Gavotte Unit

Gavotte used to be a form of dance from France that the peasants used to dance in the Baroque period, however the Gavotte I'm going to be talking about is a piece of music that is composed for or in the rhythm of dance. 

My Gavotte

This is not the original Gavotte I created, I lost the worksheet so I had to start over from scratch. So like I said this is not my old version, I wasn't very pleased on how the old version sounded and I was not aware of that I had to have note one and three from a chord. I am not very experienced with notes and note values, so I felt very confused and unsure. Though this is what I came up with the second time. I think I worked to my ability, though I think I should have maybe asked for help before I kind of guessed myself through it. I believe the reason for me not understanding is because when we were handed the task it sounded like a impossible mission to compose something, so I kind of just assumed it was going to be hard and so in my mind it became a like i said, impossible mission. 

 I am pleased on how it sounds, but I haven't fully completed it to what we were said to complete it to. I finished the first eight bars, but I didn't start my second phrase as you see. Since I had only two lessons to come up with a new first phrase and then complete the eight bars I found it very hard in the amount of time I had to make it to my liking. Because I hadn't fully grasped on how to play it on the piano and what it sounded like, I didn't feel like I could move on. However I do like the beginning of my second Gavotte better that my first. 

In this Gavotte I decided to keep it very simple and repetitive, so I wouldn't make it too hard for myself and still keep it sounding good. The melody is also very simple. I have no breaks as you see. Im not really aware of how the last four bars sound like joining the bass and treble clef together. I wanted to not jump around to much with the notes since I heard that that makes it not very consistent or smooth. The presentation of my work could also be better and I really need to improve my organization of my worksheets.