composition – Page 42 – a hundred quirky legs

Composition Exercise #145

Shelter Music: Sleep inside a grand piano for a while.

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

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Draw your own conclusions.

Ask a musician to interpret them as a graphic score.

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Write a short text score – such as this one or any other Composition Exercise – and include it in your email signature.

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