I started with a main melody and then added the other pieces like flute, violin, bassoon, then added my solo piece and finally added details . How I usually come up with ideas is I make a sound in my head or rhythm in my head that I like and then try to put it on noteflight. I once got inspired from Matt when he showed us something we could do on noteflight and then our group saw little videos of his pieces. I would then think, oh I like that, and see if I could do something not the same but similar to what he showed us. My piece is called Bumpy Ocean in Motion because my piece never really stays the same volume, never really stays fast or slow, it mostly goes up and down like an ocean in motion. The bumpy part of the title means basically the same think (up and down). Motion means move/action and that is what my piece is doing, it is moving everywhere. My piece's main melody is in the cello, but my solo piece is the violin because it can play fast and I have a really fast part in the solo. In my sequence you can not really tell where the main melody is but that’s my best part. I had a challenge when I had to make the background part because I wanted to hear the main melody and at the same time I wanted it to sound good so that was hard for me to do. It was also kind of challenging to try to make all the notes sound good together, (not as many clashes). I think that it is really fun to compose music, also I have never done it so I have learned a lot. It was fun to experiment with a lot of notes to see what sounded good and what didn't, I thought that was really fun. Making up your own piece and everything is up to you to decide. I learned a lot. I learned how to add dynamics, how to add articulations, what a sequence is. I also learned about clashes and about crescendos and decrescendo. I learned even more then that, I have learned a lot. I hope you enjoy it.