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Old Mar 23 2008, 9:16 PM
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Listen to what I said about rhythm. Your first bar has three crotchets. At the start, the melody is clearly following a 6/8 rhythm, so it would be best not to totally upset that at the outset.
Do you know how 6/8 works, as a time signature? I'm not patronising - perhaps you haven't learnt that yet.

You harmonised the 9th bar OK - but you treated the Db as if it was a C# (so as if we have an A major chord) - this doesn't work well going into the 10th bar. This progression is bad (from 9 - 10).

The only other thing I have to say is: watch for false relations. A false relation is where you have a note in one part which is followed by that note flattened or sharpened in another part. (Or some difference of accidental - the first could be sharp, the second natural). In the last bar, you precede the F# in the melody immediately with an F natural. False relations' use depends on the style you're writing in. They can be quite acceptable, if they're a consistent part of your style. In this case, just be sure you want it there. At least make sure you can hear it.

(keep going - not bad so far!)
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