Today, I decided to try the following quests from “Quest Logs” :
- Taco Cat: Write a melody and create a song around it. A palindrome is spelled the same backwards and forwards, like “racecar,” or “taco cat!”
- If it Ain’t Baroque: Write a period piece in the Baroque style. Check out Wikipedia for guidelines on style and musical instruments of the time.
So this is a challenge of ” melody palindrome”.
I decided to write a small Menuett (in Baroque style), and first, I worked on sheet music to create the melody. Then I came up with this:
(The melody goes backward from measure thirteen.)
Then I arrange it with Recorder and Harpsichord. About this track, melody has the top priority, and harmony/chord progressions needed to work around with it. That was the tough part, but overall it was a fun challenge.
Here’s the outcome :
Let me know what you think!
(UPDATED September 2018)
I went ahead and finalized this sketch! Now it’s available at our Royalty-Free Music Shop, so please check this out!
