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Bagatelle in G major is a piece I composed in 2011. I was inspired when listening to Beethoven’s Bagatelle in G minor, op. 119 no.1 in my music lesson, and I immediately composed this piece that night in less than two hours. Here is the YouTube video and score of the piece: Bagatelle in G major.pdf The piece is in simple ABABCoda form. The middle section in C minor is probably due to my fervent love with Beethovenian C minor LoL! i revisit this piece because of @PCC ‘s showing of his manuscript in the discord group. I also wanna use this piece to test the new microphone I just buy. It sounds much better than my crappy phone, although with my bad recording skill this recording still has some tears in it. For me the piece is just a banal one, but not bad for a teen. I just wonder how do I transform from this level of writing to the piano piece ( ) in a year LoL! Here’s the Beethoven Bagatelle for your reference: Hope you enjoy this little piece! Henry

Thanks for the heads up. also, yes Musescore 4 seems to support detuning now as well as snap pizz and harmonics.

I see no problem with the cadenza having just the solo Violin part. As long as there's some indication ahead of time for when the orchestra is about to come back in so the conductor can cue them. Edit: a closer look at the cadenza brings a different issue to mind. The implied key seems to be C# minor now and sometimes even G# minor which would necessitate some respelling of the pitches to for example Fx's instead of G naturals and B#'s instead of C naturals.

Glad to hear from you again, Peter, and also elated to hear your favorite part was around 4:09 since I think the part starting from 3:40 is one of the best I've written thus far. I've tried out your advice beforehand but a problem presents itself in the violin cadenza: I can't tell if this is ok for an orchestral score, because I've never seen anything like this appear even in "Scheherazade". Would love to know both your thoughts on this.

Yo Peter, Thx for your attentive listening and analysis! I almost forget the term “elision” haha! Yeah I just notice that I hate boring repetitions even during my start of composition “career”! I always wanna add changes to avoid anything identical unless I want them to b identical lol. This sounds like Baby Sark Doo Doo Doo! Yeah also maybe it’s short! Thx for your words Peter! Henry

I have added the score to my original post now. Thank you for your kind words!

Man, having someone be excited to collaborate with me would be a dream-come-true! lol I don't have as many connections as I used to have, back when I was a musician full time. I've clearly abandoned that career path, and haven't spoken to many of the individuals that I knew who "knew a guy" since then. (it's been 7 years). Although, one of my old band directors, who has since obtained his Masters Degree, stated that he would like to try to help me with getting an ensemble together to play this piece, in addition to my other piece "The Long Arctic Midnight". I told em' he'd have to find some trumpeters who could perform it for me, because I picked up my horn the other day and realized that my range is significantly diminished, as well as my endurance. 7 years really does a number on you I suppose. But that's about where its at, currently. I'd love to either have it recorded, or, receive a request to write for a B - grade film score, or, for another project someone is working on. I believe the sounds from MuseScore mixed with Spitfire VST3 (used in the recording above), are able to allow digital music to "come to life" so to speak, in a good enough way where It would actually be feasible to use it in those contexts.

Do you know what this means?! ... I MUST MAKE MICROTONAL PIECE!