composition exercise – Page 53 – a hundred quirky legs

Competition Exercise #36

Compose better music than everybody else.

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Create a fake electronic sound by non-electronic means.

(Companion exercise to CE#23.)

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Nur dem Groove kein Eingeständnis machen.

Make no concession to the groove.

(Diary entry, October 1st, 2007)

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Take something simple and make it incredibly complicated.

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Compose a piece for three instruments or voices.

The sound of Voice 1 changes slightly on every 7th note of Voice 2.

The sound of Voice 2 changes slightly on every 7th note of Voice 3.

The sound of Voice 3 changes slightly on every 7th note of Voice 1.

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Play with the same hesitant relief

of that first hummed lullaby

after your crying baby

has finally, finally

found sleep.

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Create a graphic score from scraps of empty staff paper.

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Criticize the sound of wind in trees.

Improve the splash of rain on roofs.

Applaud the birds.

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Write a piece of music based on this exercise.

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Let one of your pieces go viral.

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