Baroque Orchestra idea

Here is something I made with a Baroque orchestra in mind. I have it on the piano score for now and will arrange it when I have the time. So I know some of the ideas are unplayable, and haven't arranged the score for the orchestration I want for it. 

Any feedback on the idea is welcomed 

Sounds like a lovely minuet for a Baroque orchestra! There's very nice imitation-like effects (even if it's not completely strict) between the melody and bass, and the piece has motivic resourcefulness - a small number of musical ideas developed throughout.

The structure is very foursquare. This is completely fine though, but be wary of it in case you want to compose other movements to make this part of a suite. It's good to have at least some movements with asymmetrical phrases.

Sounds great to me. Admittedly I didn't pick apart the counterpoint, but one thing that stood out is that eighth note F in the middle of the piece. I would have added it to the end of the second repeat, and gave the ending a 1st and 2nd repeat, one with and one without the note. It sounds like a hiccup and out of place as it is. 

Otherwise, fantastic music. Any plans for the form? I feel like that's your next step.

Nice score, bit short but I think you can work on making the score longer.

On 11/6/2022 at 8:57 AM, muchen_ said:

Sounds like a lovely minuet for a Baroque orchestra! There's very nice imitation-like effects (even if it's not completely strict) between the melody and bass, and the piece has motivic resourcefulness - a small number of musical ideas developed throughout.

The structure is very foursquare. This is completely fine though, but be wary of it in case you want to compose other movements to make this part of a suite. It's good to have at least some movements with asymmetrical phrases.

 

Thanks! I might have to look into using this as a movement in a suite! When I write I tend to have 4 bar phrases, so I will have to look into incorporating asymmetrical phrases in my ideas!

On 11/7/2022 at 2:56 AM, Thatguy v2.0 said:

Sounds great to me. Admittedly I didn't pick apart the counterpoint, but one thing that stood out is that eighth note F in the middle of the piece. I would have added it to the end of the second repeat, and gave the ending a 1st and 2nd repeat, one with and one without the note. It sounds like a hiccup and out of place as it is. 

Otherwise, fantastic music. Any plans for the form? I feel like that's your next step.

 

Thanks! I may extended this idea to have a trio section, to make it a bit longer. But I may use this as a movement in a orchestral suite!

On 11/7/2022 at 3:03 AM, hw1234 said:

Nice score, bit short but I think you can work on making the score longer.

 

You're right! I think will add a trio section with a repeat of the A section to make it a bit longer!