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How I Compose my Music
In recent posts, I have introduced to you some of the music pieces I have composed over the years. In this post, I'll share with you some
of my methods of composing.
My compositions are melodic. The melody is important to me in my compositions. So are the harmony and the rhythm, but the melody is
usually the main thing. I start composing by creating a melodic motif. Then I choose the scale it will be in.
Then I compose the chord changes. In this stage it's not for how I am going to play them if at all, but for the general flow of the piece.
The chord changes are based on the scale I chose.
Then I develop my motif according to the changes and the scale. The chords can change a little in specific points, and even the scale can
change in some points, but generally, the original scale and changes are kept.
People say that you don’t start to compose a musical piece before you know what the last note will be. I tend to agree with them. It's
like drawing a picture: You don't start in one corner, not knowing what the rest will look like. You plan ahead, make a sketch, draw the
general lines and then add details in between.
Then I compose the accompaniment, based on the motif and the changes. The base line is usually another melody I compose, like a second
voice. The chords could be played in sequences, but I usually try to break the sequences as much as I can. Sometimes I have two or even
three voices in my composition.
When I repeat a phrase in my music, I usually change the instrument playing it. Sometimes I repeat the melody and change the accompaniment.
I like playing with melodies, harmonies, rhythms and polyrhythm.
Enjoy my original music I have published on Face Global - Blog of an Artist:
November 24th, 2009.
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