What have you composed for? Or what medium do you work around?
Choir, Orchestra, Small Ensemble, Big Ensemble, Songs, Contemporary Ensembles, Other
What is your favorite genre or style of music?
All types and genres
Is music your main income source?
Sort Of - Music Related
About Me (Must include at least one paragraph of biographical information about you as a composer) - blank or minimal answers on this line will cause your request to be rejected. Include a link to your website if you have one.
Tyler Hughes holds a bachelors from Stephen F. Austin State University and a Masters Degree from Texas Tech University. He studied under Dr. Stephen Lias during his undergrad and continues his education at Texas Tech University under the tutelage of Dr. Peter Fischer in pursuit of a Doctorate degree of Musical Arts. He has amassed an extensive body of work as well as improved his compositional skills. While studying, he is also a working composer, having commissions to write music. He is an active member of the National Association of Composer, USA (NACUSA) and of Society of Composers (SCI), and has had music performed at three Texas chapter NACUSA conferences. The most recent of these performances garnered him the prize for Best Undergraduate Composition.
Tyler’s plans include obtaining a doctoral degree in music. After that, Tyler plans to teach music composition and theory at the college level while continuing to compose.
Website:
www.tylerjustinhughes.com
Comments
okay, if I am using the classic call and answer chord prog, IE, 1455,1454... I will write a 4-measure main melody and repeat it, (or write a 8 measure melody), and transpose each measure to the corresponding chord... a simple "trailing tone" at the end of each measure signals the NEXT chord (root) and connects it all to sound coherent... THIS works well with, say, 1 4 and 5...
BUT, i am looking at your last example (which I am ITCHING TO IMPLEMENT, drooling actually, lol) and I am tryng to figure out how I "represent" a note melody is being voiced in some of those "chords", eh?
can I "represent" a slashed chord, fro instance, by transposing just the one TONE down a octave? (in a note melody)? I supppose I change MODE to represent others?
I dont just strum or plop chords on a piano to compose... I use all note melodies...
Thanks! I have been composing for years and never joined a forum, but now I feel it is greatly needed.
Hello Tyler
nice to meet you and to listen to you
Thanks
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