Music Composition for Dummies

Jarrett, Scott, Day, Holly

ISBN 10: 0470224215 / ISBN 13: 9780470224212

Verlag: Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John, 2008

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Creative exercises build your composing skills
 
The fun and easy way to turn the tune in your head into a full-fledged composition!
 
Wish you could write music? You can! This friendly guide gives you everything you need to start composing, from choosing the right rhythm and tempo to writing with chords and melody to expressing your musical ideas through instruments and voices. You'll see how to create popular songs, classically structured pieces, and even film, TV, or video game soundtracks!
 
Discover how to:
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Master chord progressions
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Harmonize with melody
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Select the right instruments
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Write for multiple voices
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Compose electronic music
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Make a demo recording

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Scott Jarrett is a musician and producer who has worked with numerous artists, including Willie Nelson, Fiona Flanagan, Mary Klueh, and Keith Jarrett. He has served as music director for many live theatrical productions including the Broadway production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. He currently runs Monkey House recording studio in Hudson, Wisconsin. He has released two original albums, Without Rhyme or Reason and The Gift of Thirst. He has taught music theory, composition, production, and/or recording at the Full Sail Center for the Recording Arts in Orlando, The Acting Conservatory in Nashville, and McNally-Smith School of Music in St. Paul, Minnesota.
 
Holly Day is a music journalist whose articles have appeared in publications all over the world, including Computer Music Journal, ROCKRGRL, Music Alive!, Guitar One, and Mixdown magazines. Her writing has received an Isaac Asimov Award, a National Magazine Award, and two Midwest Writer's Grants. She is co-author of Music Theory For Dummies (Wiley).

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Titel: Music Composition for Dummies
Verlag: Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: Very Good