🌧️ April Challenge: Harmonizing H2O

The water cycle is a fascinating natural phenomenon that highlights the interconnected nature of Earth's ecosystems. Every stage of the water cycle sustains life, while also showcasing the complexity and beauty of our planet.

Dive into the wonders of the water cycle!

The challenge

In this challenge you will write a song about this natural phenomenon, reflecting the different states of water as an element.

If you are looking for inspiration, I suggest this amazing film:

Instructions

• The composition must be an original song created specifically for this challenge in Flat.
• Collaborations are allowed (3 composers max.).
• The song must be 1-5 minutes long. Scores longer than 5 minutes will not be considered.
• You can only submit one score.
• External audio sources can be used (doing so won't influence the results).
• Deadline: April 28st. No late submissions.

Scoring system

✅ Accuracy (30)

How well the song matches the water cycle theme.

✅ Engagement (30)

How well your song captures the listener's attention for its entire duration.

✅ Transitions (30)

How smooth and well-designed the song's transitions are (e.g. modulations).

✅ Founder Enjoyment (2)

How much the founders of Tutteo, the company behind Flat, like your piece.

✅ Last challenge winner enjoyment (8)

How much the winner of the last challenge likes your piece.

Bonus points

• Join our Discord server (2 points).
• If you have another artistic affinity, create something (a poem, a drawing, etc.) inspired by your score that we can share with the rest of community (5 points).
• Only use piano (you can have as many piano parts as you like; 5 points).

🥇 The score with the most points wins!

Prize

🏆 One-year Premium subscription.

Additional incentives

• Promotion in our blog and social media.
• Special badge for a year showing you as the winner of this month's challenge!
• You can help us choose next month's winner.

Submissions

Please send your submission 👉🏽 here.

Submissions received after the deadline will not be considered.

⚠ Private scores cannot be reviewed! Please make your score public before submitting it.

After submitting, we will manually add your score to the Challenge tag on the Flat Community Page. This isn't an automatic process, so you'll have to have a bit of patience.

Good luck!!