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How do you write rounds in music?
Decide how many bars you want until the second voice enters. Come up with a chord progression that covers that many bars. Using notes from that chord progression write your melody line, repeating the chord progression at least as many times as you want voices in your round.
How do you round a notate?
There are two basic methods for straightforward rounds. One is to write each "line" of the round on a separate staff, aligned vertically. The other is to write the all the lines on one staff, and mark the places where each voice enters - often using an asterisk (*).
What is an example of round in music?
The earliest known rounds date from 12th century Europe. ... "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" is a well-known children's round for four voices. Other well-known examples are "Frère Jacques", "Three Blind Mice", and, more recently, the outro of "God Only Knows" by The Beach Boys (the first usage in contemporary pop music).
