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Music Composition Techniques 2: Tension & Release
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About Music Composition Techniques 2: Tension & Release
Welcome & Intro
Why Tension And Release
Review Tools
Review Process
Long Term And Short Term
Forms We Know
Forms That Create Drama
Sonata Form Definition
4 Elements Of Sonata Form
Sonata Form Example
Using Sonata Form for Tension
Modern Uses Of Form and Tension
Muse: Butterflies And Hurricanes
Meter And Tension
Stylistic Concerns
Compound Meters
Alternating Compound And Duple Meters
Rhythmic Patterns
Pattern Obfuscation
Example: Glass
Example: Aporia
Consonance And Dissonance
Prolonged Dominant
Emphasized Resolution
Pedal Tones
Long Resolutions of Pedal Tones
Pedal Tones in Higher Voices
Example: Ventolin
Combining Techniques
Example: Kinesthesia, Movement 7
Intersections Of Film Example
Composing For Films
Coming Soon: Film Music
Thanks & Bye!
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What You Will Learn?
- When most people think of a composer, they imagine someone sitting in a dusty attic with a grand piano, big white wig, and the year is 1800. That might have been accurate back then, but the modern composer is just like you and me. In fact, I am one. .
- In this course I'll show you techniques I use for writing music in a variety of styles and situations. I've worked with major American orchestras, film studios, and video game designers, so I've got more than a little experience. I'm also a PhD in music composition and a university professor (of music composition). .
- Recently I was named as a semi-finalist for the Grammy Foundation's Music Educator of the Year award because of my in-person university classes. Now I'm taking those classes to Skillshare in an online format in order to reach more students, and give them the joy of Music Theory..
- I'm planning on making several "sections" of this class, and this is Part 2. As the class grows, we will go deeper and deeper into my techniques. This class is focused on the creating a sense of Tension and Release: one of the most fundamental concepts in music composition..
- In this class, we will cover:.
- And of course, once you sign up for this "section" of the class, future sections will come to you at steep discounts! Over half off for all future sections!.
- You will not have another opportunity to learn Music Composition in a more comprehensive way than this. Start here..
- Dr. Jason Allen is an Ableton Certified Trainer, and a PhD in Music Composition and master of Electronic Sounds. His music has been heard internationally in film, radio, video games, and industrial sound, as well as the concert hall and theater. His 2015 album, Aniscorcia, reaching the CMJ Top200 Charts and radio broadcasts nationwide. In 2014 he was named a semi-finalist for the Grammy Music Educator Award..
- He currently as an adjunct professor of composition at the University of St. Thomas, and the CEO of Slam Academy in Minneapolis..
- Praise for classes by Dr. Jason Allen:.