Assignment #5
- 1Retell an existing fairy tale
- 2Use a Shakespearean sonnet rhyme scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
- 3Only use instruments that don't require electricity to function
- Due Jun 21, 2020
- 7 Submissions
- Created by agasthya
Other Assignments
Assignment #15
- 1Introducing them one at a time, create a stack of four equal-length, non-drum loops.
- 2With the loop stack running, add a fifth element on top—lead line, melody, whatever you please.
- 3Allow the fifth element to end and remove the loops, avoiding the reverse order in which they were added.
Assignment #14
- 1Write a theme song for an imaginary TV show.
- 2The show’s premise is equal parts your real life, and very much not your real life.
- 3Feature an instrument you have never featured before.
Assignment #13
- 1Borrow a phrase or line from Poetry Foundation’s Poem of the Day.
- 2Before considering any music, write all of the lyrics, including the borrowed line.
- 3Include at least one a cappella moment in the song.
Discussion
Sam Pearce May 26, 2020 12:16pm
Yeah, awesome assignment @@agasthya . I’ve only ever read a few sonnets and thought it would be cool to read more before trying to write my own. I found all of Shakespeare’s sonnets here http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1041/1041-h/1041-h.htm , in case anyone is interested. Relatedly, does anyone know any modern sonnets they find inspiring? I love E.E. Cumming’s “i carry your heart with me(i carry it in”.
ryan May 27, 2020 11:07am
Elizabeth Bishop wrote a sonnet in 1928 and 1979, both of which are really cool — ‘modern’ as far as poetry goes, anyways! haha
ryan May 27, 2020 11:08am
The 1928 piece seems just a touch related to what we’re up to here:
I am in need of music that would flow
Over my fretful, feeling finger-tips,
Over my bitter-tainted, trembling lips,
With melody, deep, clear, and liquid-slow.
Oh, for the healing swaying, old and low,
Of some song sung to rest the tired dead,
A song to fall like water on my head,
And over quivering limbs, dream flushed to glow!
There is a magic made by melody:
A spell of rest, and quiet breath, and cool
Heart, that sinks through fading colors deep
To the subaqueous stillness of the sea,
And floats forever in a moon-green pool,
Held in the arms of rhythm and of sleep.
peter May 25, 2020 5:42pm
so stoked on this @@agasthya