Fairy composition- MIDI

[Iwan]

Hi,

Here is a piece I have composed in school for my O levels on Sibeliuse2. It is composed on a fairy and i have spent alltogether about 4hours on. It's about a minute long. The tempo is much faster than it should because when I save the piece as a MIDI the tempo increases and I dont know how to prevent it.

Here it is-  http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/cyfansoodiad_tylwyth_teg.mid

any C & C would be appreciated,

Hope you like it ,

Iwan

[m0ds]

I think your choice of instruments is suitable for a "Fairy" theme. Though the majority of the MIDI sounds good, I'm not so keen on the introduction, which just sounds like a bunch of random chords played to me. Also the ending is very abrupt, and I'm not so keen on the way the marimba (?) just goes up quickly at the end. It's fine as an ending, it just doesn't have any real build up too it which makes it sound abrupt.

[Sluggo]

Hmmm, it's interesting, but I think like the last piece you posted (if I'm not mistaken), it seems very sparse, there is too much silence and not enough substance. You could add a harmonic chord progression as a background because right now all it really seems like is melody. The cymbal crashes are also random and don't make that much sense with the rest of the piece. The whole thing is fairly quiet and the random crashes take away any type of "fairyness" to it.

Also if more instruments were playing at the same time it would sound less sparse. They don't all have to have their own separate part, and they shouldn't be doubling the melody necessarily either. While some instruments have the melody, let the other ones play the harmony. It needs to have a fuller sound.

[Gregjazz]

Sounds like either massive quantization or step record.

My suggestion would be to add more velocity and emotion to the song.