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When composing a melody, you have to be able to simultaneously comprehend all of the different aspects of a melody, while at the same time, push them out of the active working part of your mind, so …
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Developing the Composition The next phase in the music composing process is developing your composition. All composers must go through this process. You have to take that messy glob of musical …
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Small ternary form is a great way for you to create a three part piece. It follows a simple structure, A-B-A', but built into it is a set of very useful techniques that you can use to add logic and …
Musical Periods Like me, you have probably been frustrated composing phrases that sound "off". Maybe they feel like they ended too soon, or don't sound complete. If this has happened to you, keep …
Small Binary Form, or often just called Binary Form, is a musical form consisting of two main sections, labeled A and B, each of which is typically repeated. This fundamental form has been used for …
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Categorizing music by form, is hierarchical in nature. At the smallest usable scale is the motive or motif. The motive is usually a few beats, and gives you small characteristic atoms of music to …
