

@circuitgamer7759 19 күн бұрын

I seem to end up with a few measures of weird times scattered through songs fairly often. I don't think I've uploaded any of them yet (I should), but it happens pretty frequently. My favorite examples that I've ended up with (just in terms of weirdness) are one song that is in 4/4 but just has one bar of 17/16 about a third of the way through it, and one that is also in 4/4, but the actual pattern is 4/4, 4/4, 4/4, 13/16, 4/4, 4/4, 4/4, 17/16, which loops once before continuing, There's other examples as well (one of the songs I have actually uploaded uses a weird pattern of 6/8 and 3/8, and one song that I haven't is in 7/8 but with a 2-3-2 division, and more), but I think those are the most fun. Edit: Unrelated, but i just noticed that both of our profile pictures are based on creepers :) Mine is a screenshot of a creeper face that was printed from a block printer I designed with a full adder overlaid on it :)

@davidsousaRJ 20 күн бұрын

This kind of reminds me of the openning theme of the HBO series Westworld

@jackisgangs 21 күн бұрын

i really like this!

@czesio9448 23 күн бұрын

The 3+3+3+3+2 division is followed by only one voice most of the time while the other is just playing plain 7/8, also the second page is just 7/8 in a 2+2+2+1 division, which is completely different from 3+3+3+3+2

@rlandlegofan98 Ай бұрын

I respect the endevour, I have embarked myself on something similar, trying to make my own version of "Veni Veni Emmanual"...with no music theory under my belt, and no one to help...lol I want band, chior and piano parts...along with a solo section that I have to write myself as I can't find it anywhere. I have some done, 1 years worth of me trying and failing and learning...I should record my progress. Cool video as well, 14/16 isn't something I've seen b4...👍

@drewracer777 Ай бұрын

@@rlandlegofan98 good luck man! If you need help, I can help!

@rlandlegofan98 Ай бұрын

@@drewracer777 I might need help eventually...lol What software do you use, Finale, MuseScore?

@drewracer777 Ай бұрын

@@rlandlegofan98 Musescore 4

@rlandlegofan98 Ай бұрын

@@drewracer777 That's what I use, cool. It'll be easier to show u what I have done then.

@oribagel Ай бұрын

bless the youtube algorithm deities for recommending this to so many people including myself

@maximoperalta3095 Ай бұрын

This was really cool, i liked the synth lol :(

@brunofreire4874 Ай бұрын

Man this video is so great. I know you probably don't want to use your voice but i think it would be so much funnier if you were talking these subtitles, just my opinion. (not even necessarily reading these subtitles but you know these videos where the person talks and keep cutting and going through the video, yea I don't know what I'm saying haha) Keep the great content!

@drewracer777 Ай бұрын

@@brunofreire4874 yeah someday I might, I do not currently own a functional microphone, and my voice is really funky, but thank you!

@suraca8695 Ай бұрын

What a fun piece to listen to!

@nnoxie.a 22 күн бұрын

amateur. I wrote a song in 29/16 /hj when writing songs in 14/16 i love using the 3-3-3-3-2 repeating pattern. glad to see a fellow 3-3-3-3-2er

@mshewski357 Ай бұрын

Nice job buddy

@TertiaryQuota Ай бұрын

im so jealous of people that can make good music, im doing my a levels soon and im considering doing music for a-levels because its so fun and i love too much but i never took it seriously in GCSE and my compostions were so mid

@drewracer777 Ай бұрын

@@TertiaryQuota don’t say that! Your compositions will improve as time goes on and you learn new thing to add to your palette!

