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this is crimanally underrated piece

Hi AriaNova! Absolutely fantastic piece!! Your return to the main theme at 4:06 can only be described as pure genius- made me love it in such a new way, and your contrasting use of emotions was absolutely impeccable. If you're interested, I can give a couple points of feedback that came to mind while listening to it. Overall I loved it though. - I would have loved to see a second and third movement from you to complete the sonata/sonatina! it feels like you have set such a beautiful environment to develop upon some of the emotions you explored in this piece, you could do that in further movements if you wanted to. :) Of course, up to you, its all about what you hear for the piece. - bars 40 through 51 feel like they could in theory be connected more into the melodic and rhythmic continuity of the rest of this section, as although they are beautiful, their rhythm and melody is pretty distinct from what comes before and after. just an idea, i do like this section though! - at bars 131 through 134 you use an interesting change of tempo and rhythm at the ritardando, which think it could perhaps be made to keep more intact the original beat as opposed to changing it completely. ..at least thats what comes to my ear when i listen to this section. the modulations you use to get here are extremely interesting and quite lovely. the following Allegro section is absolutely incredible, and how it transitions to the main theme at bar 148 was simply magical. this part was utterly genius. - bars 166 to 172 were also breathtaking, and your writing here was perfect- although in your playing of it i think it could have been approached more straight and less of a ritardando entering this section, but maybe thats just my tastes. your rhythm you use before and at this section blends the two perfectly together, so why not rely on that haha. - bars 181 through 183 kind of caught me by surprise in how you ended the piece, it feels like you were in the middle of a particular emotion when the piece ends. i could easily see another 8 or 16 or 20 bars being written before the piece comes to an end, but perhaps thats a matter of taste as well haha. overall, one thing i noticed is that the piece doesn't focus as much as melodic movement in the lower register of the piano, which perhaps you could use for additional contrast and movement in some spots in the piece to keep the soprano voice / right hand from losing any of the incredibly vibrant and beautiful quality you have currently. in particular, going from bars 25 to 26 is where the sense of balance between the voices was starting to be missing a bit. this effect is really subtle and is really hard to get right of course, but maybe in your future pieces you could look out for that more perhaps :) You have true talent, I hope you know that!! I truly enjoyed listening to this piece a lot. I can't wait to see what else you produce AriaNova!!!

8/10

Great piece!

A nice little baroque-style piece, great job!

What a lovely piece !

Wow, very bright and lively w/ a pleasing melody that lifts the spirits. Cheers!

I guess I misclicked on bar 31. The first 16th of the first triplet is supposed to be a F and not a pause (but I guess this pause alternative should help less experienced players if they have some difficulty playing arpeggios). I don't plan on finishing this arrangement.