# Composition Questions

* What parts of your \[in the works] piece do you like the most? (now develop those)
* If this piece had an odor, how would it smell?
* \[looking at one note]
  * What all can you do to that one note?
    * articulations
    * dynamic(s)
    * timbre change
    * shock (by another instrument's entrance)
* What parts show up most for one's first hearing of the piece?
  * What parts do people discover only after many listenings?
* Is it working as you hoped?
* What are some of your bad ideas?
* Are you having fun? why not?
* What are you doing in this piece that you've never done before?
* Single words:
  * surprise
  * risk
  * limitations
  * engaging
  * statement (make a statement or ask a question)
  * questions (make a statement or ask a question)
  * improvise
  * relevant?
  * relationships (what relationship does x have with y?)