Morivou Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Welcome! THIS is where the music for the competition will be sent in! I ask that the participants please submit the following before January 31st (or Jan. 30th... not sure... I REALLY should look at a calendar): TURN IN EVERYTHING ON THIS LIST!!!! 1. A Midi file of the piece. 2. An MP3 'IF POSSIBLE/NECESSARY'* 3. A Score in .PDF, gif, jpeg, or any type of file that is suitable to ANY computer without extra software needed (excluding Adobe).* 4. The typed variation report found in the Rules/Sign-Up thread. AND, a background of your musical experience (just a paragraph) *An MP3 can be used if necessary desired effects are wanted to be heard better that a Midi cannot. *A score is needed for the purpose of Judging *If an MP3 is put in, no Midi is needed, but a visual score is still necessary! Judging shall be commenced on this scale: (There will be 5 topics for each of the four judges, they will each give a score on 1-5 of each of these topics... THEN they will add the numbers up and that is the score from that judge. The cumulative score (each Judge score out of 25, added is out of 100) out of 100 is the final score.The reason I am doing it this way is to prevent favorites, and to prevent weaknesses in the composer's style that cannot be helped, such as lack of theory training but great music.) Rubric: 1. Form (1-5) -Did they use at least 4 variations? -Is the theme strong? 2. Development (1-5) -Does the piece flow? 3. Notation (1-5) -The score is laid out correctly. -The score is neat, and is effective and practical for real life usage. 4. Compliance with the Rules (1-5) -Everything required is turned in and filled out properly and is correct. 5. Instrumentation (1-5) -Ranges of Instruments is used correctly. -General instrumentation rules are followed. If there is something wrong, or I am missing something... or something is messed up, PLEASE tell me and I will try to fix it! :) JUDGES WILL SEND ADVICE BY PM AS TO MAKE IT MORE PERSONAL!!! -Morivou- Submission List- JUDGES: (I only want five, sorry I take one!) 1. Morivou 2. XxCransworthxX 3. IHoldThePenHaHa 4. jujimufu PARTICIPANTS: 1. EnigmusJ4 2. virtualshock 3. M_is_D 4. Dev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_is_D Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 I have an Mp3 of the piece. Do I *have* to post a MIDI? It'll sound completely terrible and give the wrong idea of how the piece sounds. Can't it just be the mp3 and the score in .pdf format? Anyway. Here's the link to the mp3: Box.net - Free Online File Storage, Internet File Sharing, Online Storage, Access Documents & Files Anywhere, Backup Data, Send Files The score is attached to this post in .pdf format. Techniques used for the variations: my ear, 'nuff said. I didn't used techniques on purpose. Description of piece: It's scored for violin and piano, and begins with the 2 minute theme - not mine, it's my town's unoficial anthem, a little folk piece - followed by 5 variations, the 4th being slow and having an extended piano part. It lasts 8 minutes and 31 seconds. Musical background: I've been playing the violin for 10 years and have had classes on solfege and the sorts for four years. I've never had composition lessons and I write stuff based mostly on what my ear tells me. Variations on Fado das Fogaceiras.MID Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morivou Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 Nope, and I sent you your first Judge review! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_is_D Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 Nope, and I sent you your first Judge review! OK, MIDI file added. But PLEASE people, listen to the mp3, it's MUCH better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morivou Posted January 13, 2008 Author Share Posted January 13, 2008 Actually... I meant that you did not have to put a midi just as long as there was an MP3 and a PDF, so you are off the hook if you want to take it down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jujimufu Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Hm... About the judge reviews, how do you want them done? I would rather write a lengthy review of the whole piece in general, which will be sent to the composer, but what about the grades? Do we send these to you or do we post them online? Oh, and also, if the composer of each individual piece agrees, Maybe we (judges) could post the reviews on this forum, so that other people can see the reviews (after we've reviewed all pieces, that is, so there is no kind of cheating by seeing what a judge is judging), and learn from other peoples' mistakes as well :) What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morivou Posted January 15, 2008 Author Share Posted January 15, 2008 As long as all participants agree, sure. AND, do the reviews however you want, and send the grades to me (but also send them to the participant so he knows what he got.