Composition Challenge
Made in Musio Studio
Musio Studio is free, with 80 instruments across 18 collections in every free account. Write your own original piece with them, and three entries drawn at random win 12 months of Musio Complete.
Mac, Windows and Linux. No account needed to download.
- Theme (optional)
- Winter
- Length
- 30 seconds to 3 minutes
- Open
- Nov 12, noon ET to Nov 20, 11:59 PM ET
- Who
- 18 and over, one entry each
- No purchase necessary
How to enter
- Download Musio Studio and sign in with a free Musio account.
- Write your piece using only the free instruments below.
- Export the audio and save the project.
- Send both with the form below.
The free instruments
Every free Musio account gets these. Use only these, even if you own others.
18 collections · 80 instruments
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African Marimba
2 instruments
- African Marimba Traditional Mallet
- African Marimba Stick
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Ancient Bones
3 instruments
- Femur Trumpet
- Trident Shell
- Death Whistle
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CineLegacy: Harp
1 instrument
- Harp Pluck
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CineLegacy: Percussion
10 instruments
- Snare Concert On
- Snare Concert Off
- Snare Piccolo
- Snare Military
- Snare Period
- Toms
- Piatti
- Suspended Cymbal 1 Stick
- Suspended Cymbal 1 Mallet
- Suspended Cymbal 2 Mallet
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CineSymphony
13 instruments
- Woodwind Ensemble Keyswitch
- Brass Ensemble Keyswitch
- String Ensemble Keyswitch
- Orchestral Percussion Keyswitch
- Woodwind Ensemble Longs
- Woodwind Ensemble Shorts
- Brass Ensemble Longs
- Brass Ensemble Shorts
- String Ensemble Longs
- String Ensemble Shorts
- String Ensemble Pizzicato
- Timpani LITE
- Orchestral Percussion
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Create Series: Accent Pianos
3 instruments
- Keyswitch Accent Pianos
- Short
- Low Sustained
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Create Series: Kalimba
1 instrument
- Kalimba
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Create Series: Tonal Tickies
19 instruments
- Anklungs Hands
- Balafone Hot Rods
- Boomwhackers Floor Hit
- Cowbells Brushes
- Ethnic Cowbells Brushes
- Ethnic Cowbells Hands
- Glass Marimba Brushes
- Guitar Skewer
- Hang Drum Brushes
- Hang Drum Hot Rods
- High Happy Drum Hot Rods
- High Happy Drum Super Ball
- Marimba Brushes
- Mountain Dulcimer Brushes
- Song Bells Brushes
- Stone Marimba Brushes
- Stone Marimba Hands
- Tuned Plates Brushes
- Tuned Wood Box Brushes
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Create Series: Tongue Drum
1 instrument
- Tongue Drum
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Create Series: Toy Xylo
1 instrument
- Toy Xylo
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Create Series: Twisted Psaltry - Cinematic FX
5 instruments
- Keyswitch Twisted Psaltery
- Drone High
- Drone Low
- Shepard Tone Up
- Shepard Tone Down
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Handbells
2 instruments
- Handbells
- Sleighbells
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Mister Rogers' Celeste
1 instrument
- Mister Rogers Celeste
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Session Piano - Upright
1 instrument
- Session Upright Piano
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Village Drums
1 instrument
- Drum Kit 1
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Village Mallets
4 instruments
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Xylophone
- Vibraphone
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Vintage Drum Machine: LinnDrum
1 instrument
- Full Kit
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Vintage Synthesizer: Prophet 5
11 instruments
- Patch 11 Sus
- Patch 12 Sus
- Patch 13 OS
- Patch 14 OS
- Patch 15 Sus
- Patch 16 OS
- Patch 17 Sus
- Patch 18 Sus
- Patch 21 Sus
- Patch 22 OS
- Patch 33 Sus
All of them, free in Musio Studio.
Mac, Windows and Linux. Sign in with a free Musio account.
The prize
Three winners, drawn at random from eligible entries on November 21. Each gets 12 months of Musio Complete, a $179 a year plan. If you already have Complete, we add 12 months.
The rules
Not sponsored by Instagram, Meta, X, YouTube, Google, Discord, Reddit, LinkedIn or Bluesky.
Enter the Challenge
Entries open Nov 12 at noon ET.
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