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Compositions based on literary sources Hi dear community,I recently thought a lot about literary inspirations for musical works. In my Œuvre there are already a few pieces with a… Started by Roland Mair-Gruber	5	on Saturday Reply by Socrates Arvanitakis
Daily practice exercises/challenges? Does anyone have a good guideline for how to structure a daily practice for composing? This subject has been giving me trouble. Should I w… Started by Tori Stark	1	Jul 14 Reply by Bob Morabito
Notation workflow? For composers who notate their music, what is your workflow? Since notation can be a painstaking process (especially for pieces involving… Started by eboats	33	Jun 24 Reply by Marijn Hartkamp
The use of sugar as a composing aid? I very much avoid eating sweets most of the time as Im a dyed in the wool "cookie monster" (cake too :) and only once in a blue moon do I i… Started by Bob Morabito	17	Jun 15 Reply by Bob Morabito
The main requirements towards producing interesting music in any genre! We can argue for days, weeks or eternity about, good or bad genre of music. Personal taste seldom alters although taste can and does change… Started by Ray	39	May 22 Reply by roger stancill
Good Internet Resource on technique. Hi All, I found this the other day and thought I'd post it for those who haven't seen it. It's an archive of theory books that can be down… Started by Mike Hewer	17	May 16 Reply by Bruce Pearson
Fugues Although not a big fan of fugues, I did a little research to reacquaint myself with the form, and thought maybe someone else might hopefull… Started by Bob Morabito	3	May 13 Reply by Bob Morabito
The Fugue Appreciation members list. for those who think this form is the end rather than just being the means to an end. ;-) Started by Ray	5	May 7 Reply by Mike Hewer
Writing for choir I have written a score for a piece of mine in Sibelius and am now doing a mockup of it using East West's Hollywood Orchestra. I want to add… Started by Mark DuBerry	26	Apr 9 Reply by Mark DuBerry
Writing at a fast tempo frustrations I am starting to feel the faster I push the tempo in a piece I'm working on, the harder it gets to compose? But then, there is actually les… Started by David Lilly	14	Apr 6 Reply by Bob Porter

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