Music Composition DUMmIES

(Ben Green) #1

  1. Write 16 measures using small pieces from Exercise 2.

  2. Take one of the phrases resulting from the previous exercises and
    build on it, using repetition and rhythmic displacement.

  3. Take one of the phrases resulting from the previous exercises and
    build on it, using repetition and truncation.

  4. Take one of the phrases resulting from the previous exercises and
    build on it, using repetition and expansion.


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