Piano Sonata 1 Complete

My first piano sonata written in G Major, enjoy!

Hi @hw1234,

I love how you try to extend the music! The first 10 bars is gramatically fluent with I-IV-V-I. 

To name this a Sonata you can try to use Sonata form. The first section should end in the established dominant D major rather than going back to tonic G major. Also you can recapitulate the opening material later. Here especially with the change of tempo is more like a compilation of different musical excerpts.

Henry

1 hour ago, Henry Ng Tsz Kiu said:

Hi @hw1234,

I love how you try to extend the music! The first 10 bars is gramatically fluent with I-IV-V-I. 

To name this a Sonata you can try to use Sonata form. The first section should end in the established dominant D major rather than going back to tonic G major. Also you can recapitulate the opening material later. Here especially with the change of tempo is more like a compilation of different musical excerpts.

Henry

 

Not a fan of form but ill study that more later. And the change of tempo happened at the start of the 2nd and 3rd movements only. Thanks for replying!!

2 minutes ago, hw1234 said:

And the change of tempo happened at the start of the 2nd and 3rd movements only.

Oh so b.43 and b.57 are the beginnings of 2nd and 3rd movements actually. Then you should probably extend all of them! The 2nd movement just contains 15 bars which is too short! You can use a binary form for that! Now it's only the A section here. The 1st movement only contains the exposition here and you can add the development and recapitulation! The beginning of 3rd movement for me is a good theme for a finale but you can use it as a rondo theme, e.g. a recurring theme later reappears after different episodes.

6 minutes ago, hw1234 said:

Not a fan of form but ill study that more later.

If you are interested in it, I find "Form and Design" in the series of "Cambridge Assignments in Music" a succinct guide to that!

https://www.amazon.com/Form-Design-Cambridge-Assignments-Music/dp/0521298121

Henry