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Tag: harmony

Composition Exercise #535

Positive harmony.

Posted on March 29, 2021March 16, 2021Tags composition, composition exercise, conceptual frameworks, harmony, music theoryLeave a comment on Composition Exercise #535

Composition Exercise #503

No melodies have been harmonized in the making of this music.

Posted on January 13, 2021December 26, 2020Tags composition, composition exercise, disclaimer, harmony, melodyLeave a comment on Composition Exercise #503

Composition Exercise #424

Negative Harmony
Radical Rhythm
Big Melody
Deep Timbre
Alt-Groove
Fake Muse

Posted on May 22, 2020May 18, 2020Tags composition, composition exercise, exercise, fake muse, groove, harmony, melody, meme, negative harmonyLeave a comment on Composition Exercise #424

Composition Exercise #393

Deharmonize a jazz standard.

Posted on March 11, 2020March 1, 2020Tags composition, composition exercise, harmony, jazzLeave a comment on Composition Exercise #393

Composition Exercise #216

Breathe with the sounds around you.


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Posted on November 14, 2018October 20, 2018Tags breath, composition, composition exercise, exercise, harmonyLeave a comment on Composition Exercise #216

Composition Exercise #191

Compose a polyphonic melody, then write a monophonic fugue on it.


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Posted on September 17, 2018March 14, 2023Tags composition, composition exercise, exercise, fugue, harmony, melody, monophony, paradox, polyphonyLeave a comment on Composition Exercise #191
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