a hundred quirky legs – Page 44 – composing the fantastic with concepts and computers

Composition Exercise #144

Hug your synthesizer.

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Staff paper is a very old preset. How can you modify it?

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Write a melody in which no two consecutive notes have the same value.

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Sometimes when you’re speaking,

try to listen just to the sound of your words

as if you didn’t speak your own language.

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Proof-read your improvisation before letting anyone hear it.

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I would love to hear your thoughts!

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Record something that sounds like an electric guitar solo without using a guitar.

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Write a sixth voice for Schubert’s String Quintet in C-Major.

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Take your musician friends to a local park for a picnic. Bring a boombox.

Blast John Cage’s and Morton Feldman’s „Radio Happenings“ at high volume all afternoon and listen intently as a group.

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Draw your own conclusions.

Ask a musician to interpret them as a graphic score.

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