Community Challenge 09 | Natural Minor (Patreon)

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Hi Everyone,

This is a new thing I've been doing. Not sure if I'm going to keep the Community Challenge around in its full capacity with the live stream every week, but for now I'm having fun doing a live writing session. I really like the idea of my Patrons applying the things they learn here to a weekly writing exercise because, well, in my opinion, writing music is the single most empowering and encouraging aspect of learning music. The more you write, the more music feels like it's yours, and the less it feels like a paint by number exercise.

Every week I'm asking you to write a little something and post it to the community forum. 

This week the challenge is simple: write something in Natural Minor

That "something" could be:

1. A chord progression you've crafted using only chords from Natural Minor

2. A nice melody you've written using the Natural Minor scale

3. A whole song with chords, melody, and bass line using only Natural Minor.

I'm going live at 5:00PM EST to do this challenge myself!

You don't need to write a whole song, you don't need to use recording software like in my GarageBand lessons, but you can if you want. A cell phone recording is completely acceptable. The idea is just to write something!

If this was a drawing exercise, a sketch on the back of a napkin would be just as acceptable as a finished work. Just write something!

Natural minor is the most straightforward of the minor keys, as it contains all the same notes as its relative major. Check out episodes 04, 05, and 06 of Music Theory Monday if you'd like a refresher on the difference between Natural, Harmonic, and Melodic Minor.

Have fun! Check out the previous Challenges for more writing exercises and awesome Patron submissions (in the community forum for each Challenge)

Check out more lessons on the Lesson Archive.