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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music Composition (The Complete Idiot's Guides)
Write the songs that make the whole world sing.
A step-by-step guide to writing music, this book shows musicians how to compose simple chord progressions and melodies, and leads them through more advanced compositional techniques and musical forms. Designed for composers of all types of music, it includes instruction on composing stand-alone melodies, using different scale
...morePaperback, 288 pages
Published
October 4th 2005
by Alpha
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The content of this book merits five stars; I’m deducting one from the overall rating because of the unfortunate title. Before starting this book, a reader/musician should have some basic knowledge of music theory (at least scales and chords) as well as an ability to pick out notes on a keyboard. With that foundation, this book can make the mysteries of music composition understandable and intriguing. Both chord-first and melody-first approaches are presented. Chord leading and chord progres...more
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budding songwriters, composers, or musicians interested in expanding their craft
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This book was very good at taking you, step-by-step, through the craft of music composition. While much of this book is geared at classical composition styles, there is plenty for the budding songwriter. The best part of this book is that every example of technique is illustrated with musical notation in addition to the text. A very good book for those looking into composition.
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