Siciliana in A for Guitar Trio

I composed this short guitar trio (for Flute, Bassoon and Guitar) within the past couple of days.  It's a Siciliana in a sort of modern take on a quasi-Renaissance piece for quasi-Lute and winds.  Thanks to @Thatguy v2.0 for checking over this piece for tablature mistakes/impracticalities.  I'll definitely be consulting with him in all my future guitar pieces!  I wrote this to be a kind of study/etude in hammer-ons and pull-offs (special guitar techniques).  There are also some slides but I didn't notate those because of some wacky glissando effect that Musescore 4 performs with that marking.  Also, I tried to get a better sounding Acoustic Guitar VST (since Muse Sounds doesn't have a guitar patch yet), but the one I downloaded didn't work with MS4 so this is MS Basic.  Thanks for listening and I'd appreciate any of your constructive comments, suggestions or critiques!

Edit:  Thanks to @Henry Ng Tsz Kiu for informing me about the Siciliana!  I've updated the title, and also added some reverb to the guitar part (I realized that Muse Sounds had some FX I could download including Reverb and Chorusing).

this is cool.. love the space the woodwinds add. The counterpoint is great, I know what that is now. The woodwind parts are really cool and I love the harmonies. 

Really nice combination. I almost imagine it play with a lute to from a trio sonata though. Nice counterpoint and funny harmonies, often skipping to other areas unexpectedly.

I really don't expect it to end this way but it's light hearted.

I think it more a siciliana than a minuet though.

Henry

Well, it works and very evocative of times when it might be THE entertainment - finished with the roast wild boar, quaff a pint of good ale, get dancing everyone.

Nice one. Nice also that you put in the tab. (Uhhh, tab is something I have to learn. I noticed one "mentor" on youtube put rhythm details under each fret position, sort of stems beneath, some dotted, quavers (1/8 note values) with tails etc)

I really like this one, the modal qualities are cool. Don't be bashful, the writing for guitar was very good already before I had a chance to look at it, you should be proud of how intuitive this was. 

I'm continually impressed by how you're able to develop ideas so well. The last few pieces of yours really show your compositional skill, and your diversity in styles is superb. Anyone wanting to get better at composition, especially in developing themes, should really take note of your most current music. Great job!

19 hours ago, Henry Ng Tsz Kiu said:

Really nice combination. I almost imagine it play with a lute to from a trio sonata though. Nice counterpoint and funny harmonies, often skipping to other areas unexpectedly.

I really don't expect it to end this way but it's light hearted.

Thanks!  I thought of ending it this way because it was a nice ABABA and if I continued it again to another B it would start to get really long winded.  Plus each statement of the A section ends on some kind of E chord so I thought it was a good opportunity for an authentic cadence to A.

19 hours ago, Henry Ng Tsz Kiu said:

I think it more a siciliana than a minuet though.

Thanks for bringing this to my attention!  I have changed the name as well as updating the recording to include some reverb on the guitar part.  Thanks for your review!

I really love this siciliana. I'm a classical guitar player and I've played a few of them, usually for solo guitar. The woodwinds are amazing, and your harmonies for giving it the characteristic light, dance mood is perfect. The guitar is one of the most difficult instruments to write for and you did an excellent piece. Amazing work!!!

Lovely piece. I think it works perfectly. Guitar writing is quite different and difficult. Sometimes, I also tried because I played the guitar in my youth. The piece here is challenging although it can be much more complex if you want to use other parts of the neck and the "capo" (is this its name in English? Cejilla in Spanish). For that you have to master the guitar....

It is really nice how one core idea and three instruments are enough for this colourful and joyous piece.The ending, however, is really surprising, as the voices don't follow usual cadential formulas. Bassizans in the flute, the bassoon probably some sort of cantizans, and the guitar an altizans. The penultimate chord is the dominant of a minor (?), jumping right into A Major. That's witty and adds a bit of Renaissance flair, but works only because flute and bassoon provide the necessary duration of the final chord which otherwise wouldn't be heard as final (I assume) because of the voice leading.

Regarding 12/8 and 9/8: I am not sure it really feels like a change in rhythm; overall, the 3/8-units provide the basic pattern. If you would notate it with 3/8, probably there wouldn't be much of a difference for most listeners.

Thanks for sharing!