Getting Started
All musical compositions begin with the hint of an idea. That hint is called a motive. Classically trained musicians often use the French term motif. Call it what you will, this hint of an idea is two to six notes long. From this hint will come a complete musical idea called a phrase. The resulting phrase will be passed through one or more well established development techniques. The result of that motivic development process will be one or more phrases that will be finally structured into a complete melody.
Monday and Tuesday are focused on how to create or find a motive and how to develop a motive into a phrase.
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Monday and Tuesday are focused on how to create or find a motive and how to develop a motive into a phrase.
Follow the buttons below as they appear in order to access the course content. Use the back button on your browser to return here to explore each of the topics.
Audio examples are embedded in the text that follows. Examples can also be access via the class's SoundCloud account.
CLICK HERE to listen to those examples. Opens a new page in your browser
