Music Composition 1

Music Composition 1 is the first course in a series of two courses that teaches how music is put together and how to write your own music. The course is divided into two parts. Part one covers the study of rhythmic composition.

Part two covers the study of melodic composition. (Harmony and form are studied in Music Composition 2) Course lectures consist mainly of video but also include some text. Each section of the course covers a particular concept (or related concepts).

Concepts and compositional techniques are demonstrated throughout the course with real musical examples (pictures and audio samples). Besides lectures, each section of the course also contains memory questions, section quiz, listening assignments, and transcription/composition assignments. Memory questions serve to summarize and reinforce key concepts learned, while the quizzes test the students' knowledge and understanding of the material from each section.

Students who take this course will get practice transcribing music (hearing a rhythm or a melody and writing it down). In the composition assignments students will get real life practice using the information and techniques learned in each section to write their own rhythms and melodies. Who should take this course.