Medieval dance music

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9usny0XY9I
A (very) fast dance tune that I composed.

Need comments, constructive criticism and general feedback.

A medieval bolero in 5 sections, so the speak. Each new 16 bar section features a new lead instrument akin to Ravel's Bolero. The specific start and end times are the same for all instruments, but that's where I heard a problem. With the instruments with slower attacks, their delay was very noticeable, especially at the beginning of each 9th bar. Also, the 2nd section with the nasal hornpipe comes in a little loud, almost jarring. Very good work.

Did you use those delays to try to humanize the overall feel? Perhaps with slight variations in each section's start times it'd give a more realistic feel.

Thanks for the review

In order to "humanize" all my works, I actually play it myself, rather than plugging in the notes and copy-pasting.

The piece consists of a repeat of each section, and after the repeat, the melody changes again. That repeat is repeated by myself, in order to humanize it, where I actually had the option of repeating it by copy-pasting the last played melody.

The only copy-paste and editorial changes that were made, were of the entire piece or the entire melody played, to copy-paste it to a new instrument. Even here, I actually did play it myself, and then only made slight alterations (for example thrills for the flute, that is supposed to sound like an one-hand-flute).

Delightful ! ! I enjoy music from this period, and am glad to know that there are those like you who are composing in that genre.

Respect for actually playing the music. This makes me think of roast suckling pig.

I play it using a keyboard. Not a MIDI keyboard, but the one that I type with.

^^ Cool. Anything is better than drag 'n' drop for music like this.