In this weeks class we talked about the elements of musical composition. To compose music you should take into account four elements. The essential three elements include rhythm, melody and harmony. The rhythm is the timing of your music or the beat it follows. Melody refers to the main tune of your music and harmony is really the other notes that complement your melody when it is all put together. The final element, timbre, is the quality of the sound and the character of the instruments.
There is not really a 'one size fits all' way of composing and musical composition is somewhat a kind of a mystery, but if you make sure that all the elements fit together then hopefully you will compose music that sounds good! Jack Tinapple described it as like going on a journey. You start out on the journey, then you go through some ups and downs and then finally you come home from your journey.
After class I worked on this weeks task of composing a short piece of music made from a beginning phrase. I copied this phrase three more times and altered each one. I called my piece Violin Dance, as I composed it using the violin and have hopefully made a tune that is dance like, with a simple triple time signature.
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