Topmusicanswers
- How do you compose music?
- How do you describe the style of music?
- How do you start composing a piece?
- What style of music do composers use?
How do you compose music?
16 Tips on Composing Music
- Tyler writes:
- and Sam writes:
- Movement. I almost always get ideas while walking. ...
- Bass lines. Sometimes tunes start with a melodic bass line (lots of the Can't Wait for Perfect material started that way).
- Tiny melodies. ...
- Balance. ...
- Be like Wayne. ...
- Listen to what you love.
How do you describe the style of music?
Style can refer to aspects of musical texture. ... “Texture” usually refers to sound and the activity of making sound, while “style” is most often used to describe the general impression or intention provided by a texture.
How do you start composing a piece?
You could start with tune A (your original melody), follow it with tune B (an answering phrase in a relative key) and then go back to tune A. Use different textures and colours to make your piece as interesting to the listener as possible. Whatever you write will be an original work – no one else has written it before!
What style of music do composers use?
The main style was homophony, where a prominent melody and a subordinate chordal accompaniment part are clearly distinct. Composers focused on instrumental music. It was dominated by further development of musical forms initially defined in the Baroque period: the sonata, the concerto, and the symphony.
