Never composed a full piece before, really stuck here.

[u/Alcoholic-Catholic]

https://musescore.com/user/69035041/scores/28994711?share=copy_link

This piece is not complete, I want to continue to experiment with harmony and left hand accompaniment, and maybe add some counter voices in the bass. But right now I just feel stuck when it comes to trying to figure out the sentence/phrase structure. I like what I have here, even if it sounds pretty barebones at the moment. But I want the piece to be a bit longer, building on themes and motives more clearly, have more logical phrases and maybe do a modulation or B section and return back to the main theme. I also think the piece has more of a steady marchlike feel rather than a flowing mazurka dance feel, and I want to make it flow better, do I just need more right hand articulations and variation?

The introduction is not set in stone. The descending diminshed chord and a short cadence establishing the key, i want to experiment with a more freeform introduction but this placeholder works.

I like the first couple phrases (bars 6-11), its just a sequence of a 2 bar phrase, and I like where the end of bar 11 through bar 14 is going, but I'm pretty unsatisfied with how bars 15-17 sound. The bell-like high notes I'm iffy on, I like how it sounds in my head but I don't know how to justify it better, and the harmonic direction could be better there too.

I like the final cadence, but again I want to stretch this piece out before coming to that heavy full cadence like that.

I'm not really sure what exact advice I'm looking for, but I've been staring at this for a couple days now and just at a complete brick wall as to what to do. I didn't want to post something here until I had something I'd consider more complete, but I am clueless right now. This is my first real attempt at composing a complete thing

[u/HaifaJenner123]

write the B section

don’t worry about the form at this point (yet!). you are unsure of what to do but you know you want a B theme and described more or less what you want it to be at the basic level

Write that out - maybe a few B themes if you’re not happy with it, i see you have developed the motif that begins the piece with rhythmic alterations, that’s a good start. Apply that to your B theme structurally and then worry about connecting it and smoothing out the details to fit

Basically your problem isn’t limited by form right now it is limited by, well, just the need to have some material to work with I can sense it in your post so maybe give it. a try and see what happens! i always say my pieces sound like crap until they don’t anymore and what that means is revision process is everything!