Posts Tagged ‘chord’
Sure, you could look up commonly-used chord progressions if you want, but that won’t always work. Plus, part of the fun is in coming up with something original. So you need to rely on your own ears. Just listen carefully to what you’ve written, over and over again. If the sequence of chords you’ve chosen [...]
Categories: Composing
Tags: bass line, beat, chord, counterpoint, flow, harmony, how to compose, melody, meter, oh come all ye faithful, progression, resolution, satb, tension
I’ve decided to summarize some of the important points that the Royal Conservatory of Music expects you to know for their Harmony exams (grades 3-5). The reason why I’m doing this is because I think that it’s essential for every composer to have a strong foundation of the theory behind music. However, you are not [...]
Categories: Composing
Tags: alto, anticipation, appoggiatura, augmented, auxiliary, bass, cambiata, changing, chord, dominant, echapee, harmony, how to compose, leading note, mediant, Music, note, passing, pedal point, rcm, review, royal conservatory of music, satb, soprano, subdominant, submediant, summary, supertonic, suspension, tenor, tonic, triad
