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Music Composition   -   The creative workshop of  musical  ideas  evolving through inspiration, improvisation, 
pre-composition into music notation.
 
 

Welcome to the  Composition Process Project

2009 will add many new pages to this collection of music creation elements and ideas.  Each page explores ways to convert an idea into music.  Over time ,  this will become a music tools archive. 


 
 
The process of music composition is the act of creating  "musical form"  for your piece. 

Your piece of music might begin with a single idea or pattern.  Creative interplay with these ideas  -  through improvisation , variation techniques  -  will bring about the "Yes!"  and "Aha!" moments that give birth to your new piece! 

At some point , you decide particular combinations of music fragments work well together.  If you compose your piece "as you go" ,  it is said to be "through-composed".  That is , you trust your musical skills to create an awareness of unity or rightness within your piece that holds it together. 

Or you might consciously think or plan out the entire structure of your piece beforehand. This is called pre-composition.  You might be using an established musical form like sonata-allegro form , perhaps 
with lots of changes that fit your musical ideas.  Or , you might have a numerical process in which you will explore musical permutations using a formula or sets of formulae.  Or , the performers might be given a loosely organized set of musical fragments  -  with instructions on how to create "musical events". .

Whether you prefer formal or informal modes of music composition ,  at all times you are actually interacting with music creation processes.  They are the building blocks of music. There is a vast treasure trove of composition processes "out there" that help you to put together your new piece. 

The Composition Process Project will document and review each process presented on th web. 
It's a long-term project I hope you will find helpful in your quest to stretch your creative musician skills.  .
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music Composition Author: Michael Miller

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   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. 
   Includes a comprehensive glossary of musical terms, as well as an appendix of various computer-based composition tools -

About the Author

   Michael Miller attended the prestigious Jazz Studies Program at the Indiana University School of Music. A former percussion instructor and working drummer, he is also an accomplished composer and arranger. He is the author of more than 30 books, including The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Playing Drums, Second Edition, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Music Theory, Second Edition, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Singing, and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Solos and Improvisation.
 

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