Bill Troxler
  • Home
  • 20 Hour Pledge
  • Classes
    • Bodhran for Beginners >
      • Hugs and Hits
      • Patterns >
        • Reel Patterns >
          • Pivots-Turn Arounds-Clouser
          • Putting Patterns to Work
      • Techniques >
        • Creating a Back Beat
        • Double Down
        • Triplets
        • Tones
      • Things to Know Video >
        • Tippers
        • Tuning the Bodhran
        • Stretch
      • Things to Know TEXT
      • Bodhran Resources
      • Bodhran Buying
    • Celtic Tunes
    • Creating Celtic Sets
    • Pan-Celtic Repertoire
    • Just Enough Music Theory
    • The Common Ground of Music
    • Creating Melody
    • Understanding the Modes
  • Tune Bank
  • Articles
    • Broadway Musical
    • Bluegrass
    • Barbershop Singing
    • The Hammered Mbira - A New Musical Instrument
    • Military Bands
    • Troubadors
  • About Me
  • Recordings

Developing the Motive

Once the motive or phrase is in hand the next step is to use one or more development techniques to create new phrases that will ultimately be structured into a complete melody.

Ten or more well established techniques for developing motives and phrases are available.   Later pages will explore each of these techniques.
Picture
Proudly powered by Weebly