Composing Music
A New Approach
With Jeffrey Ainis and David Stevenson
240 pages
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music examples throughout
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8-1/2 x 11
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© 1983
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Table of Contents

Contents
Preface
General Rules for the Exercises
1. The Cell, the Row, and Some Scales
2. Harmony
3. Transformation
4. The Small Theme and the Large Theme
5. More Scales and the 12-tone Row
6. Isomelody and Isorhythm, Combined
7. Ostinato
8. Accompaniment Procedures
9. Harmony (II)
10. Counterpoint
11. Organum
12. Imitation: a Useful Game
13. Words and Music
14. Picture Music
15. Popular Music as a Source
16. Minimalism
Appendix A: Instrument Ranges
Appendix B: Musical Symbols
Appendix C: Bibliography
Index
General Rules for the Exercises
1. The Cell, the Row, and Some Scales
2. Harmony
3. Transformation
4. The Small Theme and the Large Theme
5. More Scales and the 12-tone Row
6. Isomelody and Isorhythm, Combined
7. Ostinato
8. Accompaniment Procedures
9. Harmony (II)
10. Counterpoint
11. Organum
12. Imitation: a Useful Game
13. Words and Music
14. Picture Music
15. Popular Music as a Source
16. Minimalism
Appendix A: Instrument Ranges
Appendix B: Musical Symbols
Appendix C: Bibliography
Index
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