Includes transition composition, harmonic series, polytonality, clusters, and sequences.
Provides techniques for starting new works, such as using matrices, "compositional recipes," and drawing sketches. Key Features for Use
by Jorge Variego is a comprehensive instructional guide published by Oxford University Press . It uses a structured, "logical steps" approach to teach the craft of music composition to students, teachers, and experienced composers. Core Structure and Topics Composing with Constraints: 100 Practical Exerc...
Covers focal points, various scale uses (subsets, substitute pitches), 12-tone rows, and intervallic content.
Covers compositional modules, theme and variations, rondo, and game pieces. It uses a structured, "logical steps" approach to
The final section encourages creative connections between music and other disciplines like visual arts, architecture, and mathematics.
The book is organized into six primary chapters, each containing 20 exercises (except for the last two chapters) that focus on specific musical elements: and aleatoric counterpoint.
Focuses on stylistic analysis (Chopin, Debussy), phasing, sound masses, and aleatoric counterpoint.