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.
- Make sure you've read the guidelines before replying (<- click)
- Watch the kickoff livestream for help with the first section!
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
â Reply below with your assignments and questions! â
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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. 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 
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.
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.
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JosĂ© EspĂrito Santo
Audio of it.
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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 everybodyâs work and learn together. We will get so many âimitationâ 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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JosĂ© EspĂrito 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. Letâs 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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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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JosĂ© EspĂrito Santo I wish I could hear it. I donât know why my iPad wonât play it
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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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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.
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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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Marek Tabisz Excellent. Love the change to the minor.
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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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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 ... -
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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JosĂ© EspĂrito 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. Letâs wait :-)
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