The Composer's Handbook - Vol.1

Description

A do-it-yourself approach combining 'tricks of the trade' and other techniques with step-by-step guides to projects.

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

Content:

• Introduction
• First Steps: Giving your Ideas a Focus
• Games and Graphics
• Melodies and Riffs
• Second Steps: Chords
• Textures
• Form
• Trying Out Ideas
• Reading and Writing
• Style Study: Melody
• Harmony
• Counterpoint and Texture
• Form
• Twentieth Century: Tonality and Atonality
• Techniques and Textures
• Form and Process
• Popular Music: Songs and Styles
• Chords and Structure
• Arranging and Recording