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I wouldn't do anything with the tonality or harmony of the piece, it perfectly fits the mood of the piece. I do have a few questions/ suggestions about the trumpet part (I play trumpet). First off do you have a specific performer in mind or are you just writing it to write? The trumpet generally is not a very intervallic (sp?) instrument, in regards to large leaps. So bouncing all over the register is going to be extremely difficult for who ever you get to perform this. Also watch out for large leaps that you have that are slurred. Take the extremely difficult part and multiply it by the biggest number you can think of, thats the drastic difference between the two. I'm not saying that it can't be done but just be fully aware that the odds are who ever you give this to might laugh at you for a little while, get frustrated, say wtf was this guy thinking, and just wing it if it ever gets performed. Aside from the trumpet part being what it is I thoroughly enjoyed the piece. I thought the balance between the two instruments was nice, in the context of musical ideas. The two complimented each other nicely. The mutes and flutter tongue effects on the trumpet seemed to be well planned out and added to the piece instead of just being performed for the sake of doing something interesting. I hope to hear more soon.
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