Community Challenge 30 | Write something intricate (Patreon)

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Hi Everyone,

Every week I post a Community Challenge. This is an opportunity for my Patrons to explore writing music. Sometimes it's about applying some specific music theory concept. Sometimes it's about a specific technique. Sometimes it's an exercise in limiting yourself to some really specific parameters. Other times it's about writing from a very open ended writing prompt and seeing what happens

The goal is to practice being creative and actually use the music theory you've been learning here on my Patreon. In my opinion, the whole point of learning guitar is to express yourself musically and these challenges are designed to be a weekly reminder to create something.

This week's challenge is: Write something intricate

This is a vague one. Open ended. You're free to explore what intricate means to you, or define the way you'd like to be intricate before you start writing.

You could think of it as detailed, lush, interlocking parts - like if you played single notes only on guitar and kept stacking them. 

Or you could think of it as an intricate chord progression, where you're focused on specific voicings of each chord - maybe the progression itself is a detailed story. Maybe the melody and chord progressing interlock in some intricate way.

The dictionary definition of intricate is "very complicated or detailed."

You could focus on lyrics that are detailed in some way or complicated. The idea is that some element of your creation feels intricate.

Antonyms of the word include "simple, easy, straightforward, plain, direct"

Having said all that, not every part of your creation needs to be intricate, just a part or concept of your choosing. Have fun and post what you write on the community forum!

The only rules are 1) you must write something new AFTER reading this post and 2) you must explain how you interpreted "intricate" in your creation when you post it. Have fun!

Check out the Lesson Archive for more Community Challenges - you’re welcome to participate on any past Challenge at any time!