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Topic: Good sources of composition theory  (Read 382 times)

Offline saltpotato

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Good sources of composition theory
on: October 09, 2022, 07:56:00 AM
Can you say good sources to learn composition theory?

Offline brogers70

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Re: Good sources of composition theory
Reply #1 on: October 09, 2022, 10:08:48 AM
I think you'll get better answers if you ask a more detailed question. Otherwise, I'll recommend some textbooks on music theory, somebody else will tell you about how they learned orchestration, and a couple of folks will tell you to just go improvise.

As it is, nobody can really tell from your question what you know already or what exactly you want to learn. I'm not trying to be rude or anything. Folks here will often give very helpful answers to specific questions.

Offline lelle

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Re: Good sources of composition theory
Reply #2 on: October 13, 2022, 02:35:14 PM
Schoenberg's "Theory of harmony" is known to be a seminal work.
 

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