Music Challenge Topic Suggestion Box

[Chris Alpiar]

Please post on this thread any suggestions for a weekly topic. If your topic covers anything arcane in the slightest, you will probably have to explain your concept(s) with the suggestion, and also talk about it in some depth during the week.

[AndyStootz]

How about:
- any style interpretation of the chorus of a specific song e.g. country & western version of Smells Like Teen Spirit :-)
- pastiche of a particular composer like Henry Mancini
- a piece made from totally organic sounds from your house e.g. cat, squeaky door, pots n pans
- use only your mouth for musical sounds
- use only 4 notes from C Major but any rhythm & any harmony

Cheers
stootz

[AndyStootz]

Here's an interesting one... (LOL I think so anyway)

Set a fixed tempo, meter, bar length and chord progression (any way to give a bit of manageable scope)

Assign each composer one instrument from a fixed list.

Nobody knows what each other has done and then when you get all the finished pieces together you compile them wihtout any edits and see what we get.

Cheers
Stootz.

[Chris Merritt]

I love the mouth only thing! Or organic. Or maybe just "All Real"...

[Chris Alpiar]

create 2 short patterns or phrases using major pentatonic and 2 using minor pentatonic.

major pentatonic = 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 (eg C, D, E, G, A)
minor pentatonic = 1, b3, 4, 5, b7 (eq C, Eb, F, G, Bb)

[Scott Lord]

hmmm...

My first post in the Composers Forum, so I will go with the flow ....

A weekly challenge seems fun - but it doesn't take much to get overdue!


Monthly composing challenges seem more viable? However, the "name that chord/interval/note/microtuning" challenge is more fun on a weekly basis (I would hate waiting a month for the answer!!!)

Does that mean there could be both weeky things to do, and monthly bigger things to do?

I am sure I can't be the first one to think of this - so sorry if it's been mentioned before, but I thought I'd try and post a friendly "hello forum" type message to introduce myself!

[Britt]

It looks like there isn't much activity here...
but

I had an idea. I propose a cantus firmus be chosen (a given melody to do counterpoint studies off of), and we each do a counterpoint exercise. The number of voices would be up to the composer, however instrumentation must be for voice. (i.e. SATB SSAA TTBB TB SA ST AB SB AT... ect.)

If no one else has the time, I have absolutely nothing to do, so I could potentially organize some of this stuff.

[Chris Alpiar]

Chris just loves to run his mouth only, thats all!! :D hehehe

[Chris Alpiar]

there are also other options without going to the relative minor ;-)

[Chris Alpiar]

probably not this month, i have nonstop work till the 2nd week of april, but if i get a break I will try ;-)

[Lori Sweeney]

Well how does this new format work then? I see many suggestions but no directive. I also wondered where the March Challenge results went. Is it the norm that they are only posted for a day?

[Chris Alpiar]

no, apparently Simon has left the composer forum, deleted his account. And so when he did all his posts were auto-deleted, including results from teh competition. You can reach him at [e-mail]

[Lori Sweeney]

Thanks Chris, understandable. That answers half of my questions.