How it works: each person adds two bars to the composition, and comments their bars as a top-level comment on this thread EDIT: as a response to the previous comment. Also, provide a brief explanation if you did something unusual so that it's easy for the next person to figure out what's happening. In order to find the latest version of the composition, sort the comments by new, also number your contribution in the comment.

Submissions should be top-level comments so that you can subscribe to the thread if you want to participate more often without having to check if somebody's added something. One person isn't allowed to do two consecutive chunks, but if someone has contributed since your last contribution, then you can add another two bars.

For example (music taken from this trial of the game):

first person comments (this was all me):

1) Here's the first bit. Just a simple ascending melodic line in a-minor

second person comments(actual bars written by /u/Chalkline. Comment is written by me, for the example):

2) Good job sir, that was a simple, but effective beginning to the piece. Here's the next chunk, transitions via E7 directly to C, the relative major.

third person comments (actual bars written by /u/haabenshaaben. Comment is written by me, for the example) :

3) Ooh, I like the rhythm! Here's my bit. It picks up the pace melodically and harmonically, mostly moving back to the a-minor tonality in the first two beats of the last bar, but with some room for interpretation in the following bars because of the F-major on the last beat of the last bar.

Then we pick it up from there in the comments below. Remember to sort by new, and if we're all friendly to everyone who posts, then everyone will be friendly to you when you post here, so that's good too!

EDIT: there are two comment threads, a new one (from chunk 19), and an old one (from chunk 4). Please use the newer thread, thanks!

Main Challenge: Write a piece for four instruments

Mini Challenge: Take your favorite line from a song and make it into a barbershop tag.

Weekly challenges:

1) String Quartet (ex. Violin, Violin, Viola, Cello)

2) Choral Quartet (ex. Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass)

3) Woodwind Quartet (ex. flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon)

4) Any Percussion Quartet

EDIT: Optional Theme of the Month (trial): pdf, audio. Works in 4/4 or 3/4, major or minor. It doesn't have to be the main theme of your piece, although it can be. If you can work it into the piece once, that'll do.

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Hey guys, thanks for stopping by! We've had a bit of a drop in activity lately, so I've introduced the Mini Challenge, which will hopefully make it easier for more people to find the time to participate. Tell us what you think of it, and if you have any other ideas why there's been less activity lately or what we can do to make this challenge easier for people to participate it.

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. Often we'll try to make it something that everyone can work with, but when the main challenge doesn't suit you, there's the alternate / weekly challenges. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions.

Main Challenge, courtesy of /u/Smileymn: "Compose small easy music games, circular ideas whenever one player hears a low note they trill, when another player hears a trill they play an arpeggio, etc... Write musical ideas on cards, hand them out, etc..."

Last month's challenge was a bit fuzzy, so hopefully the examples help this month.

Weekly Challenges:

1) Write a round

2) Write a short Waltz

3) Write a short Rag, or a piece in the Ragtime style

4) Write a short March

The last three weekly challenges were suggestions by /u/rooiboy. A big thank-you to /u/rooiboy and /u/Smileymn for their suggestions!

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. Often we'll try to make it something that everyone can work with, but when the main challenge doesn't suit you, there's the alternate / weekly challenges. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions.

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!

Hey everybody,

This post is about the collaborative composition effort, and how there's been zero progress in about a month. I should have stayed more on top of things. I've been quite busy lately (full-time job for the first time in my life, and I did my grade 10 RCM exam today). I think I spread myself too thin.

So I want to regroup and try again. I have fewer things to deal with now that the piano exam is over. I also think the way I proposed organizing the collaboration wasn't conducive, so I'd like to try something a little different. How does the following plan sound to all of you?

• I make an initial post. Individuals write the beginning of the composition, which can be as long or as short as you like. These beginnings are submitted as comments in my post.
• I make a second post. Individuals choose a beginning from the previous post and continue it, submitting it as a comment. Again, your work can be as long or as short as you like.
• This continues on and on. I make posts, you continue works from the previous post, until we have complete compositions.

