The Grand Duel - Tune Contest - 06.04 to 22.04

Started by Le Woltaire, Tue 06/04/2010 21:37:02

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Le Woltaire

We all know this famous adventure scene:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4nJNaQIrsc&feature=related

Please write me a musical duel.

Rules:
-You have to use two instruments that compete against each other for this.
-You can use real instruments / Midi / VST libraries and so on.
-The winner among them is up to you.
-Examples: Banjo vs Banjo
                  Violin vs Trumpet
                  Horn vs Flute
                  etc.

Good luck.



ShiverMeSideways

You'd think I have no way of inserting heavy metal in this one, right? Well, we'll shall see... We shall indeed see... :D

Tuomas

Maaaaan! I wish I had bought that banjo when I had the chance :(

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Quote from: Tuomas on Wed 07/04/2010 12:20:55
Maaaaan! I wish I had bought that banjo when I had the chance :(

If I had a nickel for every-time I've said THAT to myself!
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Danman

I might enter if I can get a Midi plug-in for banjos.



Kabukibear

You'd think I'd be good at this, seeing as I'm a guitarist but for some reason I can't wrap my brain around the pyrotechnic playing that would be needed for a banjo duel. Classical guitar hasn't prepared me for this :P Ah well, I'll still take a look at it but, thus far, I got nuthin haha.  :-\

Le Woltaire

Just a note:
General Midi Program 106 is called Banjo...



Kabukibear

I know I couldn't come up with jack for this, did anyone manage anything?

Viking

I started something, but only had time to spend an hour or two on it before leaving for vacation.  So I wouldn't be able to potentially finish my entry, let alone polish and post it, until the 21st at least.

Questionable

I tried and got pissed off because I couldn't make it sound how I wanted it to sound... =' [
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Le Woltaire

I say:
Let's make it a bit more open then.
Write me any type of musical duel.

Banjo vs Banjo
Violin vs Tuba
Guitar vs Piano
etc...

Maybe we have more fun like this.



ShiverMeSideways

* grumble monitor dying grumble schedule fucked up grumble wanted to enter grumble *

Le Woltaire

You still can enter...

There is no entry.

I will add three days now to the deadline.

Please post something otherwise I can't chose a winner...



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Quote from: Le Woltaire on Mon 19/04/2010 09:33:31
You still can enter...

There is no entry.

I will add three days now to the deadline.

Please post something otherwise I can't chose a winner...

Just choose me as the winner... =P
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Kabukibear

Sooo, any chance this contest is in the waste bin since no one entered? I'm waiting for the next one since I had nothing to offer for t his one.

Viking

#15
OK, here goes.  Pretty lousy and rushed, but I didn't have much time this month (again) and it's not the style I usually write in. :)

Liebesduell for two banjos, electric bass, and string orchestra

Viking

The theme this month made me think of the Echo Sonata (for two unfriendly groups of instruments) by P.D.Q. Bach.  There's a poor-quality and incomplete recording on YouTube.

Le Woltaire

#17
Thanks for the entry Viking.
You win.

I see this as a battle of two music typologies.
A vienna waltz and a country western.
It's just a pitty that the second banjo mainly takes
over the second violin part in the vienna waltz.
I guess the first banjo won then...?


One of my composer friends had written a horn flute duel long time ago.
It was performed several times with plenty of success here and there.
Here is a part of it and a part of the score:

http://www.vitozuraj.com/PDF/Want%20to%20practise.pdf
http://www.vitozuraj.com/MP3/Want%20to%20practise.mp3



Viking

Thanks!  I thought having a waltz in the middle, where the two banjos have to play together in a romantic piece, was somehow fitting as a humorous interlude.

That piece is great -- I like the nearly constant Petrushka references in the score (starting right around when the recording ends).  It almost sounds like two orchestral musicians warming up at a Petrushka rehearsal.  I'm sure the Strauss references are witty too, but I'm not as familiar with that piece.  I'd love to hear the whole thing. :)

I started a Serenade for violin vs. piano many years ago, but I never finished it.  It would have been a pretty good fit for this competition too, but it would have taken considerably more work to finish than a simple banjo duel and viennese waltz ripoff.

I'll post another contest as soon as I can think of something suitable.

Questionable

Sorry I couldn't get something together... i've been really busy =' [

I hate being busy...
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