Name: Red Queen by Musical Test Kitchen
Duration: 57 s
Description: Composing Music by William Russo - Chapter Six

Composing Music by William Russo - Chapter Six

Red Queen

A composing challenge in which I work through the prompts in Jorge Variego's book Composing with Constraints: 100 Practical Exercises in Music Composition.

Exercise 4: Compose a melody for solo bassoon using only 8th notes and rests that uses all available pitches in the given scale for the first 5 measures, then substitutes 1 new note into the scale for the rest of the melody.

Composing With Constraints Ex. 4

A composing challenge in which I work through the prompts in Jorge Variego's book Composing with Constraints: 100 Practical Exercises in Music Composition.

Exercise 3: Compose a melody for solo clarinet that uses all available pitches in the given scale for the first 5 measures, then only uses a subset of 4 pitches from that scale.

Composing With Constraints Ex. 3

A composing challenge in which I work through the prompts in Jorge Variego's book Composing with Constraints: 100 Practical Exercises in Music Composition.

Exercise 2: Compose a melody for solo oboe that starts and ends on different pitches, and uses the given scale and rhythmic material.

Composing With Constraints Ex 2

A composing challenge in which I work through the prompts in Jorge Variego's book Composing with Constraints: 100 Practical Exercises in Music Composition.

Exercise 1: Create a scale with 5-7 pitches, and write a melody for solo flute with a clear focal point, using specific rhythm excerpts.

Composing with Constraints Ex. 1

A composing challenge in which I work through the prompts in Jorge Variego's book Composing with Constraints: 100 Practical Exercises in Music Composition.

Exercise 7: Compose a melody for solo French horn using concatenated major and minor triads.

Composing With Constraints Ex 7

A composing challenge in which I work through the prompts in Jorge Variego's book Composing with Constraints: 100 Practical Exercises in Music Composition.

Exercise 6: Compose a melody for solo vibraphone using a given ordered scale and rhythmic structure.

Composing With Constraints Ex. 6

A composing challenge in which I work through the prompts in Jorge Variego's book Composing with Constraints: 100 Practical Exercises in Music Composition.

Exercise 5: Compose a melody for solo trumpet using a given scale and applying simple transformations to it.

Composing With Constraints Ex. 5

A composing challenge in which I work through the prompts in Jorge Variego's book Composing with Constraints: 100 Practical Exercises in Music Composition. (Please excuse the cheesy MIDI sounds.)

Compose a melody for solo bass clarinet using concatenated triads (major, minor, augmented, or diminished).

Red Queen

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