Whatever your previous experience of composing or none this book will guide you through the process of creating musical ideas and developing them into a complete composition suitable for submission as part of your GCSE Music course. The first section introduces you to the ingredients of composing - techniques that you can apply to any style of music - including rhythm word setting pitch melody phrase structure harmony texture and instrumentation. The second section offers eight composing projects based on music of different styles and forms including verse-chorus song theme and variations minimalism musique concrete and film music. Each of thesewill guide you through the process of writing a piece of music from beginning to end.