@sant.i 25 күн бұрын

it's funny when the bottom number of a time singature is so high that it gets really hard to notice how many beats are in the bar and you start to think that is in another and more simple time signature, like 6/8 or something JSJSJSaksjdjkwad

@sant.i 25 күн бұрын

In fact, it's pretty interesting because these types of time signatures, like 14/16, 9/16, and 10/16, always give that dream-like sound because they are quite similar to other more simple time signatures but not exactly identical, making them hard to count. This makes me feel a little lost, and the music starts to sound a bit abstract or fluid. I don't know, that's just my opinion :)

@gabrielwickander Ай бұрын

This is sick

@MrStanFungi Ай бұрын

I've tried to write something in 13/8, and it actually turned out to be pretty good. I think it's good to experiment with weird time signatures every once in a while

@silphv 21 күн бұрын

They sound scary to composers who haven't tried them but they're really not. I see 13/8 and think "cool, 12/8 with an extra 1/8th note... 12/8 already sounds like 4 groups of 3 due to where the accents land, so 13/8 just means 3 groups of 3 + 1 group of 4. Could be the last, the first bar or it could be (3+3+2+3+2)/8 or any other accent pattern you like, the point is none of them are scary once you start to hear where you want the strongest accent beats to land, and repeat it a few times, most people won't even notice it's "odd" then. A good example I liked was the repeated single note rhythm that started every Battlestar Galactica episode (particularly during the "previously" recap). Tell most people that was based on a 7-over-2 polyrhythm pattern and they would be like "huh? is it weird somehow? it sounds normal enough to me"

@silphv 21 күн бұрын

Also anyone can get their feet wet with pickup measures or extra short measures at the end of phrases. Write the thing in 12/8 but sometimes add a tiny transitional bar of 1/8. Stuff like that. Probably easier to write, sounds the same, and unless your whole song is consistently 13/8, possibly even easier to sight-read, too. Just make sure the downbeats suggested by the bars and time sigs actually match what you hear in your head, because maybe you actually need 9/8 and then 4/8 instead of 12/8 and 1/8. These make good self-challenges though always

@MrStanFungi 20 күн бұрын

@@silphv yeah, the pattern i picked for my thing was (3+3+3+4) I routinely use 12/8 for its triplet pattern

@durpo856 23 күн бұрын

WHOA 3:00 SOUNDS INCREDIBLE WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT SOUNDS BAD????

@thejosh347 Ай бұрын

I actually love 14/16 so much

@refusedsprinklez1721 Ай бұрын

I have a suggestion for the bass section personal opinion btw! I recommend the bass not be as muddy and instead for the arpeggiation in the bass in the beginning be spanned out in octaves! But overall incredible job with the piece very intensifying!!

@TSCB13 Ай бұрын

Bro, did you accidentally make Undertale Battle music??? Shit goes crazy but it's definitely giving RPG

@gaetanoavenia5210 Ай бұрын

bro change the Gb in F#, so the piece is harmonically correct. I love your piece anyway, especially the melody. great job.

@furveus Ай бұрын

Id watch a tv show about a man amnesia finding out he has the power to see someones darkest thoughts so he becomes a cop, with this theme

@jonyngvesyland5461 26 күн бұрын

hey that's pretty good yeah

@sola_is_chilling Ай бұрын

this just shows that *not all songs in weird time signatures have to sound like a maths equation*

@tylercathey8848 28 күн бұрын

2:20 hollow knight soul sanctum vibes

@Samstercraft77 Ай бұрын

based g harmonic minor enjoyer

@Dor_atar Ай бұрын

Bro has NOT heard prog rock

@epiccg6872 29 күн бұрын

personally, i would have switched up the arpeggios more to add rhythm, but it was still good nonetheless.

@paramount243 13 күн бұрын

well done

@SamuelSwim-gw6ce Ай бұрын

Subscribed!

