2-part invention in counterpoint

Hi everyone. So far, I have studied with Percy Goetschius books and am practicing small 2-part inventions (about 1 minute long) as taught in his Elementary Counterpoint and Applied Counterpoint books. I wonder if there are other beginners working on this and willing to share our works. My goal is to use counterpoint with freedom, yet in a sensible way. I use Myriad Melody Assistant piano. Here is one example, with a motive from Handel (F maj). I apologize for the poor sound quality (I'll try to find a good alternative for my .myr files). Thanks!  

Welcome to the forums.

Can you provide a score to your music? I'd be able to provide better feedback with a score.

12 hours ago, muchen_ said:

Welcome to the forums.

Can you provide a score to your music? I'd be able to provide better feedback with a score.

 

I have made changes to measure 13, last note: C3 instead of C. Leave the C in Bass, for modulation.

Sounds good.
The 13th bar is strange, but I see you've made a correction.
I think there's some pretty good imitative treatment, characteristic of the Inventions.
So many colours confuse me a bit. I suppose they highlight imitations or motifs, but as I'm colour blind, I can't tell.
Best regards.
 

3 hours ago, Luis Hernández said:

Sounds good.
The 13th bar is strange, but I see you've made a correction.
I think there's some pretty good imitative treatment, characteristic of the Inventions.
So many colours confuse me a bit. I suppose they highlight imitations or motifs, but as I'm colour blind, I can't tell.
Best regards.
 

 

Thanks. It's true. When the tempo is fast, it's an orgy of figures and motives, like fireworks. Because of repetitions ('imitation') it can become boring or harassing. You have to keep the interest of the listener with changes and satisfactory harmonic progressions. My style is sober compared to the heavy and insistant ornamentations in Bach's 2-part inventions. I have composed many other imitations, in all kind of tempi. I am still green into music composition. Learning and working on my own, after over 1600 small exercises in melody, harmony and counterpoint (all with 6 Goetschius books) + 25 invention, I don't know what 'level' I am at now. I've never had feedback until now! I'll look at yout posts 😉