composition exercise – Page 49 – a hundred quirky legs

Composition Exercise #76

Make an effort to love music that doesn’t make it easy for you.

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Compose a speakersaver – the acoustic equivalent of a screensaver.

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Write a tender piece for jackhammer ensemble.

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Write a thunderous piece for piccolo flute.

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Sing the horizon.

Sing the skyline. (Urban remix)

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Use spectrogram images to create a graphic score.

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Compose non-fictional music.

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Create a cover version of a sound installation.

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On a scale from 0 to 127, how confident are you about your composition skills?

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Treat density – in sound and in time – as a dynamic parameter in every voice in your composition, and in the shape of your piece as a whole.

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