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virtualshock Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Alrighty I am #2. My variations consist of two recorders variating on a simple, chant like theme, the theme is variated thus: I-Retrogad II-Augmentation III-Inversion IV- Diminution V-retrogade inversion Background: I have played violin for 3 years, composing for ~2 with no lessons or anything of that sort, self taught. This piece will probably be torn to shreds but whatever:) Box.net - Free Online File Storage, Internet File Sharing, Online Storage, Access Documents & Files Anywhere, Backup Data, Send Files EDIT: The Mp3 has a 2nd movmt, a short of rustic chant, the varition ends at ~4 minutes EDIT #2: Since my recent judges have asked my variations are for 2 soprano recorders, whose range are from middle C up too about C above the staff. theme&varitations.pdf PDF theme&varitations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 I have evaluated M is D's piece. Should I send it to you, Morivou? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morivou Posted January 16, 2008 Author Share Posted January 16, 2008 Yes please! ALL JUDGES, SEND ME REVIEWS AND SCORES WHEN YOU ARE DONE WITH EACH PIECE!!!! Send them to me separately for each submission, not together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saiming Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 May I ask if all judges have finale and if they can open a .mus file from finale2007? I could make a midi, but it really would sound terrible. An Mp3 would of course be desirable but I do not have such equipment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Gently Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 If you have Finale 07 then you do :huh:. Save Special in the File menu.... Save as an mp3 :w00t:. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XxCransworthxX Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 You can just include a .mus file along with your mp3 and pdf so that anyone with Finale can view it, and anyone without it can use the mp3. (I have Finale.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jujimufu Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 I have finale, but please do print the score as a PDF as well. If you need help doing that, ask me or any of the other judges, I am sure we can help :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XxCransworthxX Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 I'm kinda busy with some stuff now, so there is a slight possibility that my judging will be delayed be a little bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 I do not have Finale. Just make a PDF file of it, and provide an MP3. I can't remember how to get the free PDF converter, but I think that you can find it on a Google search. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morivou Posted January 17, 2008 Author Share Posted January 17, 2008 There is a thread somewhere about pdf converters... you should find it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jujimufu Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 I think we're misusing this thread. Only submissions to the competition should be posted here, any questions and conversations about things related to the competition should go to the other thread, so that it will be easier for us judges to get all the pieces in as less pages as possible, so we won't spend time scrolling through 10's of pages until we get all the pieces... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saiming Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 If you have Finale 07 then you do :huh:.Save Special in the File menu.... Save as an mp3 :w00t:. I know, problem is that my Finale crashes everytime I want to save it as an mp3 :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirk Gently Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 ok, then that is a problem :P... Try updating Finale or reinstalling it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morivou Posted January 19, 2008 Author Share Posted January 19, 2008 Alright then, two submissions... hmmm, gotta do better than that!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 hey man we still got half a month to get them in One question, if I don't know the terms "inversion" "augmentation" etc. and instead call my variations "key change" "minor to major" or "offbeat jazzy style", is that still acceptable? Notice this is purely hypothetical Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morivou Posted January 19, 2008 Author Share Posted January 19, 2008 As long as you know what you're doing and explain as such, I don't care WHAT you call it! haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morivou Posted January 24, 2008 Author Share Posted January 24, 2008 Tick tock! Everyone is running out of time!!! And, JUDGES ATTENTION: PLEASE REVIEW PIECES ASAP!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jujimufu Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 I want to have all the submissions first, so as to judge relatively to the average level of the submissions :) This is another reason I proposed the small introductory paragraph, so as to know what each composer here wants to achieve, because I would give different reviews to a person who just writes for fun and a person who wants to study composition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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