Composition in Music Education

Composing From a Model: Part 5

So, working from scaffolded composition activities for loops, riffs, and chord progressions, and with my additional work on vocal and...

Some More on Vocals and Lyrics I was actually on the way home from uni when I had an idea for some vocal melodies. I often get ideas in...

Experimenting with Chords and Melodies Composing from a model was definitely an interesting experience for me. I found the idea...

So in my last post, I talked about the stocktake I took of what I'd already composed. But there were a number of other elements of my...

In a couple of my previous posts, I examined Radiohead's "There There" and then built some compositional scaffolding using Radiohead's...

In my last post, I examined some of the compositional features that make Radiohead's 'There There' such a good song. Chief among the...

Radiohead's 'There There' is one of my favourite songs of all time. I thought I'd take a bit of time to try to unpack what makes this...

I've just finished composing a short work for a stage 5 elective music class, and thought I would offer some reflections on my...