Using Chords
More so, using chords as a mold for piece construction.
In rock culture, which I'm not really that affluent in, the writers would just use chords for simplicity. Try it out! (Don't make a rock song though. Stick to instrumental or choir music.)
Write a piece based on the order of these chords. You have to stick to the order of the chords, although if you want to, you can add some quick transitions. [You can also transpose the key signature to better suit your piece, but the chordal system I am giving must remain]
Also, you don't have to demonstrate the chords being played. Write your piece as if it goes along with them. You can write a duo with harmony based on the chords, you can write a piano piece, solo piece, choir, large ensemble, anything! Do what ever you wish. Make a melody out of it. Even add on more if you please. I didn't get these chords from anywhere specifically, I just thought them up. Here they are:
F minor
Db major
Eb major
C minor
F minor
Bb major
G minor
C minor
Eb major
G minor
Ab major
Ab minor
Eb major
G minor/Ab major*
F diminished
G minor/G major/Bb major*
C minor
* The fourth to last and second to last chords have multiple options. You may pick whichever one. Feel free to turn any one of these chords into dominant/major sevenths, suspended or anything four-parted, like sixths. You can chose only 2 minors to be made into dimished if you wish to, but 2 is all. I would really like to hear what you can do. I know my game rules are a little more stern, but I'm letting you create the melody instead of having you write accompaniment to a melody. So it's time to show your creative side once again. Remember, the chords don't have to be apparent, but the harmony should be apparent most of the time.
Good luck!
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Dec 5 2007, 2:49 PM
well i really don't know how to compose vertically, so i developed the chords through a polyphonic texture. hope these instruments work well for you. 
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