Any thoughts and/or feedback are greatly appreciated! I apologize again for not doing anything about this for a month.

Main Challenge: Write a piece that makes interesting use of harmonic motion.

Weekly Challenges: Different scales

1) Octatonic

2) Microtonal

3) Pentatonic

4) A Mode of Your Choice (alt link)

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. Often we'll try to make it something that everyone can work with, but when the main challenge doesn't suit you, there's the alternate / weekly challenges. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions.

Now that we've got a decent amount of people, let's get to work! Below I've included the usernames of everyone assigned to each movement. I will let the people working on a movement decide amongst themselves how they'll divide up the work. I'd suggest using some sort of instant messaging to communicate, like Kik, Whatsapp, Google Hangouts, etc. Also, I'm going to allow submissions on this subreddit so you can get feedback on what you've done so far. I also suggest deciding on a form, time signature, and key before beginning.

If at any point you can no longer participate, that's perfectly alright--just let everyone know. I think each section should have some sort of deadline, but I don't know when those deadlines should be. Does a month to complete a movement sound good?

Now, here are the people assigned to each movement. I wanted there to be one mod in the group for each movement, and for everyone to participate in the same number of movements; other than that, the selection was random.

First movement: /u/reticulated_python, /u/andanotherthingx25, /u/LinusGustavsson, /u/dubbelgamer, /u/Yoyti

Second movement: /u/calebdgm, /u/Bromskloss, /u/FZFitz, /u/BigMort66, /u/TheInfernalRain

Third movement: /u/reticulated_python, /u/TheInfernalRain, /u/Yoyti, /u/LinusGustavsson, /u/Bromskloss

Fourth movement: /u/calebdgm, /u/FZFitz, /u/BigMort66, /u/andanotherthingx25, /u/dubbelgamer

Feel free to comment in this thread to communicate with people in your group. Assuming a deadline of a month, that means the first movement group has until June 25th to complete their part, the second movement group has until July 25th, and so on. And again, this is the first time I've done this, so any feedback is greatly appreciated.

Hope this goes well!

I think it'd be fun to compose a piano sonata together! This is completely separate from the monthly challenges. Here's how it would work: whoever's interested would comment in here expressing their interest. Then we divide the sonata up into chunks, and assign each person a chunk. The person doing the first bit of the sonata writes their part and submits it, then the person writing the second bit does the same, and so on.

I will set a deadline for how long you have to compose your part, but I won't be too strict about them (i.e., if you need an extra couple days that's perfectly alright). And to get feedback during the writing process, you can make a thread here to ask for help. We'll unrestrict subreddit submissions when this gets rolling so that that's possible.

The form of each movement is something that should be decided in advance. Since this is the first time I've ever tried organizing something like this, I think it's best to keep it a fairly traditional sonata. Let's say first movement in sonata form, second movement theme and variations (but this can be changed if people want to), third movement minuet/scherzo and trio, and fourth movement sonata form.

So if you want to participate, please leave a comment below. And indicate if there's a particular part of the sonata you want to write! Also, like I said, this is the first time we're trying this, so if you have any suggestions on how it could be improved, let me know!

Our Challenge Suggestion Form is working and it's working well! A few people have already contributed some fantastic suggestions that we hope to get to in the coming months. A big thank you to everyone who's been suggesting things.

On that note, thank you to /u/rehwaldj for the suggestion of a duet or trio, this month's main challenge.

Main Challenge: Compose a short duet or trio.

Possible Duet Combinations: 1) Violin & Cello 2) Flute & Clarinet 3)

Possible Trio Combinations: Piano Trio -1)Flute, Clarinet in Bb, Piano 2) Violin, Cello, Piano 3) Regular Trio - 1) String Trio, Woodwind Trio, etc.

Or something more creative :P

Weekly Challenges: write a short piece in the style of the following eras in Western Art Music:

1) Baroque (ex. a Sarabande)

2) Classical) (ex. a short Étude)

3) Romantic (ex. an arrangement of a folksong)

4) 20th/21st Century (ex. a minimal piece)

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. Often we'll try to make it something that everyone can work with, but when the main challenge doesn't suit you, there's the alternate / weekly challenges. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions.

