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Music Composition for Dummies

About This Book:


Music Composition For Dummies contains everything you need to know to get
started
**Picking out the perfect rhythm and tempo for your composition.
**Matching keys and chord progressions to the moods you want to convey.
**Working within the confines of musical form without confining your
creativity.
**Forcing yourself to sit down and come up with musical ideas, even when
your mind is drawing a complete blank.

In this book, we discuss the basics of composition, from writing naturalsounding
chord progressions and cadences, to composing atonal music, to
making yourself a demo recording and getting it in the hands of the right
people. If there’s any one thing we’ve tried to do here, it’s to demystify the
process of composing music and writing songs.
There are few things more satisfying than plucking a melody from inside your
head and nurturing it into a full-fledged song or even an orchestral piece.
This book will make that process a whole lot easier for you.Because each chapter is as self-contained as possible, you don’t have to read
every single chapter to understand what the next one is talking about — unless
you want to, of course.
To find the information you need, you can use the Table of Contents as
a reference point, or you can just flip through the Index at the back of
the book.

**Contents at a Glance**

Introduction .................................................................1
Part I: Basics and Rhythm ............................................7
Chapter 1: Thinking Like a Composer .............................................................................9
Chapter 2: Tools of the Trade .........................................................................................15
Chapter 3: Musical Scrapbooks: Writing on Paper and Screen ..................................23
Chapter 4: Rhythm and Mood.........................................................................................29
Part II: Melody and Development.................................41
Chapter 5: Finding Melodies Where You Least Expect Them.....................................43
Chapter 6: Scales and Modes, Moods and Melodies....................................................55
Chapter 7: Building Melodies Using Motifs and Phrases ............................................69
Chapter 8: Developing Your Melodies ...........................................................................79
Part III: Harmony and Structure ..................................89
Chapter 9: Harmonizing with Melodies .........................................................................91
Chapter 10: Composing with Chords...........................................................................101
Chapter 11: Composing from the Void.........................................................................125
Chapter 12: Beginnings, Middles, and Endings ..........................................................137
Chapter 13: Musical Forms............................................................................................145
Part IV: Orchestration and Arrangement.....................161
Chapter 14: Composing for the Standard Orchestra .................................................163
Chapter 15: Composing for the Nonstandard Orchestra ..........................................187
Chapter 16: Composing for Multiple Voices................................................................197
Chapter 17: Composing Commercial Music and Songs .............................................209
Chapter 18: Composing Electronic Music ...................................................................231
Chapter 19: Composing for Other Musicians..............................................................241
Part V: The Part of Tens ............................................253
Chapter 20: Ten Composers You Should Know About ..............................................255
Chapter 21: Nine Career Opportunities for Composers ............................................265
Chapter 22: Ten Recommended Books for Composers ............................................273

Chapter 23: Ten Periods of Music History to Explore ..............................................279
Appendix A: Modes and Chords Reference...................287
Appendix B: Glossary ................................................311
Index .......................................................................317

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