Week 1: Harmony

Week 1 is all about writing to a harmony. A chord progression will be provided and its up to you to write a melody to fit. The harmony should be central to your piece, but not necessarily exclusive. You can branch out from it with counter harmonies, call-and-response, key changes, etc, but aim to keep your piece short.

All the prompts in this week are directly inspired by real music; in addition to providing the progression, each day will also contain a description of the style of music this progression came from. You don't need to incorporate this into your piece, but it could provide an additional challenge if you're looking for that.

Prompts

Day 1: Lullaby

E - G#m - Bm - A
Am - E - F# - B7 - E

Day 2: Work Shanty

Am - F - E
Am - F - E
Am - Dm - F
Am - E - Am

Day 3: Disco

Dm - Gm - Dm - Gm
Bb - Gm - Dm/A A
Dm - Bb - C - Dm
Bb - Dm - C - Dm

Day 4: Old Country

A - G - A - G - A
G - A - G - A
A - D - A - D
A - D - C/G - D
Bm - E

Day 5: Chamber Music

Gm - C - D - Gm
Cm - F - Bb - F
Em - A - Dm - C
Bb - Am - D - G

Day 6: Pop

Dm - F - Gm - Bb
C - Dm - Bb - C

Day 7: Musical

A#m - D#m - Cm -F
F# - F - A#m - F - A#m
Am - Dm - B - E - Am
Am - Dm - Bm - E - Am