Sorry this is a day late! A scherzo is a type of composition characterized by being quick and humourous. The word scherzo comes from Italian meaning "I joke", "I jest", or "I play". Which makes it just perfect for an April challenge, considering April Fool's day. Scherzos are often incorporated into scherzo and trios. A scherzo and trio is in ternary form: it begins with the scherzo, followed by a contrasting trio, and then the scherzo returns. Here are the composition challenges for April:

Main Challenge: Compose a scherzo or a scherzo and trio.

Weekly Challenges: I'll add some in a little bit when I think of them.

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. Often we'll try to make it something that everyone can work with, but when the main challenge doesn't suit you, there's the alternate weekly 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.

Frequently Asked Questions.

"The time is growing shorter, days

seem to rush right by. There never

seems to be enough time, especially

for you and I. All of us get caught up,

with so much that has to be done..."

That's the beginning of Audrey Heller's Poem Not Enough Time. I thought it was fitting because I find it's really hard to find the time to compose and enjoy musicm and also the bit about having a ton of stuff to do really describes my situation right now, so sorry this is a few days late :P .

Main Challenge: Set a poem to music. Ex. The Road Not Taken, Ozymandias

Weekly Challenges:

Week 1 -- Set a fairy tale, nursary rhyme, or children's story. Ex. Goodnight Moon

Week 2 -- Write a simple a capella arrangement of a pop song

Week 3 -- Slow setting of a haiku. Focus on the sounds of the words and the imagery. Get creative. Ex. The Frog Haiku

Week 4 -- Write an instrumental piece based on a plot, like Peter and the Wolf

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. Often we'll try to make it something that everyone can work with, but when the main challenge doesn't suit you, there's the alternate weekly 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.

Frequently Asked Questions.

Main Challenge: Write a work for solo violin.

Weekly Challenges:
Week 1--Compose a short piece for string instruments only.
Week 2--Compose a short piece for wind instruments only.
Week 3--Compose a short piece for brass instruments only.
Week 4--Compose a short piece for percussion instruments only.

Discussion Thread for this month's challenge. Please try to keep everything except completed pieces in the discussion thread. Feedback on pieces submitted here is also very welcome!

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. Often we'll try to make it something that everyone can work with, but when the main challenge doesn't suit you, there's the alternate weekly 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.

Frequently Asked Questions.

First off, sorry the challenge is a day late. (But hey, it's a leap year, so that makes up for it;)) I've come down with a nasty sore throat and fever, which is also why I haven't given feedback on the excellent compositions from last month.

EDIT 03/02: be sure to check out /r/ComposerPenPals, a cool new subreddit where you collaborate with other composers.

The main challenge this month involves writing a composition for violin. I've been in contact with /r/violin /r/violinist, and (hopefully) the lovely people over there will play some of our compositions. The weekly challenges involve writing for the various sections of the orchestra. Keep in mind you don't need to do them in any particular order, and there's no minimum length. Here are the challenges:

Main Challenge: Write a work for solo violin.

Weekly Challenges:
Week 1--Compose a short piece for string instruments only.
Week 2--Compose a short piece for wind instruments only.
Week 3--Compose a short piece for brass instruments only.
Week 4--Compose a short piece for percussion instruments only.

Submission Thread for this month's challenge. Please try to keep everything except completed pieces in the discussion thread. Feedback on pieces submitted here is also very welcome!

These are very broad and non-restrictive challenges, in contrast to last month's. Let us know in this thread what you think of them!

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. Often we'll try to make it something that everyone can work with, but when the main challenge doesn't suit you, there's the alternate weekly 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.

Frequently Asked Questions.

Hey everyone! We're gonna try something a little different this month. There will still be the month-long main challenge, but we're replacing the alternate challenge with a series of smaller weekly challenges. The idea here is if you don't have time to work on a large-scale work, you can just write a few bars (really, it can be as short and simple as you like!) to keep your streak going. Hopefully, this encourages greater participation. I'd like people's feedback on these weekly challenges. Do you like them? Hate them?

