Compose Music
Edition: [2d ed.].
Series: Teach yourself books
Publisher: St. Paul's House
Published: 1972
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780340055526
Copyright date: 1972
Subjects: Composition (Music)
First sentence: This book is an attempt to provide an introduction to musical composition simple enough to be grasped by any promising amateur who understands the rudiments of music.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [270]) and index.
Table of contents: label: Chapter
pagenum: Page; title: Preface; label: I.
title: General Principles of Musical Composition
pagenum: 1; label: II.
title: Scales and Intervals
pagenum: 12; label: III.
title: First Steps in Melody Making
pagenum: 35; label: IV.
title: Triads
pagenum: 52; label: V.
title: The Addition of a Bass to a Melody
pagenum: 56; label: VI.
title: Four-Part Chords
pagenum: 61; label: VII.
title: Harmonic Progression
pagenum: 65; label: VIII.
title: Phrase Building
pagenum: 75; label: IX.
title: Major Triads (First Inversion)
pagenum: 84; label: X.
title: First Attempts at Musical Composition
pagenum: 91; label: XI.
title: Major Triads (Second Inversion)
pagenum: 95; label: XII.
title: Primary Triads in the Minor Key
pagenum: 101; label: XIII.
title: The Chord of the Dominant Seventh
pagenum: 105; label: XIV.
title: Some Secondary Triads
pagenum: 112; label: XV.
title: Passing Notes
pagenum: 118; label: XVI.
title: Writing for the Piano
pagenum: 131; label: XVII.
title: Elementary Modulation
pagenum: 150; label: XVIII.
title: Elementary Principles of Form
pagenum: 161; label: XIX.
title: Sequences, Suspensions, and Pedals
pagenum: 183; label: XX.
title: More Secondary Triads
pagenum: 197; label: XXI.
title: Irregular Phrase Construction
pagenum: 204; label: XXII.
title: Secondary Sevenths
pagenum: 210; label: XXIII.
title: The Chord of the Dominant Ninth
pagenum: 215; label: XXIV.
title: The Treatment of Vocal Music
pagenum: 220; label: XXV.
title: Key, Character, and Expression
pagenum: 233; label: XXVI.
title: Forms in Musical Composition
pagenum: 242; label: XXVII.
title: The Business Side of Musical Composition
pagenum: 257; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 265