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Virtual Composer Creates New Music

November 16, 2009 By Graham English

There's a mysterious new composer on the classical music scene. Her name? Emily Howell. But no one's ever seen her in person. The reason? She's a computer program created by David Cope, a professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Host … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose, Technology Tagged With: classical music, composers, composing, composition, computer music, David Cope, Emily Howell, generative music, LISP

Birds On The Wires

September 9, 2009 By Graham English

Reading a newspaper, I saw a picture of birds on the electric wires. I cut out the photo and decided to make a song, using the exact location of the birds as notes (no Photoshop edit). I knew it wasn't the most original idea in the universe. I was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: composition, creativity, inspiration, music, music hacks

16 Weeks To Composition Mastery Begins August 27!

August 26, 2007 By Graham English

My musical partner and owner of Denver School of Music has just announced his brand new composition course. If you want to learn how to be a master composer, then you'll probably want to check this out. 16 Week Composition Teleseminar … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Events, Seminars Tagged With: composition, Events, music, teleseminars, TeleSeries

Fantastic Music Theory Resource

March 12, 2007 By Graham English

Dolmetsch online has made significant contributions to the world of early music. They also host a serious online music dictionary and composers biography. I especially like their 1000+ scales and practical guide to composition. Check it out. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: biography, composers, composition, HowTo, Music Theory, resource, scales

Who is Dick Grove?

September 22, 2006 By Graham English

DICK GROVE (1927-1998) had a distinguished career as a professional writer and composer in Los Angeles and as a unique innovator in the field of contemporary music education. In 1973 he founded the world-renowned Grove School of Music in Los Angeles … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: arranging, arranging music, composition, Dick Grove, Ear Training, education, Grove School of Music, improvisation, jazz piano, Music Theory, orchestration, Songwriting

The Rules and Principles of Counterpoint

August 18, 2006 By Graham English

Counterpoint

These rules of counterpoint are simple and easy to memorize. Use them during the arranging phase of your music producing. Counterpoint: a composition which is written strictly according to technical rules. In earlier times, instead of our modern … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: arranging, chord progressions, composing, composition, consonance, counterpoint, dissonance, fundamentals, harmony, modes, motion, Music Theory, rules, Writing Music

Deceptive Cadences

August 14, 2006 By Graham English

The progression from V to I has the name "authentic cadence" and from IV to I, "plagal cadence." A "deceptive cadence" is understood to mean the substitution for the expected progression, V-I, of the progressions V-VI or V-IV. The effect is strong … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: authentic cadence, composing, composition, deceptive cadence, Music Theory, plagal cadence

Define: Raga

August 11, 2006 By Graham English

1. A generic term for Indian scales, consisting of five, six, or seven different notes and calculated to create a certain mood. Each raga is suited to a particular time of day. The word itself comes from the Sanskrit meaning "color," so that an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: composition, definitions, improvisation, Indian music, Raga, Sanskrit, scales

How To Master Musical Textures

August 10, 2006 By Graham English

How To Master Musical Textures

If you need more compositional choices or your music needs more depth, you might want to play with the textural qualities of music. This won't be difficult because I've prepared a textural dictionary for you. Polyphonic, while literally meaning … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: Arnold Schoenberg, bass, composing, composition, contrast, counterpoint, dictionary, harmony, Music Theory, musical textures, polyphonic, polyphony, reference, rhythm

Define: Counterpoint

August 9, 2006 By Graham English

1. The art of polyphonic composition. 2. Composition with two or more simultaneous melodies. Double counterpoint is written so that the upper voices and the lower voices are inverted. Thus, the low voice becomes the top voice and vice versa. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: composing, composition, counterpoint, definitions, polyphonic, polyphony

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