March 2007 Competition

Every month, YC will be hosting a mini-composing contest. During the first three weeks, you will be given time to compose a piece on a given musical category, and post them in the "Submissons" thread. On the last week, a poll will be put up, and you can vote for your favorite submission, even if you have not submtted a piece. On the next month, a new monthly contest will begin, and the winner of the previous contest will be announced.

You will have until March 24 to compose and submit a FREE FORM SONATA. Remember the rules:

*A contestant may NOT vote for himself/herself.

*Any sonata posted after March 24 will not count.

Good luck and have fun!

Er.....instruments to use?

Keyboard only.

Does free form sonata mean a piece in sonata form with relaxed rules, or something else?

Relaxed rules. It doesn't have to be in strict sonata allegro form, unless you want it to.

Can I submit a piece with 5 pianos :)?

:) ...sure, why not.:(

Darn, I saw the title and assumed the competition was to write a march. That would have been a much more creative idea!

it would have.

i'd like to write a march. :thumbsup:

You can write a march and call it a sonata..

Yes. As long as Jeremiah doesn't mind, send all entries to me. Jeremiah and I will sort them out and help place them.

I will most likely make a wiki page on this.

You can't write a march for keyboard. Have you ever tried to carry a grand piano around a football field?

If you really wish to write a march, you can vote for it to be the next monthly competition.

You can't write a march for keyboard. Have you ever tried to carry a grand piano around a football field?

That is brilliant.

You can't write a march for keyboard. Have you ever tried to carry a grand piano around a football field?

Of course you can't! That's why I always use my Casio CTK-511. It's light-weight, MIDI capable, and I can strap it to me using percussion straps and bungee chords. :laugh:

It could be a concert sonata-march. It has to be a free-form sonata. That is one way of doing it... I suppose.

Are there any limits as to length, or suggested length of the work?

I was wondering if I could write a sonata in ritornello form and call it a sonata, like in Bach's BWV 1029 (and of course just writing it for solo keyboard, not with gamba obliggato)... is that ok or do I need to write it in something closer to sonata form, 'cause "free-form sonata" is very... general

If i do take part I'm using ritornello form.

Sonata allegro form annoys me :D

As long as it is a sonata, it's ok.

No specific length. Preferably a little longer then 1.5 minutes. But if not its ok :D

As long as it is a sonata, it's ok.

No specific length. Preferably a little longer then 1.5 minutes. But if not its ok :D

Thanks!

If i do take part I'm using ritornello form.

Sonata allegro form annoys me ;)

Sonata allegro is interesting though. But to me it's a matter of modulating to all of those different keys with smooth transitions. It's also very clearly defined, quite a good thing to me since it offers structure (although I admit I already stretched a few of the rules already).

but in ritornello form (well, not really a form, it's more of a technique) you're modulating everywhere, that's what makes it so fun ;)

but in ritornello form (well, not really a form, it's more of a technique) you're modulating everywhere, that's what makes it so fun :D

I learned something today. Thanks, Mark. ;)

A complete Sonata or just one movement?

Edit*

And we cannot use a previously composed piece, right? I think it would be better if we couldn't.

No, it must be completed this month.

One movement of a sonata is fine. Unless you'd like to submit a complete sonata.