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Complete Idiot's Guide to Music Composition : Methods for Developing Simple Melodies and Longer Compositions by Michael Miller (2005, Uk-B Format Paperback)
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Learn to compose your own music with this simple, straightforward guide. It also leads them through more advanced compositional techniques and musical forms.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherDorling Kindersley Publishing, Incorporated
ISBN-101592574033
ISBN-139781592574032
eBay Product ID (ePID)47023530
Product Key Features
Book TitleComplete Idiot's Guide to Music Composition : Methods for Developing Simple Melodies and Longer Compositions
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2005
TopicHistory & Criticism, Genres & Styles / General, Instruction & Study / Composition, General
IllustratorYes
GenreMusic
AuthorMichael Miller
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight19.4 Oz
Item Length10.8 in
Item Width8.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2005-928080
TitleLeadingThe
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Grade ToUP
SynopsisLearn to compose your own music with this simple, straightforward guide. The songwriting process can seem intimidating at first, but Idiot's Guides: Music Composition teaches musicians of all skill levels, step by step, how to write music and compose simple chord progressions and melodies. It also leads them through more advanced compositional techniques and musical forms. Designed for composers of all types of music, it includes instruction on composing stand-alone melodies, using different scales and modes, themes and variations, orchestration, and composing for film, theater, and videogames. Here's what you'll find in this practical guide: - The essential basics every aspiring songwriter needs to know to get started on their composition journey - Basic techniques for harmonic composition including composing with chords and creating chord progressions - Basic techniques for melodic composition including working with scales and modes, working with a melodic outline, using rhythm and syncopation, and building tension and release - Guidance for developing compositions as well as advanced techniques for orchestrating, arranging, and songwriting - A comprehensive glossary of musical terms, as well as an appendix of various computer-based composition tools, "Write the songs that make the whole world sing." A step-by-step guide to writing music, this book shows musicians how to compose simple chord progressions and melodies, and leads them through more advanced compositional techniques and musical forms. Designed for composers of all types of music, it includes instruction on composing stand-alone melodies, using different scales and modes, themes and variations, orchestration, and composing for film, theater, and videogames. -Perfect complement to "The Complete Idiots Guide to Music Theory" and "The Complete Idiots Guide to Songwriting" -Includes a comprehensive glossary of musical terms, as well as an appendix of various computer-based composition tools -Easy-to-use oversize trim, Learn to compose your own music with this simple, straightforward guide. The songwriting process can seem intimidating at first, but Idiot's Guides: Music Composition teaches musicians of all skill levels, step by step, how to write music and compose simple chord progressions and melodies. It also leads them through more advanced compositional techniques and musical forms. Designed for composers of all types of music, it includes instruction on composing stand-alone melodies, using different scales and modes, themes and variations, orchestration, and composing for film, theater, and videogames. Here's what you'll find in this practical guide: * The essential basics every aspiring songwriter needs to know to get started on their composition journey * Basic techniques for harmonic composition including composing with chords and creating chord progressions * Basic techniques for melodic composition including working with scales and modes, working with a melodic outline, using rhythm and syncopation, and building tension and release * Guidance for developing compositions as well as advanced techniques for orchestrating, arranging, and songwriting * A comprehensive glossary of musical terms, as well as an appendix of various computer-based composition tools
LC Classification NumberMT40.M59 2005
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- 12 Mar, 2025
Book is in great but had a bit of notes ...
Book is in great but had a bit of notes written in the first chapterVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 11 Sep, 2018
Very good book
It is a value musical book. It is very good book.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
