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Re: Week 1 - Prepare // Mar 22nd
@Debbie thanks for sharing that performance video! And your exploration of new harmonies paired with Brouwer's rhythmic figures was probably really fun to work with, plus it sounds very good!…
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Re: Week 1 - Prepare // Mar 22nd
@Vilio Celli Great, thank you for sharing your updates! :)
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Re: Week 1 - Prepare // Mar 22nd
@Igor Very nice, cohesive piece! Sometimes we do all the analysis work and thinking, but still end up with something new and it's a really great thing!…
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Re: Week 1 - Prepare // Mar 22nd
@Emma I actually really like the serious and moody character of your lost etude, and think you added some nice touches by inverting the bass-line. Thanks for submitting a recording too! Great work :…
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Re: Week 1 - Prepare // Mar 22nd
@joosje Great work! Interesting new harmonies applied to a tried and true texture. I love your exploration of different sounds over a bass-line that seems more diatonic than the rest of the music.…
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Re: Week 1 - Prepare // Mar 22nd
@Eric Thank you for the kind words, AND for providing us all a beautiful recording of your new piece! Just fantastic 👍
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Re: Week 1 - Prepare // Mar 22nd
@Ron I know exactly how you feel with struggling to start, I've definitely been there many, many times. I am so glad you decided to join this challenge! See you in week 2's livestream!
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Re: Week 1 - Prepare // Mar 22nd
@Marek Tabisz I just LOVE this! Very solid work here, and kudos for performing it for us :) and that minor triad at the end was so haunting and unexpected, bravo!
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Re: Week 1 - Prepare // Mar 22nd
@Vilio Celli What a charming theme you have created! You came up with something musically that your notation does not reflect: mixed meter! If I were to rewrite your idea,…
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Re: Week 1 - Prepare // Mar 22nd
@Blaise Laflamme This is just great!! I love how you took some of the most characteristic elements of the study and almost inverted them by adding harmonics, and an expansion on the contour too.…
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Re: Week 1 - Prepare // Mar 22nd
@Eric Wow! I personally find this piece to be very creative. You gave yourself some really good boundaries that produced a more serious and Bach-like sibling to Lagrima, well done!…
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Re: Week 1 - Prepare // Mar 22nd
@Ron Fantastic work! I just love how you exchanged the melody between the upper and lower voices, very sophisticated. I also really appreciate that you got "lost" because it adds some flavor,…
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Re: Week 1 - Prepare // Mar 22nd
@Marek Tabisz So far, great work with this imitation piece! You used many tools the original provided such as texture, structure, and then put your own twist (minor key, arpeggios.) Keep it coming!
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Re: Week 1 - Prepare // Mar 22nd
@José Espírito Santo Wonderful! I enjoyed that VERY much! It's very interesting in a lot of ways, but at the same time it has this sophisticated simplicity.…
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Re: Week 1 - Prepare // Mar 22nd
@José Espírito Santo If you're writing music, then its valid! That's all I'm truly here for is to help encourage and guide with the end goal of writing, writing, writing.…
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Re: Week 1 - Prepare // Mar 22nd
Howdy everyone 🤠, since it's my first time doing this workshop I hope ya'll are open to a few tweaks now and then in how we do things here in the forums.…
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Re: GENERAL DISCUSSION Thread: Click Here to Have a Conversation!
@Igor Hey there! I love your enthusiasm, thank you for taking the time to watch my previous livestreams :) today's is available to view, hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
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Re: READ ME FIRST: Guidelines for the Composition Challenge!
@José Espírito Santo Awesome! See you soon!
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Re: READ ME FIRST: Guidelines for the Composition Challenge!
@José Espírito Santo Hey Jose! There are no pre-requisites necessary to join this challenge. The most helpful things to have are curiosity and an explorative mind :…
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READ ME FIRST: Guidelines for the Composition Challenge!

Welcome, everybody to the first ever tonebase Composition Challenge! 📝😎 Get ready to learn how to turn your musical ideas into finished pieces on the guitar.…
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GENERAL DISCUSSION Thread: Click Here to Have a Conversation!

This is the place for general discussions which don't fit in the weekly threads Perhaps you have a question inspired by the challenge? Want to chat about general topics of music composition?…
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Week 3: Draft // Apr 5th

Welcome to Week 3! This week we focused on form, setting parameters, and drafting in aims of completing more short pieces. The assignment for this week is to blueprint (plan) our ideas into whole…
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Week 4: Complete // Apr 12th

Welcome to Week 4 of the Composition Challenge! 🎉 Today's show will be the final didactic livestream of the series! Next week, we will reconvene to enjoy each other's music in the final watch party.…
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Week 1 - Prepare // Mar 22nd

Welcome to the Main Thread for the first week of the composition challenge! This is the place to discuss the Week 1 livestream and post your Week 1 assignments.…
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Week 2: Develop // Mar 29th

Welcome to Week 2's main thread! Here you can find the outline of materials and sample exercises to get you started. Then, post your finished exercises (either all at once or one at a time depending…
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