These composition pages are being extensively redeveloped during June and July 2017. During this time there will be many incomplete pages and broken or missing links
- Writing and developing a simple melody in the style of Haydn and Mozart (a method for getting started with lots of musical examples and models to use)
- Western Classical Tradition Fingerprints (common harmonic and textural features found in the music of the Western Classical tradition that you should use in your compositions)
- General composing reference and help (dissonance, harmony, voice-leading, instrument ranges etc.)
- Texture and sonority (Lots of examples of textures that you can use for inspiration in your own composition – Western Classical Tradition and beyond)
- Composing in early twentieth century styles (some help with composing in the style of selected twentieth century composers)
Harmony and Tonality
- Secondary chords
- Sequences notes
- Chromatic chords: Secondary_Dominant / Diminished_Seventh/ Augmented_Sixth / Neapolitan
- Pedal
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