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zalmanesd

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New piece

on: March 23, 2005, 01:49:32 AM

Can some people give me some feedback on this:
www.geocities.com/jnbrdgs/sketch21.mid
Its imcomplete, but I can't think of much more.
Any ideas on what books to read if you want to compose?

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UncleBEn210

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Re: New piece

Reply #1 on: March 23, 2005, 07:58:34 PM

Quote from: zalmanesd on March 23, 2005, 01:49:32 AM

Any ideas on what books to read if you want to compose?

Well there's a good deal of workbooks that cover the rudiments of a broad range of composition topics, like the ''berklee method'' books, and the ''Composers handbook'' etc.
But if you want a more intense read on the very basics i'd try Fux's ''Study of counterpoint''. That will educate you in all the basic rules of music writing,
although you'll have a harder time applying what you've learnt in this book to writing in comparison to one of the broader books, and you'll require a good level of music theory to comprehend it.

In all, if its your first book , Id recommend one of the broader books, possibly the composers handbook if you can find it , Id also highly recommend looking at some of the lists on amazon regarding composition books.

Best wishes, UncleBen.