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This is the piece I spent the most of my time making. Melodically, this is my favourite one. Utilising the Dorian Natural 6th in the verses, the Picardy third at the end and the numerous accidentals scattered everywhere, this piece used quite a bit of my theory knowledge. The prominent feature of this piece, however, has to be the chords for the chorus. Taking inspiration from On My Way by Alan Walker, I enjoy using the minor version of the Canon in D chords very much!

Lyrics went through many iterations and this is what I ended up with. Supposed to represent the loss of someone close, idk how write so ahah.

I tried an accompaniment version of this, but it gets cluttered at many places so the version here is the simplified versions: very simplified because I don't want to think about it for now.

OOF cringy lyrics!! This was my first attempt at lyric-writing and it sucks alot hahah. However, this was a very fun piece to create! The verses were quite simple, with the doo-wop I-vi-IV-V progression being followed by the minor 4-chord vi-IV-V-I. The III chord is added for extra fun of course. The chorus on the other hand is comprised solely of perfect cadences, rotating in a full circle from I-IV-vii∅-iii-vi-II-V. The melody was written on top of the chorus, which may have diminished its quality I think.

Accompaniment-wise, it is much better than All Alone, especially due to the secondary melody line, which is super fun to play!

Song 1 is obviously my first piece. This is my baseline. Not much composition theory and not much transcribing experience. What flowed for the chorus was just the Canon in D progression. As much as it is annoying, the progression feels very complete and that's why I ended up using it. I spent quite a few weeks improving onto it, anyhowly embellishing here and there. The primary feature of this piece has got to be the chord changes and embellishments in the piano part.

Song 2 was quite difficult to play on piano, so this was one of the songs that I made solely on musescore and not using my piano at all. Minor key center, with a couple of Harmonic Minor V7 and Dorian IV chords strewn about. The chord flow made quite alot of sense to me throughout the piece so yeah it was fairly quick to create this. The feature of this piece has got to be the accompaniment.

I tried to make an interesting syncopation and so Song 7 was created. Looking back at it, apart from one additional note, the rhythm is the same as that of baby shark. So maybe not so proud of it now.

Slight inspiration from 'Is there still anything that love can do' from Weathering with You. But other than that, the primary feature has to be the regular III chord. Just another song better played on the real piano.

Feels like Avengers so yeah!

Simple melody. Lots of instruments. Chaotic chorus.

My second favourite saddish melody. Controlled by the melody, this piece takes things slow and has many minor resolutions here and there. The primary focus is the section before the final chorus. That part was super fun to play and improvise on the piano!

So... The Neapolitan chord is very fun to play around with! Being the IIb chord, its usage is usually quite interesting. As such, it has become the core of this piece, accompanied by pretty good instruments. Quite proud of this as well

Phew I abolutely don't know where I'm going with this piece. The central focus is the key changes in the piece. The key changes by flattening 1 note at a time and I don't know how to escape it help... When I play it on the piano, I just end up going through 5 key changes and still playing the same thing.

I tried to make an ambiguous piece, one that is neither Major nor Minor. This is the end result.

Song 45 is weird

Waltzy..

Supposed to be the sequel to the All Alone song

Innocence is my second favourite Avril Lavigne song and was one of my favourites growing up in Secondary School. So I decided to make this. The chorus is always very nostalgic so I decided to emphasise on that part quite alot.

Instructions to play: Play gently. And use light pedalling wherever possible.