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I like it! The only bit that sounds a little funny to my ear is measure 10. No idea what i would do instead though

@Markus Boyd I can't thank you enough for taking the time to write lay this all out so clearly and thoroughly. It's funny you mention Gjerdingen's book; just recently I was searching for it through the boxes from my recent move, but I couldn't find it! I shall redouble my efforts. In the meantime, this analysis was extremely helpful. I hope you'll continue to follow my musical journey here and look at and comment on my pieces when i post them!

Thanks very much!

Wow, absolutely sublime. The saxophone is such a beautiful instrument, it's a shame it's not used more often in a classical context. And you make such good use of it here, I really love this piece

I really like the entrance of the 1st bass and the lead up to it, m. 9-10

Another short fun none-too-serious piece. This is something I wrote for a US History assignment back in 2019. It started when I noticed that "My Country 'Tis of Thee," "God Bless America," and "This Land is Our Land" all contain (what could loosely be called) the galant schema known as a prinner, and I built the rest of the piece around that. I left the instrumentation intentionally ambiguous. For any assortment of three instruments you like!

That would be great, thank you!

Thanks @Markus Boyd and @Finish the Sextet for the reviews! Markus, looking at your page you're well versed in galant music, my favorite! I dont always adhere fully to the style (nor have i studied it nearly as extensively as i'd like) but it's a huge influence on my writing and its tenets resonate strongly with my own philosophy on music. @PeterthePapercomPoser brought up tonal variety and the possibility of a contrasting section as well; do you guys really think it needs it? The whole piece feels like a single thought, I wonder if sticking a modulation or minor section in there would disrupt that. I wouldnt even consider it a proper piece, more of an interlude. I know the piece is over 100 measures long, but it's just so fast. @Markus Boyd I replaced the pdf attachment, fixing the mentioned errors as well as two redundant dynamic markings. The strange phrasing at the beginning is because the first two bars are a pickup/intro - would a double barline after m.2 make that clearer? Also, I'm uncertain what you mean by increasing the independence of each instrument - my goal here was for each instrument to take the melody in a different section of the rondo.

I'm glad someone gets my username 😁 Thanks for the review and your kind words! And if I end up expanding the piece I'll also try to clarify m. 62-78 as you stated

Thought I'd share this little rondo I wrote in a few minutes, a couple months ago. The dynamics and articulation could be refined more but ehh I can't be bothered. Feedback is welcome, though