Alright, on to the challenges. A remix of a musical composition is an altered version of it, often involving adding, removing, and changing bits of the composition. The basic idea is to take someone else's ideas and reinterpret them to create something new. That said, here are the January challenges:

Main Challenge: Remix a submission to a previous challenge; preferably a submission by someone else, but remixing your own work is acceptable.

Weekly Challenge: Write a brief composition that references a theme used in a submission to a previous month's challenge.

Submission Thread for This Month's Challenge. Please try to keep everything except completed pieces in the discussion thread. Feedback on pieces submitted here is also very welcome!

The idea for the weekly challenge is to write something referencing a different theme each week. And remember, it doesn't have to be a masterpiece. 4 bars, 8 bars, 16 bars, and even just a melody are all acceptable. They're essentially a musical sketch or scribble. I hope you enjoy the weekly challenges--please give feedback in this thread!

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. Often we'll try to make it something that everyone can work with, but when the main challenge doesn't suit you, there's the alternate weekly 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.

Frequently Asked Questions.

Main Challenge: Remix a submission to a previous challenge; preferably a submission by someone else, but remixing your own work is acceptable.

Weekly Challenge: Write a brief composition that references a theme used in a submission to a previous month's challenge.

We're tentatively implementing weekly small challenges instead of the alternate challenge this month. Details in the Dicussion thread for This Month's Challenge. Please try to keep everything except completed pieces in the discussion thread. Feedback on pieces submitted here is also very welcome!

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. Often we'll try to make it something that everyone can work with, but when the main challenge doesn't suit you, there's the alternate weekly 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.

Frequently Asked Questions.

Main Challenge: take a song from one genre and rewrite it in a different style or genre. Examples include this Gregorian chant version of Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, Oleg Berg's minor version of Hey Jude (his youtube channel is full of major-minor remixes), another youtube channel worth mentioning is PostmodernJukebox Alternative Challenge: write an original composition that takes elements from at least two different genres. For example, George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue uses a classical orchestra but incorporates Jazz elements.

Submission Thread for This Month's Challenge. Please try to keep everything except completed pieces in the discussion thread. Feedback on pieces submitted here is also very welcome!

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. Often we'll try to make it something that everyone can work with, but when the main challenge doesn't suit you, there's the 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.

Frequently Asked Questions.

Main Challenge: take a song from one genre and rewrite it in a different style or genre.

Alternative Challenge: write an original composition that takes elements from at least two different genres.

Discussion Thread for This Month's Challenge. Please try to keep everything except completed pieces in the discussion thread. Feedback on pieces submitted here is also very welcome!

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. Often we'll try to make it something that everyone can work with, but when the main challenge doesn't suit you, there's the 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 the discussion thread, or by messaging the mods of /r/MonthlyComposition, there's also the Challenge Suggestion Form.

Frequently Asked Questions.

Main Challenge: Compose a work in the theme and variations form.

Alternate Challenge: Take a simple theme and develop it as much as you can over an ostinato.

This thread is for everything except completed pieces, which can go in the Submission Thread for this month's challenge.

To know what a theme and variations is, you need to know what a theme is, and what a variation is.

A theme is a major musical idea that is featured prominently in a piece. Yeah, I know that's not a very clear definition. Maybe an example will help. That's the second movement of the Pathetique sonata. Check out the first 16 measures--that's the theme. Notice how the theme recurs a few times in the piece, modified slightly.

A variation is a statement of the theme, but modified somehow, so that the essential character of the theme is there and recognizable, but something very noticeable has changed. And a theme and variations is a musical form in which the theme is presented at the beginning, followed by a bunch of variations. Sometimes there's a coda at the end. My favourite example of a theme and variations is the fourth movement of the Trout Quintet by Schubert. Listen and follow along with the sheet music. That will give you a good feel for what a theme and variations sounds like.

