text score – a hundred quirky legs

Composition Exercise #446

Write a 20+ part text score for solo electric guitar.

Release it in the form of a metal tour T-shirt.

Instead of listing the tour stops on the back,

simply list the score, one line per part.

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.

Create a self-referential text score. See here for an example.

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Create a text score in the form of an email auto-reply.

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Write a text score disguised as a grant application.

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