Quick little harmony/counter-point mini-challenge :)

Not sure if this is the right place for this post, but I came across something, quite simple but still fun. Was browsing youtube and stumbled upon a video. At the very beginning, the creator presented a 4 bar line of a Violin melody. (I've altered it a slight bit to make it a tiny bit more interesting. the original challenge melody reused the 1st measure, except with the same 4 32nd notes you see at the end of bar 3. I elected to simply change it to Gb, rather than staying on the G. I also included an ending 1 and a fine measure to sort of round it out a bit more. Here is the Challenge Melody):

The instrumentation to be used for this challenge includes Vln. 1 & 2, Viola, and Cello. 4 Staves, with Vln. 1 already written for ya. 

Just curious to see what everyone else comes up with 🙂 Here is mine! I'm not a virtuoso or a master so mine will probably pale in comparison to some of yours. Lets see it!
 

Interesting.
Your version sounds great.

Although for me, that Gb “desperately calls” for an F#, which is part of the dominant chord.

Best regards.

A minimalistic version I made

Enjoy!

Thought I'd join in as well!

Made this account just so I could upload this and remind y'all never to end in minor : ) 

Also accidental Shostakovich in bar 3.

On 6/22/2025 at 12:29 PM, Luis Hernández said:

Interesting.
Your version sounds great.

Although for me, that Gb “desperately calls” for an F#, which is part of the dominant chord.

Best regards.

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In my haste, I neglected to run back through to fix those lol Musescore wrote em how it wanted to and I didn't really care xD 

My composer friend, who spends hours in discord with me while we write together, mentioned the same thing. I was more or less concerned with the harmonies, in how they blended together. I suppose it's one of my weakest areas, in terms of writing. I've always had trouble remembering to correct accidentals. 0_0

OK
In the tuning system we use, a Gb sounds the same as an F#. But of course, with that notation there is no (visual) tonic dominant relationship, which in this language is basic.

Hi @UncleRed99!

Apart from the F# issue Luis said, I wouldn't have two F#s in the last beat of b.2 and first beat of b.3, since it doesn't sound good with two leading tones unless you have four more other tones to outbalance them in a chord for me. Thx for sharing and attracting other members to join the challenge as well haha.

Henry