Music Composition Toolbox
by Matthew Hindson, Damian Barbeler & Diana Blom

Music Composition Toolbox - finally a book for young creative minds that shows writing music is open to everyone, not just composers from history books. For students at home or in the classroom, Music Composition Toolbox is an invaluable guide for creating and notating original compositions.

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Features:

• 21 easy-to-navigate modules
• over 120 practical exercises
• great tips for generating musical ideas
• extensive musical examples with an Australian music focus
• audio CD
• tips for score presentation

Self-contained module topics include:

• developing a motive
• additive rhythm
• reducing and elaborating melodies
• using cycles
• organising material
• graphic improvising: using your inner ear

Useful reference materials include:

• Instrument ranges
• musical symbols
• terms and techniques

Music Composition Toolbox brings together years of experience from three of Australia's most prominent composer/educators: Matthew Hindson, Damian Barbeler and Diana Blom. Their straightforward, insightful approach demystifies the techniques of creative composition so that strudents can quickly gain confidence and begin to explore the rich possibilities of their own musical imagination.