Composition Exercise #440

Write a piece for choir in which all singers wear face masks and are free to walk around the room).

Each mask has a pitch or phrase written on it that others can read and sing, using a tuning fork to find the correct pitch.

Other instructions such as groups of notes to choose from, onomatopoetic words or text scores are also possible.

Composition Exercise #110

Composition Overgrowth

Write a piece in which the performer is allowed to change or completely overwrite one original bar before every performance.

If another musician plays the piece she is to continue where the previous player left off, changing another bar.

The final performance is to take place when every bar has been changed and a completely new piece has emerged.


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