Cole, Bruce - The Composer's Handbook Vol. 1
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Cole, Bruce - The Composer's Handbook Vol. 1

Catalogue No: ED12405
A do-it-yourself approach combining "trick of the trade" and other techniques with step-by-step guides to projects

Product FormatBook
ComposerCole, Bruce
£50.50
Typically dispatched in 5-7 working days
Pages236
Publication Date7 October 1996
ISBN9780946535804 (0946535809)
Anyone who can pick up a pencil can draw. Anyone who can sing or play an instrument can compose. "The Composer's Handbook" is a step-by-step guide to the composition of melody, harmony, form and texture and covers styles and techniques from plainchant to minimalism, rock and rave. - for composers aged 11-18 - games and groupwork for the beginner - projects for the more advanced - illustrations and worked examples of complete pieces

Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. First Steps: Giving your Ideas a Focus
  3. Games and Graphics
  4. Melodies and Riffs
  5. Second Steps: Chords
  6. Textures
  7. Form
  8. Trying Out Ideas
  9. Reading and Writing
  10. Style Study: Melody
  11. Harmony
  12. Counterpoint and Texture
  13. Form
  14. Twentieth Century: Tonality and Atonality
  15. Techniques and Textures
  16. Form and Process
  17. Popular Music: Songs and Styles
  18. Chords and Structure
  19. Arranging and Recording
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