Tag: COMPOSING AND MUSIC THEORY
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Parallel Scales
– Insert another Scale such as Minor, Dorian, Phrygian etc., for certain Parts (instead of default Major Scale or Viceversa) – runs same Tracks, which means starts and ends on the same Notes (C to C for example) – lower the 3rd, 6th and 7th Note get Parallel Minor (E=Eb, A=Ab,B=Bb)
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Phrase (Composition)
General – the Musical Equivalent of a Phrase is a Sentence – a Phrase is a Series of Notes that Sounds Complete, Even if it is Not the Actual End of a Specific Section – a “Phrase” Consists Commonly 4 Measures and is the Average, of course this Varies on all Kinds of Music –…
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Reprise and Coda
General – a Summary of Principal Concepts and Concluding Thought on How to Approach Orchestration Changes of Timbre – Should Happen in Logical and Musical Contexts – Best Between Phrases of Between Sections (so Not Randomly within a Phrase) – if you Do it between a Phrase, Do it at a Relevant Point Musically –…
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Rests (Notes)
General – a Rest is a Rhythmic Amount that has No Pitch – Indicate a Measured Amount of Time in which Nothing is Played – in Principle, a Dot After a Rest Adds Half of the Rest´s Value to itself (works the same as with “Normal” Notes) – there is a Dedicated “Rest” Symbol for…
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Riffs
– Technically, Similar to Ostinatos – but they are Often the Main Feature, Instead Being the Backdrop for Other Elements – it is a Fairly Short / Catchy and Repetitive Instrumental Part with a Hooky and Infectious Quality – can be Compared to a Vocal Hook, but Generally Played on an Instrument – a Riff…
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Round (Type of Imitation)
– a Familiar Type of Canon where the Time Distance is the Length of a Complete Phrase and the Interval Distance is a Unison (or an Octave when Men and Women Sing Together) – i.e. a Simple Canon in so Far, as it Consists of a Few Phrases which, when the Performer Arrives at the…
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Set Theory (Composing)
General – Introduction to “Set Theory” which is an Non-Diatonic Approach of Composing – the Goal is a Means for Analysis and Comparison that can Reveal Interesting Phenomena in Music Not Based in Diatonic Scales and Functional Harmony – Integer “0” is the Fundamental (Same Principle as Counting Partials where 1 is the 1st Partial)…