Does anyone know of any techniques for modulating from one time signature to another, without changing tempo? (Mostly when people say "metric modulation" what they really mean is something more like "tempo modulation with or without change of meter."
Read more…What is happening in these six bars of music?
Can someone tell me what seems ordinary or commonplace here, and what seems extraordinary or unusual?
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Read more…I'm learning music theory and composition on my own at home. I find that I understand little of the specific technical aspects that composers here talk about. I learn mostly from books as well as what I pick up here and other online resources. I'm
Read more…This is my first String Quartet. Subtitled "Night Quartet," it began as a very short solo violin piece I'd written called "Night Sonata" which I expanded into a quartet (2 violins, viola and cello). The viola was the hardest to fit since I don't pl
Read more…This seems like a great forum to discuss composition techniques so I wonder if I can raise a discussion on composing for a small number of instruments.
What do you think are the advantages and limitations of writing for small groups? How best can y
Read more…I was at choir last week and the main work we are doing for our upcoming concert is Rautavaara's Vigilia. If you are unfamiliar, it is ridiculous, monumental, awesome, ethereal yet earthly, mindbendingly complex (yet the deeper I go the simpler a lot
Read more…I have been messing around with the modes a lot lately, clumsily improvising counterpoint at the keyboard, if you will, to get my ear working in that way instead of just my mind (that idea is by and large ALL Kris's, it helps a lot I think, well it h
Read more…I created this orchestral work for my senior thesis at Stevens Institute of Technology. The themes are based loosely on characters from Douglas Adams' novel, Life, the Universe, and Everything.
This is my first attempt at sequencing using Cubase and E
Hey im going to study music in sonic arts in march and i havent done much theory in the past 4 years sooo i need to brush up and i would like to get a head start on my classical music theory classies. So i was wondering if anyone had any good suggest
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