Music Composition DUMmIES

By the way, the example in Figure 16-6 has a few tonality “don’ts,” which we get into later in this chapter. The example shown i ...

considering them. Remember that surprises and departures from the expected can become fulcrums in your composition that can lead ...

Another way to express this idea is to just write chords and derive your melodies from them as we did in Chapter 8 with non-chor ...

Pitch ..................................................................................................... Pitchrefers to the p ...

Sonance................................................................................................ We are used to thinking ...

Don’t cross melody lines over each other ...................................... This is almost never a good idea, especially whe ...

Write a short melody of four to sixteen measures using only I, IV, and V chords. Now add a parallel harmony that stays within t ...

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Chapter 17 Composing Commercial Music and Songs In This Chapter
Writing music for films, video games, television, and radio
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synchronization and editing; must be able to musically conjure a wide variety of colors and moods; must be able to work with a w ...

Working with time code..................................................................... Film and video, as you know, are mad ...

Knowing this, you would have a couple of choices in deciding what to do with the music for that cut. You could Cut the music fr ...

Composing for Video Games ...................................................................... Composing music for video games ...

song for a TV show and the incidental music are composed by different people. There is a lot more prestige and consequently more ...

the musical style desired on a Monday afternoon — and be expected to record your piece that Wednesday morning. On the other hand ...

actually be hurtful. Talk to high schools and colleges in your area. Some schools take pride in performing works by local or reg ...

The one rule we would suggest for you to follow in order to carve a place for yourself in the music world is not to follow any r ...

have worked in composing teams, such as Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh, who founded the West Hollywood music production company Mutato ...

However, if you are up to the challenge, here are a few really good Web sites to check out to get you on your way to becoming a ...

Working with Agents .................................................................................... Unless you are working ...