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Hello! I decided to write a classical mini-little piano sonatina allegro movement! I didn't use any dice or try to make the music overly complicated or anything. I was going for just a pure easy-listening simplicity and ease of playing. It's not exactly sonata form as there's scarcely a development here. There are three themes though, which come back in the home key in the recapitulation. Let me know what you think and I hope you enjoy!

I thought it was really beautiful, and I appreciated that it’s chill and straightforward. It sounds semi-improvisational to me, which is cool. Mss. 47 on to the end are interesting. I thought some harmonic choices were really nice (like mss. 55-56), but some felt “forced” (like mss. 49-50). But I would rather hear someone venture out, than stay harmonically static. Another thing is I noticed some unnecessary notes — for example, mss. 28-34 make perfect sense, in terms of how it would play under a pianist’s hands. Even the 10th span on mss. 32-33 are fine, being on the black keys, a simple roll of fingers if the right hand is small. But mss. 40 and especially 41 are written awkwardly, even with a rolled chord. On the 3rd and 4th beat of ms. 40, just move that Ab on your right hand thumb to either an Eb or F (depending on your desired chord), and on ms. 41, simply moving the G in the r.h. thumb up an octave solves the problems. I think the piece overall is really nice! Thanks for sharing 😃

I have been working on the piece for the last few days. I am unable to perform in correctly (I'm not a very good pianist) . All the themes came from one improvisation session. Any feedback would be highly regarded. Thanks for listening.

The 3 against 4 rhythm beginning at measure 34 sounds so cool

You definitely met your goal. Very pleasant and easy on the ear but still with a few little wrinkles which keep it interesting. I particularly like transition to the second theme in minor, really nice.