Quartet in F minor

hello this is my first post. a quartet in 3 movements (not expressly written for the standard string quartet because i know nothing about ranges yet). please comment and help me improve thanks.

0.00 - 1:47 allegro
1:47 - 3:34 andante
3:34 - 7:08 moderato

Hello,

It's always nice to hear some classical style music here. It seems like there is a huge inclination towards the baroque and modern. I assume that the melodic line at :11 is your theme, which is good. The introduction is interesting... Could you please put up a score? What I really like about this piece (1st mov) is its coherency. Your harmonies are varied, which is very nice. This piece could really use some dynamics. The 1st movement was very well done, but I think I heard some parallel fifths and minor fifths instead of dominant fifths.

Ok, the second movement:
I really like the harmonic vocabulary here. There isn't much I can say about it. It was nice.

Ok, the third movement:
This is very nice! I love the counterpoint in the first few bars. I could sense a theme throughout the whole piece which is necessary. Some of your sixteenth triplets sounded like wrong notes because they didn't stay in the key. The chromaticism is a tad bit too much for the movement. Also, your harmonic changes are a slight bit too radical here. Since the whole piece is in a classical form, it would be helpful if you could stick to classical progressions. The last note/chord should be a full -blown F-minor chord. This will add to the finality of the chord and piece.

Overall, I think dynamics would greatly help. I really like the style in this piece. Don't use too much chromaticism. In addition, try to smooth out the drastic harmonic changes in the third movement. I really enjoyed listening to this piece.

Keep improving.

Sorry, your Viola and Cello parts are out of range.
Lowest note of Viola is the C below middle and Cello one more C below that.

sorry about the range. the only reason why the music has string sounds is to make it sound a little better. i merely pasted from piano staves so i did not consider playability or tone colour.

maelstromtempest, thanks for reviewing! it was quite a bit of experimentation, full of flaws left unpolished. yes there are a bit of influences from baroque, classical, modern music because i take in most of them with a very open mind.

mmm. quite enjoyable. like maelstrom i enjoyed the counterpoint also.

So it this for strings, or is it two pianos?

just a note on the score: violas tend to be written in alto cleff.. (and changing the cleff during the song is a little evil to do to the performers... lol)

thanks im given piano sounds by default but i did not make it pianistic enough to be piano played
hopefully my other pieces will be more instrument and performer friendly