RHYTHMIC TRANSCRIPTION
  • Introduction
  • Why Compose?
  • Getting Things to Paper
  • Memory Questions (sec.1)
  • Section 1 Quiz
  • Transcription Assignments for Section 1
  • Listening Assignments (sec.1)
THE RHYTHMIC MOTIF
  • Uniformity and Variety
  • Music's Relation to Language
  • Coming Up With Ideas
  • Memory Questions (sec.2)
  • Section 2 Quiz
  • Composition Assignments (sec.2)
  • Listening Assignments (sec.2)
THE RHYTHMIC PHRASE
  • The Musical Sentence
  • Memory Questions (sec.3)
  • Section 3 Quiz
  • Composition Assignments (sec.3)
  • Listening Assignments (sec.3)
TYPES OF RHYTHMIC PHRASES
  • Categorizing Phrases
  • Memory Questions (sec.4)
  • Section 4 Quiz
  • Composition Assignments (sec.4)
  • Listening Assignments (sec.4)
RHYTHMIC PERIODS & PHRASE GROUPS
  • The Period
  • The Phrase Group
  • Memory Questions (sec.5)
  • Section 5 Quiz
  • Composition Assignments (sec.5)
  • Listening Assignments (sec.5)
RHYTHMIC DEVELOPMENT – PART 1
  • Augmentation
  • Diminution
  • Memory Questions (sec.6)
  • Section 6 Quiz
  • Composition Assignments (sec.6)
  • Listening Assignments (sec.6)
RHYTHMIC DEVELOPMENT – PART 2
  • Truncation
  • Expansion
  • Displacement
  • Memory Questions (sec.7)
  • Section 7 Quiz
  • Composition Assignments (sec.7)
  • Listening Assignments (sec.7)
CONVEYING MOOD THROUGH RHYTHM
  • Rhythmic Mood
  • Memory Questions (sec.8)
  • Section 8 Quiz
  • Composition Assignments (sec.8)
  • Listening Assignments (sec.8)
MELODIC TRANSCRIPTION
  • Definition of Melody
  • The Nature of Melody
  • How Melody is Formed and its Connection to Speech
  • Notating Melody
  • Memory Questions (sec.9)
  • Section 9 Quiz
  • Transcription Assignments (sec.9)
  • Listening Assignments (sec.9)
THE MELODIC MOTIF
  • Another Form of Motif
  • Memory Questions (sec.10)
  • Section 10 Quiz
  • Composition Assignments (sec.10)
  • Listening Assignments (sec.10)
MELODIC DEVELOPMENT – PART 1
  • Repetition
  • Transposition
  • Sequences
  • Memory Questions (sec.11)
  • Section 11 Quiz
  • Composition Assignments (sec.11)
  • Listening Assignments (sec.11)
MELODIC DEVELOPMENT – PART 2
  • Intervallic Expansion and Compression
  • Octave Transfer
  • Change of Tonality
  • Memory Questions (sec.12)
  • Section 12 Quiz
  • Composition Assignments (sec.12)
  • Listening Assignments (sec.12)
THE MELODIC PHRASE
  • The Musical Sentence Revisited
  • Multiple Motifs
  • Transposition of Multiple Motifs
  • Memory Questions (sec.13)
  • Section 13 Quiz
  • Composition Assignments (sec.13)
  • Listening Assignments (sec.13)
THE MELODIC PERIOD
  • Types of Melodic Phrases
  • The Melodic Period & Phrase Group
  • Memory Questions (sec.14)
  • Section 14 Quiz