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Music Composition For Dummies explains how to use music theory to write music in a variety of forms. It introduces the basic chord construction and shows the reader how to compose music both with chords and melody, develop simple melodic motifs and themes into longer compositions, arrange compositions, create scores, and select the right instruments and voicing to express musical ideas. Music Composition For Dummies also tells how to create popular songs, classically structured pieces, film and television scores, videogame soundtracks, and more using both traditional and improvisational techniques.

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Wiley, John Wiley [distributor]
Language
English
Pages
336

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Composition (Music)

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Table of Contents

1. Thinking like a composer
2. Tools of the trade
3. Musical scrapbooks : writing on paper and screen
4. Rhythm and mood
5. Finding melodies where you least expect them
6. Scales and modes, moods and melodies
7. Building melodies using motifs and phrases
8. Developing your melodies
9. Harmonizing with melodies
10. Composing with chords
11. Composing from the void
12. Beginnings, middles, and endings
13. Musical forms
14. Composing for the standard orchestra
15. Composing for the nonstandard orchestra
16. Composing for multiple voices
17. Composing commercial music and songs
18. Composing electronic music
19. Composing for other musicians
20. Ten composers you should know about
21. Nine career opportunities for composers
22. Ten recommended books for composers
23. Ten periods of music history to explore.

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Includes index.

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Hoboken, N.J, Chichester
Series
--For dummies, --For dummies

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Dewey Decimal Class
781.3
Library of Congress
MT40 .J37 2008

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Pagination
xviii, 336 p. :
Number of pages
336

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Open Library
OL24432962M
Internet Archive
musiccomposition00jarr_445
ISBN 10
0470224215
ISBN 13
9780470224212
LCCN
2007943296
OCLC/WorldCat
181926488

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