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Minuet for Woodwind Quartet

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Heya! I've reworked the minuet (version 2) for a woodwind quartet. Again, a compositional exercise to start thinking in multiple instruments - a very gentle introduction to orchestration.Comments/suggestions/analysis - anything to help me learn - would be much appreciated!

Minuet for Woodwind Quartet

I really enjoyed listening to this composition. I like how the triplet motif is developed in the piece, along with the sparing use of the 16ths-8ths motif. The chord progressions, especially in the second section (mm.11-12 are particularly cool), are really nice. There is only one place that to me sounded slightly awkward in the context of the whole: the transition from the third beat in m.6 to the first beat in m.7. I might consider continuing the sequence that started in m.5 and perhaps using something like a V7/vi chord (A-C#-E-G) (or even a vii/vi C#-E-G-Bf) on the third beat in m.6 then using a vi chord (D-F-A) on the first beat in m.7 to make a V7/vi-vi-ii-V-I cadence. It's been quite some time since I've practiced theory, though, so please correct me if I've made a mistake here.

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