Scott Paul Johnson

Community Challenge 91 | Write something with open voicings

Added 2025-04-15 19:02:30 +0000 UTC

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Hi Everyone,

I'm going live in a few minutes for this one.

Every week I post a Community Challenge. These challenges serve as a regular reminder that MAKING music is the single best way to get music theory concepts into your fingers and brain. The goal is to write something new this week based on the prompt, but you're welcome to participate in a previous community challenge anytime!

Sometimes the challenge is about applying some specific music theory concept. Sometimes it's about a specific technique. Sometimes it's an exercise in limiting yourself to some really specific parameters. Other times it's about writing from a very open ended writing prompt.

This week the challenge is: Write something with open voicings

Your personal skill level, comfort zone, and free time are all important considerations when approaching a Community Challenge - I’m not asking anyone to write a full song! I’m asking for whatever you have the time, mental bandwidth, and skill to accomplish in roughly two weeks.

If you end up writing ANYTHING, I consider that a huge success. Write SOMETHING. It could be just a simple chord progression you put together or a riff you came up with using a pentatonic scale. Use the writing prompt to guide you and watch my video if you need more ideas.

POST WHAT YOU’VE WRITTEN HERE ON THE COMMUNITY FORUM.

Check out the Lesson Archive for more Community Challenges - you’re welcome to participate on any past Challenge at any time!