Rhinegold Education: GCSE Music Composition Workbook - Softcover

Alan Charlton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1787601439 ISBN 13: 9781787601437

Publisher: Rhinegold Education, 2018

Synopsis

Whatever your previous experience of composing, or none, this book will guide you through the process of creating musical ideas and developing them into a complete composition suitable for submission as part of your GCSE Music course. The first section introduces you to the ingredients of composing - techniques that you can apply to any style of music - including rhythm, word setting, pitch, melody, phrase structure, harmony, texture and instrumentation. The second section offers eight composing projects based on music of different styles and forms, including verse-chorus song, theme and variations, minimalism, musique concrete and film music. Each of thesewill guide you through the process of writing a piece of music from beginning to end.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rhinegold Education
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1787601439
• ISBN 13: 9781787601437
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128