I want my music to be soft and light. It should grow at the middle of the music (the climax) and come down afterwards till the end of the music, but always use and stay in the same pattern of chords, and I’ll just add more layers and notes on those patterns to create more sounds, more different patterns to make the music be more interesting. For the beginning of my music, it should seem soft, slow and quiet with some mysterious flows or sounds, just like waves about to lap on the beach, and like the high tide of the sea. It should have a single note or a chord with a simple rhythm, and will start at the mid-lower range. Then I would add some notes on top of that to create another chord to make it sound louder. At this point, it will start to sound faster; not as slow as the beginning, and neither soft as the beginning, but faster like a wave ready to rise. Afterwards, there will be more chords in this part to extend the range of my music. Then there comes the climax of my music, just like the waves that show in my picture. At the same time the sound of the music should increase and become the loudest and highest moment of the whole piece. At this point, I will use the highest or lowest range of the piano, also interspersed with other chords, and add more chords and arpeggios to make it sound different, and (The chords in the climax will be the most numerous in the whole piece) to create a sense of excitement. Also I’ll create some complex notes to add on the music and play in different ranges. After this, my music will move towards the end, which means that it will create the same feeling as the beginning of the piece, with the waves sailing towards the beach, while slowing down the tempo and decreasing the sound, and feels like the low tide of the sea. Also I’ll put less chords in the music now so that it could show the light in the music. Finally, my music will become as soft and slow as the beginning, and I’ll just use a single note or a chord. It should sound like the dull sound of waves lapping on the beach. Then the music will fade away quietly until the end.

In what ways does your soundscape composition successfully express the ideas outlined in your proposal? Explain using specific examples as evidence.

I think my soundscape successfully expresses the idea of the ocean, especially in the climax part. In the climax part, I builded up from the very beginning of my music, which allows me to improve more musical ideas at the climax part. I chose to rise up a bit in the first small climax part, so that later on I could have my final climax and can create some not predictable excitement just like the waves in the ocean. For example, from bar 65-84 is my big climax, it is rising until the end, so that I could create the sudden quiet part as well.

In what ways could your soundscape composition be improved to better express the ideas outlined in your proposal? Explain using specific examples as evidence.

I think bar 49-60 I could improve on. I was trying to create a more mysterious feeling, because these bars are the place to link the small climax to the big climax. I hope it can be more crisp, for example, I can add some other instruments to create this sound; so that the big climax can be more powerful and stronger.

What are your thoughts on having a specific set of chord progressions for your entire music? Did you find it easy or difficult to work with only those four chords? What are some pros and cons of working with a set of chord progressions?

​​When I originally set up the a, f, g, e chords for my music, I imagined that the chords could be soft, but also create a strong contrast at the high tide, and to reflect the power of the surf.I think I did that in my music. I think it's easier to create a piece of music with these four simple chords, because I just need to layer more melodies on top of the chords, and in order from easy to hard; but the shortcoming is that for me It's very hard for my music to have a very big ups and downs, because I can't create very many melodies at once, which makes my music a bit boring, mainly because I can only layer single notes or chords on top of chords . But overall I think four chords are enough for me right now, because it gives me more time to add other instruments, and not just the piano (which was what I was planning to do).