Music Composition 1 by Udemy
Learn how to compose well-written rhythms and melodies
Course Highlights
- By the end of the course you will be able to compose your own rhythms and melodies. This includes motifs, phrases, periods and phrase groups.
- You will also learn how to develop your rhythmic and melodic material through a wide variety of compositional techniques.
- You will get practice transcribing music (hearing rhythms and melodies and then writing them down in notation form).
- You will get practice notating music using music notation software.
- You will be prepared to study harmony and form in Music Composition 2
Skills you will learn!
Curriculum
7 Topics
Introduction
Why Compose?
Getting Things to Paper
Memory Questions (sec.1)
Section 1 Quiz
Transcription Assignments for Section 1
Listening Assignments (sec.1)
7 Topics
Uniformity and Variety
Music's Relation to Language
Coming Up With Ideas
Memory Questions (sec.2)
Section 2 Quiz
Composition Assignments (sec.2)
Listening Assignments (sec.2)
5 Topics
The Musical Sentence
Memory Questions (sec.3)
Section 3 Quiz
Composition Assignments (sec.3)
Listening Assignments (sec.3)
5 Topics
Categorizing Phrases
Memory Questions (sec.4)
Section 4 Quiz
Composition Assignments (sec.4)
Listening Assignments (sec.4)
6 Topics
The Period
The Phrase Group
Memory Questions (sec.5)
Section 5 Quiz
Composition Assignments (sec.5)
Listening Assignments (sec.5)
6 Topics
Augmentation
Diminution
Memory Questions (sec.6)
Section 6 Quiz
Composition Assignments (sec.6)
Listening Assignments (sec.6)
7 Topics
Truncation
Expansion
Displacement
Memory Questions (sec.7)
Section 7 Quiz
Composition Assignments (sec.7)
Listening Assignments (sec.7)
5 Topics
Rhythmic Mood
Memory Questions (sec.8)
Section 8 Quiz
Composition Assignments (sec.8)
Listening Assignments (sec.8)
8 Topics
Definition of Melody
The Nature of Melody
How Melody is Formed and its Connection to Speech
Notating Melody
Memory Questions (sec.9)
Section 9 Quiz
Transcription Assignments (sec.9)
Listening Assignments (sec.9)
5 Topics
Another Form of Motif
Memory Questions (sec.10)
Section 10 Quiz
Composition Assignments (sec.10)
Listening Assignments (sec.10)
7 Topics
Repetition
Transposition
Sequences
Memory Questions (sec.11)
Section 11 Quiz
Composition Assignments (sec.11)
Listening Assignments (sec.11)
7 Topics
Intervallic Expansion and Compression
Octave Transfer
Change of Tonality
Memory Questions (sec.12)
Section 12 Quiz
Composition Assignments (sec.12)
Listening Assignments (sec.12)
7 Topics
The Musical Sentence Revisited
Multiple Motifs
Transposition of Multiple Motifs
Memory Questions (sec.13)
Section 13 Quiz
Composition Assignments (sec.13)
Listening Assignments (sec.13)
6 Topics
Types of Melodic Phrases
The Melodic Period & Phrase Group
Memory Questions (sec.14)
Section 14 Quiz
Composition Assignments (sec.14)
Listening Assignments (sec.14)
9 Topics
Inversion
Transposed Inversion
Mirror Inversion
Retrograde
Retrograde Inversion
Memory Questions (sec.15)
Section 15 Quiz
Composition Assignments (sec.15)
Listening Assignments (sec.15)
9 Topics
Augmentation
Diminution
Truncation
Expansion
Displacement
Memory Questions (sec.16)
Section 16 Quiz
Composition Assignments (sec.16)
Listening Assignments (sec.16)
5 Topics
Categorizing Melodic Tones
Memory Questions (sec.17)
Section 17 Quiz
Composition Assignments (sec.17)
Listening Assignments (sec.17)
6 Topics
Passing Tones
Neighbor Tones
Memory Questions (sec.18)
Section 18 Quiz
Composition Assignments (sec.18)
Listening Assignments (sec.18)
7 Topics
Chromatic Passing Tones
Chromatic Neighbor Tones
Incomplete Neighbor Tones
Memory Questions (sec.19)
Section 19 Quiz
Composition Assignments (sec.19)
Listening Assignments (sec.19)
6 Topics
Anticipation Tones
Suspension Tones
Memory Questions (sec.20)
Section 20 Quiz
Composition Assignments (sec.20)
Listening Assignments (sec.20)
11 Topics
Creating and Resolving Tension
Change in Pitch
Change in Interval Size
Change in Duration
Syncopation
Memory Questions (sec.21)
Section 21 Quiz
Composition Assignments (sec.21)
Listening Assignments (sec.21)
In Conclusion
BONUS LECTURE: LINKS
Music Composition 1
Related Music Composition Courses
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