Scott Paul Johnson

Community Challenge 94 | Write something from absolute certainty

Added 2025-05-06 17:00:03 +0000 UTC

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Hi Everyone,

This week, your challenge is to write something from absolute certainty. I explain what that means in the video. ALSO - as a further limitation - it must be in a diatonic major or natural minor key with NO notes outside the key. In other words, no modes, no secondary dominants, no chords or notes borrowed from another scale, no chromatic movement.

The idea of working from absolute certainty is to make sure you're actually doing what you intend to do. Most writing is from a place of flowstate, fun, and not thinking too hard. Thats a GOOD THING. BUT---- in order to improve, it really helps to create limitations and force yourself to stay within those boundaries, AND continue to check in throughout the process so you're absolutely sure you're doing what you set out to do.

This might be a new muscle for some people to stretch, but I think once you get the hang of it, you'll see the value. Check out the video for more of an explanation!

Post what you've written to the community forum.

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