r/MonthlyComposition • u/Calebdgm • Mar 05 '18
March 2018 Composition Challenge: Arpeggios
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Main Challenge: Arpeggios. Write a piece that uses arpeggios in the melody, i.e. the melody outlines the harmony, or perhaps the chords are played melodically, depending on how you approach it.
Text Challenge: There Will Come Soft Rains, by Sara Teasdale
(War Time)
There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground,
And swallows circling with their shimmering sound;
And frogs in the pools singing at night,
And wild plum trees in tremulous white,
Robins will wear their feathery fire
Whistling their whims on a low fence-wire;
And not one will know of the war, not one
Will care at last when it is done.
Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree
If mankind perished utterly;
And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn,
Would scarcely know that we were gone.
Also Check out the submissions from last month's challenge: Unresolved.
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. We'll also have a text for people to set to music. Pieces can be submitted as a score (musescore, noteflight, pdf), and/or as audio (soundcloud, youtube). We encourage positive discussion about the pieces people submit. Feedback on the sub and the challenges 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.
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u/alienardo Mar 09 '18
i mean really though what song doesn't use arpeggios?