The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Music Composition
- ISBN13: 9781592574032
- Condition: USED – VERY GOOD
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Product Description
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 scales and modes, themes and variations, orchestration, and composing for film, th… More >>
November 21st, 2009 at 8:18 am
Good general book. Somehow I have not found it easy to use. It did not cover some of the basic music writing topics, even by way of review or introduction. Maybe even this book was too difficult for this Idiot.
Rating: 3 / 5
November 21st, 2009 at 8:50 am
This was bought for my daughter – she teaches a variety of age levels a huge variety of music. She will use the book to guide her in teaching composition – so as not to forget something important, or give her the variety of words that make it easier to understand at a variety of age levels.
Rating: 5 / 5
November 21st, 2009 at 9:20 am
I have just read this book completely. I think its a great book with expert ideas. Excellent choice from beginner to intermediate composers.
Rating: 5 / 5
November 21st, 2009 at 10:01 am
My piano students are just learning to do basic composing and they have enjoyed the Music Composition book. It has been very helpful to have this reference book in my studio – Thanks LLH
Rating: 5 / 5
November 21st, 2009 at 11:02 am
This product review can be summed up in a few words: “This book is Great!”
However, there are a few disappiontments…. It does NOT cover lyric writing at all! Also, if you’re looking to buy this product, you should be aware that this book only covers the MUSIC of a song, so if you’re looking for a songwriting book (writing both music and lyrics), I would advise you to look eslewhere.
Other than that, it’s a great, comphrehenseve book!
Rating: 4 / 5