@maxwalsh9950 Ай бұрын

Hey cool piece!! :) Just wondering, what is the software that you use for the piano green/blue note visualisation? (At 13:40)

@drewracer777 Ай бұрын

@@maxwalsh9950 This is gonna sound really stupid but bear with me, I upload these scores to musescore’s website, and it has a feature to visualize it on the site, so I record the site playing it on the piano and cropped out the rest of the site 🤣I am looking for a proper program for this

@maxwalsh9950 Ай бұрын

@@drewracer777 Ohh woah ok cool, I didnt expect that loll :) Good to know though

@Chrome1047 22 күн бұрын

13:38 Finished Result

@LoraCoggins Ай бұрын

Honestly surprised you have the storage to keep all these files and turn them into a whole video. My computer cannot handle that. Also, I loved the idea of Musescore 4 but it does not work for me. Can't believe the synth nearly recreated the Dorico Beep phenomenon! 😂 Ironic given that the man who made a video on Dorico's flaws was also named the head designer for Musescore 4 (and the latest Audacity).

@drewracer777 Ай бұрын

@@LoraCoggins yeah these videos take up sooo much storage, I have to delete the raw footage when I am done

@lotsaspaghettimamaluigi Ай бұрын

Some parts at 3:00 didn't sound half bad, really depends on the kind of vibe you're going for

@drewracer777 Ай бұрын

Yeah, I make all kinds of synth pieces, I just didn’t like how it sounded here, but I definitely have synth works in the making

@jackweslycamacho8982 29 күн бұрын

tower defense boss day

@cmog6036 Ай бұрын

I love it! ❤

@carnanya Ай бұрын

Bro i thought that synth was so cool 😭 But i get musescore isnt exactly capable of dine tuning that sort of thing

@drewracer777 Ай бұрын

@@carnanya yeah I liked the synth but I felt it did not go for what I wanted, I do have other video game synth projects in the works tho!

@arkdoesstuff7362 Ай бұрын

cool now do e/pi time signature

@drewracer777 Ай бұрын

@@arkdoesstuff7362 musescore crashed…. My computer is overheating…

@aykarain 27 күн бұрын

stop reminding me i need to finish my 13/7 song

@midnightsmusicalmuseum Ай бұрын

I WANNA REMIX THIS ❤❤

@drewracer777 Ай бұрын

@@midnightsmusicalmuseum go for it! If you want a midi file I can give you it!

@RED40HOURS Ай бұрын

YOU HAVE A YT CHANNEL??

@midnightsmusicalmuseum Ай бұрын

@@drewracer777 I might try doin' this by ear (and the aid of the audio file LOL)

@midnightsmusicalmuseum Ай бұрын

@@RED40HOURSIndeed!!!

@flyinggyrados4591 Ай бұрын

Dope

@Capewearer Ай бұрын

So you wrote music in 7/8, because highest common multiple is 2. Still sounds good.

@GHOSTYBEATZ888 Ай бұрын

Ousak 🎹🎼

@originalname7176 Ай бұрын

This is fantastic and I love it, goin' two subscribe . (I have a thing in 23.5/20 just sayng)

@nyuh Ай бұрын

wow. what im about to say is cliche but this sounds like awesome boss music

@DanielKolbin Ай бұрын

@BryanLu0 Ай бұрын

I'm curious, can you actually use cc by nd 4.0? No derivation seems impossible to enforce

@drewracer777 Ай бұрын

@@BryanLu0 yeah, I don’t care about genuine remixing, I just put that there to try to deter people from trying to steal my stuff, big license seems scary ya know?

@amingusofi4001 2 сағат бұрын

its 7/8

@user-fe2cs5py8q Ай бұрын

Touchou music be like:

@TSCB13 Ай бұрын

What was that background music at 8:52 cuz I just started shaking my ass and I couldn't stop

@drewracer777 Ай бұрын

That was my song Swingin’ Away, it is on my Channel and on my audio if you want to download it.

@drewracer777 Ай бұрын

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@mattattackwhackyt9930 Ай бұрын

What app are you using to make this?

@drewracer777 Ай бұрын

@@mattattackwhackyt9930 I use Musescore 4 to write the music, I do not use the stock sounds but use the plugins muse sounds, and I edit these videos with Microsoft clip champ, all of these softwares are actually free I believe

@mattattackwhackyt9930 Ай бұрын

Thank you!