Music Composition Assignments — You choose.

William Wieland

Each assignment is due before class. Save your music as an mp3 file and place it in D2L > Communications > Discussions. (We cannot listen to everyone’s music during class every week.) Either record acoustic instruments or export your music from a computer program.

After class, listen to the music of your classmates and offer at least two comments: Particular Praise — Identify artistic merit. Constructive Criticism — Offer a suggestion to improve the work.

Note: Short pieces are about 1 minute long. (Many assignments ask for 3 short pieces.)

AI Assignment Aleatoric Assignment Bad Music Assignment Bitonality/Polytonality Assignment Constraints Assignment (Do early.) Contrast Assignment (Do last.)

Drawing/Prose Assignment Extended Techniques Assignment Lennon/McCartney Assignment Lyrics Assignment Microtones Assignment Musique Concrète Assignment

Non-tertian Chords Assignment Program Music Assignment Rhythm Assignment Variations Assignment

Other Possibilities (untried) — Please offer more ideas.

Pastiche Assignment (incomplete) Utilitarian Assignment (incomplete) Fight Song — Something short to be played to excite the crowds at a sporting event. It would have upbeat energy and possibly instructions for spectators to do mass movement or shouting together.