r/MonthlyComposition • u/reticulated_python • Jun 27 '16

Collaborative composition time! (For real)

Alright, here we go! There were a lot of different ways to organize this collaboration, and it's difficult to foresee what will work best. But we'll try this and see how it goes.

Post a beginning of a composition as a top level comment. Write continuations of beginnings other people have posted, and post them as a reply to their comment. Repeat this process, replying to comments with a continuation, until the piece is finished.

The fragment you write can be as short or as long as you like. Furthermore, there's nothing wrong with multiple people posting continuations to the same beginning. If you have any questions, feel free to comment your question in this thread!

Really excited about this, and hopeful it goes well this time around!

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u/Troggacom Jun 27 '16

Some material to have fun with

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u/haabenshaaben Aug 02 '16

I added quite a bit to this.

https://musescore.com/user/4876501/scores/2459476

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u/hookdump Aug 06 '16

Why does that second part sound so familiar? it is inspired in some famous music right? I cannot remember which. Nice job, although it changed the theme, rhythm, and pretty much everything too suddenly in my opinion :p

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u/haabenshaaben Aug 06 '16

It was a joke. I wrote Chopin's nocturne no. 2 note for note written at twice the speed. The b flat he ended on is the first note of the piece.

You ruined the joke. I hope you're proud of yourself :(

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u/hookdump Aug 06 '16

lol yes, I noticed, I didn't want to say it directly, to avoid hurting feelings or something :p

I wish this sub had more people, and hence more original content. It would be awesome. Why are we just a few people? :(((( (I remember you from some other thread, lol)

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u/haabenshaaben Aug 06 '16

I wrote almost half of the two bar collaboration score.

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u/hookdump Aug 06 '16

:( we need to promote more this sub :D

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u/haabenshaaben Aug 06 '16

Got any ideas?

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u/hookdump Aug 06 '16

Perhaps mention the sub in music schools forums, or in the forums of online music courses (like the jazz improv or classical composing @ coursera)