Minuet for Violin and Cello

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW SO CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH


i love it!!so...delicious, simplistic and delightful!!! Go learn the cello, so i can play duet with you for this. HAHAHA AW this made my day!!! I'm smiling like a freak in front of the screen right now...

*grins*

LOL, you cutie!!!
I can't believe you even like it!
You're unbelieveable! >< *pinches you* :<

Thank you <3333
CJ, YOU'RE THE BEST!!!!

Sounds pretty good. I few simple suggestions (I realize you're working on a deadline) would be to give each instrument some place to rest (even though, technically, string players don't have to stop) so that each part has it's own shape. Also, giving some different rhythmic motion to each part could help define one from the other (frequently both parts move in eighth notes and in the same direction... if you've studied counterpoint, one of the big rules is to help the listener distinguish between the two voices, usually by keeping the ranges separate and having different parts move at different times). Now then, all of that said, I think this is in pretty good shape and simply has potential to become greater!

I also converted this back to finale and got the string sounds back! I didn't see any tempo markings, expressions, or dynamics... and think that these will add to your piece. Consider a fermata or breath at your cadences and see if you can't bring each instrument some unique features (staccato, accents, pizz, vibrato... I don't know if vibrato is a big deal for strings...) and shape (<, >, sfz, fp, etc...). I think as a minuet, you could leave both parts soft and expressive. They don't have to be enormously different, just enough that your audience can distinguish between them.

I also noticed a lot of 3rds or 6ths in a row... I will try to get back on after my 8-hour shift at work and send you a finale file with some notes.

Best of luck!

Hi, Dina... Congrats on your first upload - I don't know why did I think you had been here for a longer time ...

I can tell it's a very simple piece, which can be improved once the deadline is gone and you have your time back in your hands . Joshua's review is quite precise, and following his advice will improve the work greatly.

PD. I'm missing the full score!

http://www.youngcomp...-with-my-notes/

This was probably the most roundabout way possible, but I have made a page with comments on the first 8 bars of your piece. I attempted to highlight the phrases, add some dynamics, and suggest possible articulations.

As for the numbers inbetween the staves, I was just keeping track of the intervals. I think it can be useful to see what you are doing in a vertical sense. Measures 5 and 6 have a TON of 3rds... might be a good thing to look into. (I haven't studied counterpoint carefully enough to tell you the "right" way to "fix" them... but that's partly because I think that there are situations where you have to ignore the rules for an expressive purpose.)

Anyway, hope this extra little tidbit of a review is helpful. Sorry if I invaded your space by making a page that looked like it was mine. I didn't know how else to provide a score and audio file for you and anyone else who might want to kibitz... If you want me to take it down, I will.

HAHAHA!! You all are really good.
Thank you everyone for commenting!

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@Joshua Harton: These tidbits are especially helpful and I am practically grinning because you made effort to give me an example of what you meant in the improvement of this piece! And that you suggested improvements that could be put into this composition!
Thank you so much!

You use Finale too?? AWESOME! Yet in my software, I can't seem to find any expressive techniques or ornamentation notes. Prevoiusly in my handwritten score, I had some mordents (upper mordent, lower mordents) and a little trill near the end of sections A and B.

I'm using Finale Notepad at the moment, and I recently downloaded it... (Which is probably why the quality isn't as great as the more professional Finale.)

And again, thank you for the suggestions!!!!! <3
When I finish, I'll upload the full version to show it to you.

HAHA

Note: Credit to Joshua Harton - the first 8 bars and onward

And also thank you Austenite and Cj ^^.

Sounds very flat and static to me. If you're going to write in this idiom you should read up on modulation. Harmony aside, even the texture and dynamics are flat. There's nothing exciting or interesting going on, basically just a bland flat melody.

Sounds very flat and static to me. If you're going to write in this idiom you should read up on modulation. Harmony aside, even the texture and dynamics are flat. There's nothing exciting or interesting going on, basically just a bland flat melody.

Thank you for criticising this. I will upload a newly improved one sometime soon.

Nice Work maestro!
I was just wondering why don't you upload any files or something...but I got the answer I think : you didn't want to upload something unless it's admirable!
And by the way don't pay too much attention to this critics! If they were good they would make a nice music for themselves!(only listen to Austenite's critics ) ... This is no "Young Criticizers Site" it is for the composers and if their compositions suck(just like that dominus)...don't listen to them!

Nice Work maestro! I was just wondering why don't you upload any files or something...but I got the answer I think : you didn't want to upload something unless it's admirable! And by the way don't pay too much attention to this critics! If they were good they would make a nice music for themselves!(only listen to Austenite's critics ) ... This is no "Young Criticizers Site" it is for the composers and if their compositions suck(just like that dominus)...don't listen to them!

lol

Yes, if you don't like someone's musical style you should completely ignore what they have to say. That's a great way to learn.

Very nice, I think it would sound very cool if at one point the (cello?) takes a break from playing the melody and it is resumed by a piano, possibly playing on a higher octave. I'm picturing it now... yes that's it!