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@PeterthePapercomPoserThanks for the great feedback. I'm glad you were able to hear what I was trying to get across. After listening to the same track over and over it gets a bit difficult to really know how it sounds to a new ears. Thanks again.

Hi ! I would like to add some suggestions as a harpsichordist who is very fond of this style of music. As PeterthePapercomPoser said, the sound itself is the last part of the composition process I think. Concerning your piece, the sound is very good but before considering that characteristic, I think that you should pay more attention to the materials of the composition itself : for example, I have the impression that the rhythm and the melodie of each line seems to lack of coherence. Plus, if you consider the place of the semiquavers, they are placed on the 4th beat of the 2nd bar, which produces a little abrupt effect. Then, If you look the bass line at the 2nd bar, the passage from G to A, you make an avoided cadence which shouldn't be placed in the beginning of this piece, I think. You've got some very good ideas but in my opinion you should pay more attention to the composition before the sound. Besides, what material computer did you use to have sounds like that ? Thank you for sharing ! William.

Thank you very much for your comments both of you ! I agree with you PeterthePapercomPoser concerning the "spirit of a partita" even though I thought of the spirit of a prelude rather than those of a partita when I composed this piece. Concerning those chords, The viola da gamba is fretted so as you said, the chords are easier to play than with any other string instrument. It has seven chords but I checked with the violist and there are some chords (not so many) that are impossible to be played so I hesitate between rewriting the part with a chords or turn the solo to a duet to keep all the chords I need.

An update to the conditional badges/achievements I added: In addition to the "Pollster" badge for having created a poll I also made a "Balloter" badge for having created 10 polls. I also made the following badges for clubs: The "Clubber" badge for having joined a club (this also now awards the user 5 points toward their rank) The "Going Clubbing" badge after having joined 5 clubs The "Founder" badge for having created a club (this also now awards the user 10 points toward their rank) Also - keep a look out for some secret manually awardable badges! They appear in a square (the conditional badges are all circular) - these secret badges can only be awarded by moderators or admins to reward the members for special achievements or qualities. Peter

Basically it's not a well developed fugue with defined episodes and entries. It's light and uses mostly free counterpoint. Hence I thought considering it a 3 voiced invention (that is, 'Sinfonia') would be more apt. Thanks for listening

Thank you for listening and the kind comment! I've attached the score, though it actually requires further editing as parts are still unplayable which I never got around to correcting (yet).

A quite melodically lucid piece! I realize that it's been 2 years since you've posted this but I couldn't help myself but review this seductive piece. I'm still hoping that you have the score to this piece stashed somewhere on your hard drive! LoL The transitions in this piece are particularly smooth and the melodic development eloquent. I like the touch of imitative counterpoint in a fugato manner near the end. Great job! This rendition sounds like a real performance. P.S.: I think it's the combination of upbeat minuet-like rhythm and minor mode that produces a certain kind of very musically interesting mismatch which keeps me coming back to listen to this piece over and over again.

Really great ethereal atmosphere you create here. It sounds very solar. One can hear the power, magnetism and heat of the sun in the music. There is a certain menacing quality to it which I guess is the approach of the sun by the spacecraft. The dynamic swells really capture the beauty and danger inherent in the trip. Well done!

Why did you call it a Sinfonia? It's a fugue.