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Started by Klass Clown, Mar 06 2006 06:57 PM
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Posted 06 March 2006 - 06:57 PM
does any1 kno any sites where you can get tips on composing? my composition is due in soon and im having trouble with chords.
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Posted 06 March 2006 - 08:55 PM
tbh i am not sure there is much out there
Can you tell us exactly what you are having trouble with perhaps sharon or myself or someone else who has done/doing music can help
Can you tell us exactly what you are having trouble with perhaps sharon or myself or someone else who has done/doing music can help
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Posted 07 March 2006 - 01:45 PM
Check out http://www.sibeliusmusic.com/ for examples of compositions...
What problems are you having with chords? How good is your music theory?
What problems are you having with chords? How good is your music theory?
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Posted 08 March 2006 - 10:04 PM
Just a little input from me, which isn't important, but still, nothing much else to say. Remember your composition doesn't have to sound good, it just has to involve concepts and do something. unlike mine, which ddin't do much, still got a B, but I think that's what pulled me down. My AH one's even worse, and due in on monday along with my listening commentary which as of yet I've not started... *sighs* used to be my fave subject, slowly turning into the biggest stress machine I've encountered.
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Posted 17 May 2006 - 08:22 PM
In SG I got a 1 and it didn't have a proper melody!
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Posted 17 May 2006 - 09:32 PM
pfft....my teacher gave me a 3 for inventing...only because i had to re-do it after she deleted it off the MD player 
...i still got an overall 1 tho 
...i still got an overall 1 tho
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Posted 18 May 2006 - 10:16 AM
I can't remember doing inventing in standard grade music. I got a 1 for it though.
It was actually my favouritest part of the Higher course too. And I also got mine played by the string orchestra for the christmas concert which was amazing - its a great feeling!
My inventing this year was one big piece for a string quintet, consisting of about 6 sections. The first few parts were in 4/4 and they had a kind of scottishy taste to them and it was all harmonising and stuff. Then it moves into a fast jig which I thought would be a nice touch. (Dave here made the good suggestion to make the jig even faster than I had originally thought!) It ends on another contrasting slower part in 3/4 timing which is actually rather like a hymn tune. The whole thing has lots of layers of melodies and things.
I have a midi file of it (just the sibelius sounds) somewhere if you were interested.
Its not grade A standard I dont think. i dont have a clue really but I enjoyed doing it!
I got a 1 for it though.It was actually my favouritest part of the Higher course too. And I also got mine played by the string orchestra for the christmas concert which was amazing - its a great feeling!
My inventing this year was one big piece for a string quintet, consisting of about 6 sections. The first few parts were in 4/4 and they had a kind of scottishy taste to them and it was all harmonising and stuff. Then it moves into a fast jig which I thought would be a nice touch. (Dave here made the good suggestion to make the jig even faster than I had originally thought!) It ends on another contrasting slower part in 3/4 timing which is actually rather like a hymn tune.
The whole thing has lots of layers of melodies and things.I have a midi file of it (just the sibelius sounds) somewhere if you were interested.
Its not grade A standard I dont think. i dont have a clue really but I enjoyed doing it!
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Posted 18 May 2006 - 06:44 PM
QUOTE(miss macleod @ May 18 2006, 11:16 AM) 
I can't remember doing inventing in standard grade music.
I got a 1 for it though.It was actually my favouritest part of the Higher course too. And I also got mine played by the string orchestra for the christmas concert which was amazing - its a great feeling!
My inventing this year was one big piece for a string quintet, consisting of about 6 sections. The first few parts were in 4/4 and they had a kind of scottishy taste to them and it was all harmonising and stuff. Then it moves into a fast jig which I thought would be a nice touch. (Dave here made the good suggestion to make the jig even faster than I had originally thought!) It ends on another contrasting slower part in 3/4 timing which is actually rather like a hymn tune.
The whole thing has lots of layers of melodies and things.I have a midi file of it (just the sibelius sounds) somewhere if you were interested.
Its not grade A standard I dont think. i dont have a clue really but I enjoyed doing it!
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Posted 18 May 2006 - 08:03 PM
my inventing is all brassy cos well tht is what i do. I did about 5 smaller pieces for SG and one big one for higher. Sharons piece is pretty good considering she did the last 2 thirds in about 5 minutes 
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Posted 22 May 2006 - 03:37 PM
Yeah it was a bit of a rush. As usual, I left it to the last minute.
Maybe that'll be obvious
my inventing
its only in sibelius sounds remember - imagine it were real...and you were hearing the first violin starting, 2nd violin coming in,.... followed by the viola.....then cello adding the chords....ETC.
what im trying to say is.....use your imagination! It sounds better when played in the real!
Maybe that'll be obvious
my inventing
its only in sibelius sounds remember - imagine it were real...and you were hearing the first violin starting, 2nd violin coming in,.... followed by the viola.....then cello adding the chords....ETC.
what im trying to say is.....use your imagination! It sounds better when played in the real!
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Posted 22 May 2006 - 03:44 PM
i cant hear it...and i dunno why
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Posted 02 June 2008 - 06:40 PM
QUOTE(Klass Clown @ Mar 6 2006, 06:57 PM)
does any1 kno any sites where you can get tips on composing? my composition is due in soon and im having trouble with chords.
Take a look at Musical Palette - Melody Composing Tool.
This program is based on the harmony theory and composition theory. The program has very simple inteface.
Also there are demo scripts, which show how to use the program interface and how to compose.
Site of the program.
Here is screenshot of the program:
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