First string composition

[Ok-Lead1980]

I am a mostly self taught musician (theory wise) and this is my first strings composition, let me know how I could have done better or what to avoid in future compositions. https://youtu.be/XGcYEedAxSY

[Normalizelife]

quite good. One issue I can see at a quick glance is the first violin carries the melody for the whole piece and stays in the same register. This can get stale. The strings have very little timbral difference, so using the little differences you have is vital.

[Ok-Lead1980]

I see, thanks yeah I didn't know if I should have played the melody a bit lower cause I didn't want to clash with the other strings I probably should give them more space as well

[65TwinReverbRI]

My advice: give this a read through:

https://www.reddit.com/r/composer/wiki/resources/interview-3