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24th Sample Tune
Friendly Contest
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June 1st, 2010
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October 31st, 2010
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Principle
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For this contest session, a pre-filled staff is provided to the
competitors.
If the Myriad plug-in is installed on
your
computer, use the bar below to listen to it:
or right-click the link below to save the file on your computer
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The submitted music pieces must contain the whole staff. The rest
of the score (other staves, accompaniments, rhythms, page settings,
instruments, etc) is completely free.
Please read the details below to know what is possible to do and
what is not.
You can:
- Add as many staves as you wish. The content of
these staves is
as you please.
- Transpose the whole staff by as many semi-tones
as you
want.
- Change note shape, color, size, velocities,
delays and pressure
times the way you want.
- Use rules to change instrument of for any other
use
- Insert effect processors, ornaments, grace
notes, dynamics,
etc. on this staff.
You cannot:
- Delete or insert bars (measures)
- Use break symbols (bar repeat, segno, coda,
numbered parts,
etc.
- Delete or add rests or notes on this staff
(other than grace
notes).
- Change the pitch of a note for any other
purpose than shift it
by an integer number of octaves.
- Mute one or several notes.
- Transpose/shift only a part of the staff.
- Use to play the notes an transposing instrument
that shifts by
anything but an integer number of octaves.
- Use to play the staff notes a percussive/not
chromatic
instrument.
- Change the average tempo outside the [80,180]
quarters per
minute range (the total duration of the piece must stay between
1m44s and 3m54s)
As a rough guide, a chord grid for the piece is provided below. You
are of course free to use it or not.
Intro: 1 empty bar
C/G/Am/F (4
bars) repeated
7 times (28 bars)
Break: G/Em/F/Dm/G/Em/F/G
(8 bars)
C/G/Am/F (4
bars) repeated
7 times (28 bars)
Break: G/Em/F/Dm/G/Em/F/G
(8 bars)
End: C/G/Am/F/C (5
bars)
Total : 78 bars
Good luck to all!
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Click here to read the rules
(general rules are superseded by the specific ones above)
If you have any question about how to proceed, please contact us.
Music Pieces
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The previous contest session
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23rd
Contest
Closed May 31st 2010
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The mandatory topic of this contest session was:
SATB
(Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass)
The submitted pieces had to be made of only 4 staves, each one
matching a register of sung voice.
Actual lyrics or the use of Virtual Singer were optional.
Style and duration were free.
The playability (singability) of the score will be taken into
account by the jury. More
information
here.
Exceptionally, the winners of the previous contests were allowed to
participate to this session. In this case of course, they won't be
part of the jury.
The competitors enable Myriad to select a chorus that would be
allowed to perform their score without limitation as part of free
public performances. Video and/or audio recordings of such sessions
could then be freely made available on the Internet and on a CD-ROM
intended for the competitors.
This session is dedicated to Laurier Nappert 1946-2010.
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1er Prix
Wins an harmonica
HOHNER
MEISTERKLASSE (C), a Myriad USB flashdrive and will be part of the
jury for the next sessions
"The miscellaneous voices are well
mastered. The apparent simplicity of this piece confers a pleasant
freshness, paradoxically strengthened by a message ("No to AIDS") that
could be considered as clumsy in other circumstances."
"A real melody,
even if its logic is hyperpredictable. But it's also what gives it the
capacity of being immediately absorbed by the listener. As a bonus, a
message always judicious to recall." |
2e Prix
Wins a GOLD sound
base CD, a Myriad
sweatshirt and a Myriad USB flashdrive.
"An interesting development, and a good use of the miscellaneous
registers."
"Setting a poem to music is never easy. This one is rather nice, even
if theappearance isimprovable ."
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Wins a GOLD sound
base CD and a Myriad sweatshirt
"Very neat score. A
special attention has been given to the adjustment of the miscellaneous
voices, in order to obtain a spotless sound rendering."
"This piece catches
the attention for the details in the voice interactions, the subtelty
of some melismas, the mastering of dynamics."
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Click
here to listen to the submitted scores
If you represent a chorus interested by this approach, please contact us.
The other sessions
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Some winners have answered a short set of questions.
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Click here to see
the winning pieces in previous sessions