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.


Week 1 assignment description:

Write one short "imitation" piece modeled off an etude by another composer of your choosing by using key elements found in the "model piece." 

 

(For inspiration and some tricks on how to do this, watch the livestream above!)


If you want to describe your process (optional), feel free to use the following template.

  • Etude you are imitating:
  • Things you found easy:
  • Things you found difficult:
  • (Optional): a video of you performing it!
  • (Optional:) questions

↓ Reply below with your assignments and questions! â†“

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  • Howdy everyone đŸ€ , 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. For instance, I am going to share my model piece first with everyone just to actively show how my process is going for this week's assignment! Feel free to do the same â˜ș

    I'm just so excited about being able to talk to each other here that I want to keep the conversation going throughout the week. Feel free to contribute or to post when you are ready. đŸ‘

    For my "Lost Etude" I am going to do another Brouwer Etude (No. 6) AND possibly also a Presti-inspired etude if I have the time!

    Looking forward to hearing from you all!

    - Ashley 

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  • Hi Ashley (Ash) Lucero

    I enjoyed a lot the live session and the way things were presented. We beginners are always scared of doing mistakes and not doing it by the rules. But your approach was different.

    Kindof... "just relax and express your creativity, then... there will be couple few things/points to take in consideration". Being myself a teacher, I believe that's the way to do it, motivating people and then giving advice instead of having them abid to rigid rules (although rules are important. Someone told me one day: first you have to know the technique. And when you know it, you can "forget" about it). 

    I'm writing because I already composed a small piece based on Sor Etude No2. Op 35. But, after taking the etude as a starting point, I diverged a lot and what I created doesn't have a lot in common with the original study. 

    My question is: Is it still valid? Should I post it or should I leave it? Pls let me know. 

     

    Kind regards

    José

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    • JosĂ© EspĂ­rito 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. :)

      I'm so glad to hear that you enjoyed the livestream! I think you got the most important message about just "doing" despite our doubts.

      Feel free to post any type of progress on here!

       

      -Ashley

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    • Ashley (Ash) Lucero 

      Right. Then... here it goes. I tried to imitate and then it went its own way. 

    • JosĂ© EspĂ­rito Santo 

      Audio of it.

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      • Ronnull
      • Ron.3
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      JosĂ© EspĂ­rito Santo Great little piece - thanks for sharing

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    • Ron 

      Thanks, Ron. It will be very interesting to see everybody’s work and learn together. We will get so many “imitation” examples... :-)

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    • JosĂ© EspĂ­rito 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. Very nice, consistent texture throughout with some clever play with contour..fantastic job, JosĂ© :)

       

      edit: AND thank you so much for submitting so early, it's an inspiration to see such motivation!

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      • Emmanull
      • Emma
      • 3 yrs ago
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      José Espírito Santo bravo! the piece is round with a beautiful finish!

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    • Ashley (Ash) Lucero 

      Thanks a lot, Ashley (Ash) Lucero

      I am gonna try to write more, perhaps inspiring on one piece and bringing into the result ideas taken from another. Perhaps joining two very different, one very classical and other not so classical. Let’s see...

       

      Kind regards

      José

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    • Emma Emma 

      Thanks a lot, Emma
       

      I think we will have a lot of interesting material posted by a lot of people. And in the process, we will be learning together and using Ashley (Ash) Lucero advice and guidance.

       

      Kind regards

      José

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      • Igornull
      • Igor.2
      • 3 yrs ago
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      JosĂ© EspĂ­rito Santo Very nice!!  The classic and the modern blended, perhaps? Thank you!

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    • JosĂ© EspĂ­rito Santo I really enjoyed those last eight measures.

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      • Debbie
      • Debbie
      • 3 yrs ago
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      JosĂ© EspĂ­rito Santo I wish I could hear it. I don’t know why my iPad won’t play it đŸ€·đŸŒâ€â™€ïž

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    • JosĂ© EspĂ­rito Santo Beautiful piece!! Listening to it, I felt like there is a voice that has a lot to say, but not today, maybe some other day .. very contemplative in mood. Thanks for sharing. 

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    • Marek Tabisznull
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    • Marek_Tabisz
    • 3 yrs ago
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    Here is my imitation (only the first part so far) of Carcassi's Etude Op. 60 No 16. For fun, I changed the original key signature (F Major) to D Minor and added some arpeggios. In any case, work is in progress.

      • Marek Tabisznull
      • retired guitar teacher
      • Marek_Tabisz
      • 3 yrs ago
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      In addition to my previous post:

      Etude I'm imitating: M. Carcassi - Etude Op. 60, No 16 (F Major)

      Things I found easy:  "structure" of the piece

      Things I found difficult: No notation software automatically changes the key from Major to Minor, so I had to do it manually

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      • Ronnull
      • Ron.3
      • 3 yrs ago
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      Marek Tabisz Excellent. Love the change to the minor. 

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      • Marek Tabisznull
      • retired guitar teacher
      • Marek_Tabisz
      • 3 yrs ago
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      Ron Thank you - mayby I can record complete piece (if my microphone allowe me ;-) ) Here is only coputer generated mocup

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      • Marek Tabisznull
      • retired guitar teacher
      • Marek_Tabisz
      • 3 yrs ago
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      Ron Ashley may disagree 😄 I don't know if that was exactly what the imitation quest was about. The final version - I suspect - will be slightly different ...

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    • Marek Tabisz 

       

      Beautiful! I enjoyed a lot. Can you record it actually playing on the guitar?

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    • Marek Tabisz That was fun! One of my favorite etudes for sure!

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    • Marek Tabisz very nice work, Marek!

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      • Marek Tabisznull
      • retired guitar teacher
      • Marek_Tabisz
      • 3 yrs ago
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      José Espírito Santo If I will prepare all thje study i think I record it.... So far, my microphone is blowing up..

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    • Marek Tabisz 

      Right. Let’s wait :-)

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