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Musical Form
How Can Electronic Musicians Use Musical Phrases, Cadences and Generative Rules to Structure Compositions?
Phrase Structure and Cadences in Electronic Music: From Harmonic Form to Generative CompositionUnderstanding musical phrases and cadences is not only useful for classical composition.… read more
What Are Binary, Ternary and Sonata Forms?
How Musical Sections and Cadences Organise a Composition
Musical Form Explained: Binary, Ternary and Sonata FormMusical compositions are rarely just collections of unrelated melodies and chord progressions. They are usually organised… read more
How Do You Create Contrast in Generative Music?
Creating Contrast in Generative MusicContrast is one of the oldest compositional tools in music. Long before modular synthesis, composers created interest by placing opposing musical ideas next to one another.
Generative music is no… read more
How Can a Generative Piece Be Structured?
Three Structural Models for Generative MusicGenerative compositions can develop in very different ways.
Three structural models appear frequently.
Model 1: Continuous DevelopmentThe music evolves gradually.
Parameters change… read more