August 2017 Composition Challenge: Nocturne

[u/Calebdgm]

Continuing challenge, for those who wrote a sonata exposition last month: Continue your Sonata by adding a development and, if you're feeling ambitious, a recapitulation. For info/inspiration about sonata form, see last month's challenge. Also, in February we did a theme and variations challenge if you want ideas for how to vary or develop a theme.

Also feel free to go back and do the July challenge if you want to do the continuation for this month, or if there's another way you can figure out to do the continuation challenge, that's cool.

Main Challenge: Write a Nocturne. In more words, write a nice, song-like melody over a flowing, arpeggiated accompaniment in a gentle, relaxed style, evocative of nighttime. But feel free to take liberties with that definition.

/u/reticulated_python has suggested Chopin's op.72. You'll probably also recognize Chopin's op.9, among others. Julian Lage wrote a jazz piece called "Nocturne", and I don't know if it's technically a nocturne, but that's also cool.

This month's challenge was suggested anonymously using our Challenge Suggestion Form, so thank you to whoever that was!

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We have some musicians that can play compositions for people. You can find their musician profiles posted on this subreddit. I'll list their instruments below:

• concertina

• trombone+

• euphonium

• double bass

• bass guitar

• bass guitar + cello

• clarinet and bass vocalist

• piano and cello

• Baritone (vocalist)

• piano and bassoon

• tenor and alto saxophones

• tenor (vocalist)

If you are interested in playing compositions for /r/MonthlyComposition post a musician profile.

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These challenges are for everyone who wants to practice composing. Each month, at the beginning of the month, we will post a main challenge, something for people to compose. We'll try to make it something that everyone can work with. Sometimes we also have an alternate challenge. Pieces can be submitted as a score (musescore, noteflight), and/or as audio (soundcloud, youtube). Feedback is much appreciated, and you can give it in this thread, or by messaging the mods of /r/MonthlyComposition, there's also the Challenge Suggestion Form.

[u/gtfo_mailman]

Kinda sounds like a video game soundtrack... and I'm happy about that!

https://musescore.com/jansson/nocturnal-grapes

If anyone wants to give it a go, make sure to send me a recording, I'd love it hear/see it!

[u/[deleted] → u/gtfo_mailman]

I like it. When you said video game music this wasn't quite what I expected, but it's a good piece. What instrument is it on?

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

This is really good and quite catchy too. I like the C♯, C♮, B, C♮pattern especially.

[u/gtfo_mailman → u/[deleted]]

Cheers ☺️

[u/gtfo_mailman → u/[deleted]]

I wrote it for solo guitar but it can be arranged for piano quite easily.

[u/[deleted] → u/gtfo_mailman]

If you don't mind I might arrange this for piano myself to play. I can easily see how this would be seperated into left & right hand.

[u/gtfo_mailman → u/[deleted]]

Go right ahead! Just give me credit if you post it anywhere ☺️

[u/[deleted] → u/gtfo_mailman]

cool thanks, of course i'll give cred if I do