Hello everyone!
I started studying some orchestration (which is being quite an overwhelming task :S) so I decided to arrange and orchestrate an old piece of mine, a minuet in G major for piano. The piece was quite simple so I though it would be a nice start for practicing orchestration. The original minuet was a little bit unconventional because of the number of measures and the accompaniment's simple texture, so it is probably not a good example of a minuet composition. I leave a link to the original post of the piano version at the end of this post, in case somebody wants to compare both versions.
I had to limit myself to 16 staves since that is the number of staves that my version of Sibelius allows me to use (that is why the brass family is not present, except for the horns). Initially I had two english horns but I modified it to use only one, since I found out many orchestras would not be able to provide with two. Except for the english horn, all woodwinds (and horns) are in pairs. It is my first orchestrated piece so there will probably be many mistakes. Any feedback, suggestion or comment is more than welcome!
Thank you for listening and hope you like it!
----- Original Piano Version -----