Music Composition For Dummies
Chapter One
Thinking Likea Composer
In This Chapter
* Finding freedom in restraint
* Joining the ranks of those who create something from nothing
* Getting to know a few rules of composition
* Some things to remember before you get started
Music is the one art form that is entirely defined by time. Once a piece of
music is finished being performed, technically, when the last of its
echoes fades, it's gone. Each piece of music is literally sandwiched in silence,
or external noise, and if your listeners aren't paying attention, they're going
to miss it.
Your job, of course, is to make them pay attention.
Limitations as Freedom
Going further, music can be considered to be the sculpting of time. You can
think of your three minutes - or half hour, or 36 hours - as a block waiting
to be chiseled into a specific shape that's meant to tell a story or convey an
emotion. You just have to figure out which carving technique(s) will work
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