The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music Composition

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music Composition
Price: $18.95 USD
Write the songs that make the whole world sing.

A step-by-step guide to writing music, this book shows musicians how to compose simple chord progressions and melodies, and leads them through more advanced compositional techniques and musical forms. Designed for composers of all types of music, it includes instruction on composing stand-alone melodies, using different scales and modes, themes and variations, orchestration, and composing for film, theater, and videogames.

-Perfect complement to The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Music Theory and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Songwriting

-Includes a comprehensive glossary of musical terms, as well as an appendix of various computer-based composition tools

-Easy-to-use oversize trim

Author: Michael Miller
Publisher: Alpha
Customer Reviews
  • great book
    I have just read this book completely. I think its a great book with expert ideas. Excellent choice from beginner to intermediate composers.
  • Simple training for a complex topic
    I'm an advanced right brained musician (I've been playing for 20 years but never really gave much thought to theory). This book was just the thing to connect that other side of the brain and now I can start forming some structure out of my playing. The book takes a complex subject and boils it down to the necessities. It's got to be tough to describe abstract concepts like musical phrasing but this book does a good job. Get it if you want to write songs, or even if you just like to jam.
  • a gift
    This was bought for my daughter - she teaches a variety of age levels a huge variety of music. She will use the book to guide her in teaching composition - so as not to forget something important, or give her the variety of words that make it easier to understand at a variety of age levels.
  • Excellent resource.
    Easy to go through. Excellent grasp of the material and gives easy building blocks. Very helpful for me.
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