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Post by Dave Dexter on Sept 24, 2017 18:57:22 GMT
After a certain amount of rumbling, it's time to try a composition contest!
Before that, I need your input. Having the criteria set by you defeats the point of setting a particular theme or restriction, but you can choose between ONE of two options:
1) A piece of music, in any style or instrumentation up to three minutes, based around only these four chords: B, F, C#, G#. You may decide on major or minor variants as you wish, and use them in any order, but the piece must contain only these as base harmony, and must use each at least twice. I chose the roots by tapping frets at random on my guitar.
2) A piece of music in any style or instrumentation that will fit under the 1mb attachment limit for this forum. For reference, a 60s track as a 128kbps mp3 is 965kb.
A lower limit of five entrants is needed, pieces will be voted on by you, I won't be participating and the winner will be pinned in a forum-wide announcement for two weeks. A score is helpful but not necessary; recording, export or mockup is.
Place your votes in the poll, post any queries and I'll review the results in a week's time - October 1st.
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Post by driscollmusick on Sept 24, 2017 20:41:55 GMT
It sounds like two different contests to me. And the second one is basically "write whatever short piece you want", which is not that intriguing.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2017 21:05:42 GMT
I like a challenge but how should we work? Score or auricle?
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Post by Dave Dexter on Sept 24, 2017 21:06:37 GMT
That's the point, two different contests to vote one option from. One limits the harmony, the other limits the duration. It sounds like two different contests to me. And the second one is basically "write whatever short piece you want", which is not that intriguing.
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Post by Dave Dexter on Sept 24, 2017 21:09:23 GMT
Audio is the main thing, since the majority of people post a mockup plus score but seldom a score only. I like a challenge but how should we work? Score or auricle?
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Post by driscollmusick on Sept 24, 2017 21:29:38 GMT
That's the point, two different contests to vote one option from. One limits the harmony, the other limits the duration. It sounds like two different contests to me. And the second one is basically "write whatever short piece you want", which is not that intriguing. So you are only judged against the others in your category? Then why are you calling it a "contest" (singular)?
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Post by Dave Dexter on Sept 24, 2017 22:55:54 GMT
"Before that, I need your input. Having the criteria set by you defeats the point of setting a particular theme or restriction, but you can choose between two options" "Place your votes beneath" You vote for one contest out of two. The winning contest is the one that happens, if there's interest. Then why are you calling it a "contest" (singular)?
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Post by Bob Porter on Sept 24, 2017 23:06:19 GMT
That's the point, two different contests to vote one option from. One limits the harmony, the other limits the duration. So you are only judged against the others in your category? Then why are you calling it a "contest" (singular)? Everyone votes for one or the other. Only one will be used. I vote for number one.
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Post by Mike Hewer on Sept 25, 2017 9:07:37 GMT
I too vote for contest 1. It could almost be a passacaglia or chaconne challenge as it is. It'll definitely make the entrants think and exercise ingenuity to keep things interesting.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2017 13:28:52 GMT
I favour choice #1 but I'm not really sure it will light my fire
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Post by fuguestate on Sept 25, 2017 16:51:05 GMT
I'm still trying to decide between the C#7 contest and the 1MB contest... Question: is the harmonic restriction strictly to C#, F, G#, B major/minor, i.e., no other chords are allowed? What about passing chords? Or other modifications like C# dim? Or jazz modifications like C#4-b9-b13?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2017 17:15:15 GMT
I'm still trying to decide between the C#7 contest and the 1MB contest... Question: is the harmonic restriction strictly to C#, F, G#, B major/minor, i.e., no other chords are allowed? What about passing chords? Or other modifications like C# dim? Or jazz modifications like C#4-b9-b13? Well this could be a great place for learning new tricks Your superior knowledge of modified chords will give you so much of an advantage, I'll allow myself little expectation of winning. passing chords? I vote we suspend them
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Post by fuguestate on Sept 25, 2017 17:31:13 GMT
So we should pass up on the suspended chords too?
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Post by Dave Dexter on Sept 25, 2017 17:39:10 GMT
Major and minor. Minimal passing chord use, and as for jazz modifications, nope! f you feel you're composing to work around the restrictions, then that's a good indication you shouldn't be doing it! I want to see what people do when composing to a pretty specific brief (with complete freedom of structure, instrumentation and style). Question: is the harmonic restriction strictly to C#, F, G#, B major/minor, i.e., no other chords are allowed? What about passing chords? Or other modifications like C# dim? Or jazz modifications like C#4-b9-b13?
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Post by fuguestate on Sept 25, 2017 18:02:48 GMT
Got it. As for working around restrictions, hahaha... I compose for the very purpose of finding new interpretations to old rules... (While still obeying the letter of the rules, of course.) I was very tempted to enter a tango fugue to Gav's contest in the Other Forum, but probably won't because I probably won't have the time to do a convincing job of it. ( What on earth is a tango fugue?!, you ask? Sadly, the world may never find out now... )
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