Category: Music Composition

Musical Articulations

Musical articulations denote the way in which you can play a musical instrument, such as keyboard, percussion, string, brass, and woodwind ones. Articulations are musical parameters that determine how a specific note sounds. They determine the configuration and altering of both the beginning and the end of a specific event. This includes the pitch, the…
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The Truth About Music Composition

The truth about music composition is that it is a complex job that requires hard work, time, and commitment. Beginners should be aware of the fact that, when composing music, it helps to know the music language. However, it is not essential. Moreover, when working with a team, knowing how to read and write music…
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Orchestration

Orchestration is the practice of writing or adapting music for an orchestra or any other musical ensemble such as a concert band according to The America Film Market’s (AFM) Basic Theatrical Motion Picture Agreement (AFM 2002b) and Basic Television Film Agreement (AFM 2002a). It is also the process of assigning a composition that is harmonically,…
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Articulation in Music

Articulation in music refers to how one plays or sings specific notes or passages. It is essential within the musical universe because it determines the way you should play a single note. In addition, it determines the length of a sound, as well as the shape of attack and decay. By using articulation, the musician is…
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Composing Music for Film

Composing music for film is essential: it is everywhere and it adds a spark of joy to every environment. After the frame of a movie is ready, the director and the composer have a meeting. In it,they watch the movie frame by frame to determine the specific type of music it needs in each section.…
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Sample Triggering

Within the music universe, sampling is to as a reused portion of a sound recording in another recording—and then comes sample triggering. Specifically, sample triggering is the repetition of the same sound that occurs every time a specific detonator emerges. In general, sampling dates back to 1980 and is the foundation of the hip-hop music…
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Hocketing and Pointillism

Hocketing and pointillism are two very popular compositional techniques in electronic music. Hocketing Firstly, one uses hocketing to transform a long musical idea into a more interesting sequence. This technique works by dividing a whole musical piece intro shorter phrases and distributing them among instruments with similar sounds. Within the music universe, hocketing is a…
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Popular Music: the Basics

Popular music is usually diatonic, which, technically speaking, means that its composition is within a major or minor key signature and doesn’t modulate. A key signature determines the set of pitches that match harmonically. Typically, a key signature involves three different pitches produced by simple formulas. To select the first formula, the user has to…
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