What have you composed for? Or what medium do you work around?
Choir, Orchestra, Small Ensemble, Big Ensemble, Songs, Contemporary Ensembles, Other
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"I would suggest a crash course in counter-point. That would totally fix the redundant harmony issue."
"I didn't come here to argue about petty word definitions. This is a composer forum and I was trying to help a composer.
.....You are being a douche. Fredrick zinos said:
Please look at the dictionary definition of the term Theory. Theory can be…"
.....You are being a douche. Fredrick zinos said:
Please look at the dictionary definition of the term Theory. Theory can be…"
""In college composition we have to make one serious consideration when writing a piece: Who is going to WANT to perform it and who is going to WANT to listen to it"
----I used to argue with my professors that these were ridiculous concepts but after…"
----I used to argue with my professors that these were ridiculous concepts but after…"
"John Cage used sheet metal to make rain AND thunder. He hung it on a rack and used soft timpani mallets...It's written in percussion format (rolls and crashes) and the sound is identical to rain....Also one composer (can't remember who) used the…"
"Yeah, I don't why this happened. I can post PDFs on the main page but not on a reply. Unfortunately I don't have the files on this computer, I will have to retrieve them later from my home base. If you like, I could email them to you. My email is…"
"Here's some more counter-point PDFs that I found...Thought you might like them."
"Thank you. Debussy is probably my fav.....His piano works still take me to another world like I'm in a Wizard of Oz movie. What a great time period to be in France!"
"I actually own both of those books, they are invaluable to any developing composer. "
"Glad you like it! Personally I love counterpoint. I use it to some degree in all of my writing, even if only to break the rules of counterpoint. The idea of keeping each line independent applies no matter if I am writing a fugue or a shredding metal…"
"And happy composing to everybody....it is a wonderful life."
"I should add that composers have been making variations on each others' music for eons. I play a classical guitar piece by Fernando Sor called "Variations on a Theme by Mozart". Fernando was able to write this piece however he felt like writing it…"
"So name your piece a "variation" on that melody. It's NOT plagiarism if you give credit to the artist."
"I hope this helps....its a student guideline to counterpoint that was given to us as college level composers. Its kind of hard to understand at first because the examples are on page 9 of the PDF (7 on the print), the exercises are on the last page.…"
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Greetings Composerrogue,
This is not a Piano is not a piano, it is a brilliant piece of work. Thanks for sharing.
Very best,
Larry Elliott
Hey composerrogue! Thank you so much for the effort of posting the PDFs. I appreciate it. Unfortunately, I can't open any of them. :|