The February,
2012 SmartMusic® blog announced, “Create new music to win your dream vacation
from Garritan!” Should I? Could I?
The contest
rules were very specific. The composition had to use Garritan virtual
instruments and incorporate an exact series of notes (G A Eb G A Eb Bb) and
last no more than ninety seconds. It must evoke the atmosphere of a vacation destination.
Composers would upload an audio of their composition to the Facebook contest
page. Facebook users would click on the audio files, listen to them, and vote
for their favorite. A panel of judges would pick the winner from the ten entries
having the most votes.
I grew up
vacationing in one of National Geographic‘s fifty destinations of a lifetime.
The Boundary Waters Canoe Area in northern Minnesota is a million-acre paradise,
a wilderness of a thousand lakes with fifteen hundred miles of canoe routes.
You leave behind the clamor of civilization and become immersed and enthralled by
the sights and sounds of nature.
My most
memorable vacation in the BWCA was with Bob. We honeymooned there, portaging
from lake to lake, followed by a pack of boy scouts for a mile or so! The most
memorable sounds in the BWCA are loons calling to each other around sunset.
I wrote lyrics,
marrying memories of our honeymoon and the calls of the loons. I set the lyrics
to a melody, incorporating the required series of notes. Then, using virtual
instruments, tried to imitate loon vocalizations. Garritan virtual instruments performed
the composition. I uploaded the audio to the contest page and people voted. Did
I win? No, my song didn’t get many votes. But I wrote it for the man I love. He
voted for it. It was his heart that I had won. Happy forty-sixth anniversary,
Bob!
From the album
“Paper Book Colors - Songs from Nature” this video is scrolling playback
of the song.
Kathy
You can
get print (PDF) and/or digital (MusicXML™) sheet music for Loon Lake.
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| Click here for print sheet music. |
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| Click here for digital sheet music.
(MusicXML™ is
the standard open format for sharing digital sheet music.
Check the help files
in your music notation app for directions on importing MusicXML™ files.)
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