String Septet

Hello Guys, 

I just wanted to share a little septet that I wrote for strings.

 

Cute ... it has renaissance feel to it ... a dance in a Royal Court?  I wonder how it would sound with some parts for recorders?

Mark

Hi @Some Guy That writes Music,

Like Mark said the music has some renaissance feel. If some parallel octaves are added it will become a parallel organum! I like how you control your music with the contrast of tutti and solo passages just like a Baroque solo concerto, and your use of different textures and note values to control the flow.

I think in b.21 slur would not be used for a pizz. passage in violin II! 

Thx for sharing.

Henry

Hi @Some Guy That writes Music!

I like the dynamic contrasts and use of pizzicato for the whole ensemble in some parts!  I think you could use even more extended techniques such as artificial harmonics and double, triple and quadruple stops (which are especially idiomatic for strings played pizzicato)!  Btw, in bars 25 - 27, the notes played in the 1st Violins can all be played at once in pizzicato and don't have to be arpeggiated that way, unless of course you really want it to be arpeggiated.  Once again, I felt like the majority of the piece stayed in A harmonic or melodic minor and it would have been great to hear some modulations and explorations of other tonal centers or more unusual sonorities!  Thanks for sharing.