The first oboe entrance, for example, is VERY strong. It will suddenly bring a huge change in texture to the line. Which is not what we are looking for with this exercise.
Is the oboe's entrance too strong because of the particular moment it was brought in, i.e. half way through a melodic phrase?
Ask yourself "why give part of a phrase to one musician, then skip to another musician playing the exact same instrument for the next part of a phrase?"
My thoughts were that I should spread it out more, like I have this worry of writing a piece where the second bassoon would only playing for 2 bars or something, for example, and it would seem like a waste.
But yeah, I see that what I did was pointless.
Thanks.
BTW, I just want to mention that a part of this course that I've found really helpful are the sample mp3s you created to show examples in doubling woodwinds etc. It's great to hear what these instruments really sound like, even if they are only samples.
Also, I noticed there's a lot of good woodwind examples in the film Home Alone 2