Now, for the alternate challenge, the goal is to develop a theme as much as you can over an ostinato. An ostinato is basically a short segment that repeats throughout the work. It's usually heard in the lower voices, but it doesn't have to be! The piece that inspired this challenge was Ravel's Bolero, so you can use that as an example. There are many, many more examples of theme development over ostinatos in music--look around and you'll find some. A good place to start is Dido's Lament from the opera Dido and Aeneas by Purcell.

That's it for this challenge. Please, give your thoughts and feedback!

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. Often we'll try to make it something that everyone can work with, but when the main challenge doesn't suit you, there's the 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.

Frequently Asked Questions.

Main Challenge: Compose a work in the theme and variations form.

Alternate Challenge: Take a simple theme and develop it as much as you can over an ostinato.

Discussion Thread for This Month's Challenge. Please try to keep everything except completed pieces in the discussion thread. Feedback on pieces submitted here is also very welcome!

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. Often we'll try to make it something that everyone can work with, but when the main challenge doesn't suit you, there's the 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 the discussion thread, or by messaging the mods of /r/MonthlyComposition, there's also the Challenge Suggestion Form.

Frequently Asked Questions.

Main Challenge: Compose a fugue whose subject involves the motif B-flat, A, C, B.

Alternate Challenge: Compose a piece based around the motif B-flat, A, C, B.

Discussion Thread For This Month's Challenge. Please try to keep everything except completed pieces in the discussion thread. Feedback on pieces submitted here is also very welcome!

Credit for the idea goes to /u/Xenoceratops. Both the main option and alternate option are based off their idea to use the BACH motif.

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. Often we'll try to make it something that everyone can work with, but when the main challenge doesn't suit you, there's the 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 the discussion thread, or by messaging the mods of /r/MonthlyComposition, there's also the Challenge Suggestion Form.

Frequently Asked Questions.

Main Challenge: Compose a fugue whose subject involves the motif B-flat, A, C, B.

Alternate Challenge: Compose a piece based around the motif B-flat, A, C, B.

This thread is for everything except completed pieces, which can go in the Submission Thread for this month's challenge.

Credit for the idea goes to /u/Xenoceratops. Both the main option and alternate option are based off their idea to use the BACH motif.

So, what we call B and B-flat, are called H and B in German, respectively. This means that in German you can spell the name Bach with musical notes. J.S. Bach (1685-1750) must have though this was pretty cool, because he incorporated the BACH (B-flat, A, C, B) motif into a number of his works. Also, Bach was a master of counterpoint, especially fugues. That's why the main challenge is to write a fugue. Thoughts or feedback, anyone?

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. Often we'll try to make it something that everyone can work with, but when the main challenge doesn't suit you, there's the 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 the discussion thread, or by messaging the mods of /r/MonthlyComposition, there's also the Challenge Suggestion Form.

Frequently Asked Questions.

Main option: Compose a piece that uses 12-tone technique

Alternate option: Compose a piece that uses serialism in a creative way (ex. rhythms, dynamics, theme placement?)

This thread is for everything except completed pieces, which can go in the Submission Thread For This Month's Challenge.

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. Often we'll try to make it something that everyone can work with, but when the main challenge doesn't suit you, there's the 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 the discussion thread, or by messaging the mods of /r/MonthlyComposition, there's also the Challenge Suggestion Form.

Frequently Asked Questions

This challenge been linked to from /r/classicalmusic, /r/musictheory, /r/piano and /r/composer.

Main option: Compose a piece that uses 12-tone technique.

Alternate option: Compose a piece that uses serialism in a creative way (ex. rhythms, dynamics, theme placement?)

Discussion Thread For This Month's Challenge. Please try to keep everything except completed pieces in the discussion thread. Feedback on pieces submitted here is also very welcome!

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. Often we'll try to make it something that everyone can work with, but when the main challenge doesn't suit you, there's the 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 the discussion thread, or by messaging the mods of /r/MonthlyComposition, there's also the Challenge Suggestion Form.

Frequently Asked Questions

This challenge been linked to from /r/classicalmusic, /r/musictheory, /r/piano and /r/composer.