June 22, 2025Jun 22 Not sure if this is the right place for this post, but I came across something, quite simple but still fun. Was browsing youtube and stumbled upon a video. At the very beginning, the creator presented a 4 bar line of a Violin melody. (I've altered it a slight bit to make it a tiny bit more interesting. the original challenge melody reused the 1st measure, except with the same 4 32nd notes you see at the end of bar 3. I elected to simply change it to Gb, rather than staying on the G. I also included an ending 1 and a fine measure to sort of round it out a bit more. Here is the Challenge Melody): The instrumentation to be used for this challenge includes Vln. 1 & 2, Viola, and Cello. 4 Staves, with Vln. 1 already written for ya. Just curious to see what everyone else comes up with 🙂 Here is mine! I'm not a virtuoso or a master so mine will probably pale in comparison to some of yours. Lets see it! Harmony Challenge.mp3
June 22, 2025Jun 22 Interesting. Your version sounds great. Although for me, that Gb “desperately calls” for an F#, which is part of the dominant chord. Best regards.
June 26, 2025Jun 26 Made this account just so I could upload this and remind y'all never to end in minor : ) Also accidental Shostakovich in bar 3.
June 27, 2025Jun 27 Author On 6/22/2025 at 12:29 PM, Luis Hernández said: Interesting. Your version sounds great. Although for me, that Gb “desperately calls” for an F#, which is part of the dominant chord. Best regards. MP3 Play / pause Challenge - Flow 1 0:00 0:00 volume > next menu Challenge - Flow 1 > next In my haste, I neglected to run back through to fix those lol Musescore wrote em how it wanted to and I didn't really care xD My composer friend, who spends hours in discord with me while we write together, mentioned the same thing. I was more or less concerned with the harmonies, in how they blended together. I suppose it's one of my weakest areas, in terms of writing. I've always had trouble remembering to correct accidentals. 0_0
June 27, 2025Jun 27 OK In the tuning system we use, a Gb sounds the same as an F#. But of course, with that notation there is no (visual) tonic dominant relationship, which in this language is basic.
June 29, 2025Jun 29 Hi @UncleRed99! Apart from the F# issue Luis said, I wouldn't have two F#s in the last beat of b.2 and first beat of b.3, since it doesn't sound good with two leading tones unless you have four more other tones to outbalance them in a chord for me. Thx for sharing and attracting other members to join the challenge as well haha. Henry
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