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Les Biches (RM25-6) – Francis Poulenc
Musical Moments is a new series where I focus on larger works—whether in orchestration, length, or complexity—and zoom in on…
How to Write Fourth Species Counterpoint: A Comprehensive Guide
Fourth Species Counterpoint is a type of music composition that focuses on creating counterpoint through suspension and syncopation, which means…
Starting to Compose With Counterpoint: Guide to Writing Combined 1st and 2nd Species Counterpoints
Combining 1st and 2nd species counterpoint is where we truly start to unlock counterpoint’s potential as a tool for enhancing…
How to Write Third Species Counterpoint: A Comprehensive Guide
Continuing from the foundational work in first and second species, third species counterpoint introduces a more intricate rhythmic structure by…
How to Write Second Species Counterpoint: A Comprehensive Guide
Continuing our study of species counterpoint from last week, where we looked at counterpoint in the first order / first…
How to Write First Species Counterpoint: A Comprehensive Guide
First species counterpoint, often referred to as “note against note” counterpoint, is the foundation of contrapuntal composition. It (First Species…
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How to Write Second Species Counterpoint: A Comprehensive Guide
Arvo Pärt – Für Alina (Bitesize Music Composition Analysis)
Orchestrating a Swashbuckler: The Wreckers Overture (Ethel Smyth)
Dives and Lazarus (RVW) – String Orchestration
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 2 “Little Russian” – Orchestrating Variety – Bitesize Orchestration Analysis
How to Write Third Species Counterpoint: A Comprehensive Guide
This is Berk – How To Train Your Dragon (Dreamworks) – John Powell (Music Analysis – Composition Technique)
Anatomy of the Orchestra by Norman Del Mar (Book Review)
Les Biches (RM25-6) – Francis Poulenc
Arabesque No. 1 – Claude Debussy (Music Composition Analysis)
Creativity in Context (Teresa Amabile)
5 ways of Understanding woodwinds
Spiegel im Spiegel – Arvo Pärt
Fawkes the Phoenix – John Williams (Music Composition Analysis – Arrangement, melody and melodic development)
Frédéric Chopin – Nocturne No. 1 Op. 9 – Developing Melody – Bitesize Composition Analysis
The Day the Earth Stood Still, Bernard Herrmann – Orchestration Technique
Creativity and Art (Book Recommendation)
Aaron Copland – “Simple Gifts” (Appalachian Spring / Ballet for Martha) – Bitesize Music Composition Analysis
Mozart’s E-Minor Violin Sonata, K. 304: music composition techniques
How to Write First Species Counterpoint: A Comprehensive Guide
Le Papillon (from Chantefleurs et Chantefables) – Witold Lutosławski – Composition Technique
Starting to Compose With Counterpoint: Guide to Writing Combined 1st and 2nd Species Counterpoints
“Walking Distance” (The Twilight Zone: S1, E5) – Bernard Herrmann – Part 2 – Composition Technique
How can you use Tintinnabuli to compose your own music?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – K. 304, K. 448 & k. 550: varying repetitions – bitesize Composition analysis
How to repeat melodies without them getting boring… [Video]
Troika from Lieutenant Kijé (suite) (1934) – Sergei Prokofiev
George Frideric Handel – Overture from Music for the Royal Fireworks – Bitesize Music Composition Analysis
Making Mozart Scary
The Flag Parade – Music Composition Techniques
Badinerie (Orchestral Suite No. 2 – B-Minor) – J. S. Bach – Composition Technique
Gilderoy Lockhart – John Williams (Impromptu Melodic Analysis)
“How do I orchestrate a piece of music?” (5-tips.)
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – Paul Dukas (Music Composition Techniques Analysis)
3 lessons from arranging London Bridge for orchestra
How to Write Fourth Species Counterpoint: A Comprehensive Guide
Bizet’s Farandole (L’Arlesienne No.2): music composition techniques
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus (Bitesize Orchestration Analysis)
Walking Distance (The Twilight zone: S1, E5) – Bernard Herrmann – Part 1: Instrumentation & Orchestration
Nocturne No. 20 in C-sharp Minor, F. Chopin – Composition Analysis
Nocturne No. 19 in E-Minor, Op. 72 No. 1 (Analysis) – Friederich Chopin
Nocturne from Scénes de la Fôret – Mélanie Bonis
Für Alina – Composition Techniques
The Art of Composing for String Quartet: A Guide for Beginners
The Lark Ascending (Music Composition Analysis) – Ralph Vaughan Williams (Article 1 – Lessons in Harmony)
J. S. Bach – Badinerie (Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B-minor) (Bitesize Composition Analysis)
Sogno di Volare – Music Composition Techniques
Learning from John Williams – Recomposing Flag Parade
5 Music Books I would Take into Exile
Bernard Herrmann “The Merry-go-round” from “Walking Distance” (Bitesize Music Composition Analysis)
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