This whole series was so well put together. I have learned many of these concepts, but only now the big picture has come into focus. Thanks! :)

And now i sit down and plan the overall structure and form of my pieces on a piece of musical staff paper. Great Video!

great.

Great video Stephen, this is stuff I really need to work on.

@TableTopComposer

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Mark! I'm glad to help :)

Amazing video like always! I want to buy your book but I just recently bought a saxophone so I’ll have to wait a little longer. You’re awesome man! Most underrated channel on KZread :)

@TableTopComposer

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, GG! That's awesome that you bought a saxophone! It's a beautiful instrument that not enough people write for. Hopefully you can come up with a few great pieces to compose in the future :)

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in popular songs a paragraph is equivalent to a section of chorus, verse, bridge? Or is it to the phrase?

I was hoping for an example at the very end, just like in previous videos.

@patrycjajankowska6121

Ай бұрын

He would have to make full piece wich isn't as fast.

@patrycjajankowska6121

Ай бұрын

He would have to make full piece wich isn't as fast.

@patrycjajankowska6121

Ай бұрын

He would have to make full piece wich isn't as fast.

@patrycjajankowska6121

Ай бұрын

He would have to make full piece wich isn't as fast.

I have an unresolved question. I took step back from scale and harmony then started with intervals. But now i can't understand resolutions only using intervals can you help me out?

@TableTopComposer

2 жыл бұрын

Great question! If I'm understanding you correctly, you are asking how you can include a "cadence" in your melody without the context of harmony? If so then there are a few different strategies, I'll list the most common ones below: 1. End the melody by moving down in pitch rather than up. 2. End the melody in an octave/register that has been used frequently throughout the piece (instead of moving into a new one) 3. As the melody begins to wrap up, gradually focus on more conjunct movement (movement by step/smaller intervals) than were used earlier in the piece. These are just a few suggestions, but the more of them you use, the more final the ending of your melody will sound. Does this answer your question?

@KaushalSingh-oi5gd

2 жыл бұрын

@@TableTopComposer wow thanks

@theminorprophet5132

2 жыл бұрын

@@KaushalSingh-oi5gd Another great tip is think of the perfect 5th interval. C going up to G is a perfect 5th so when you go from G down to C, its going to sound resolved just like when you use the V-I cadence to resolve in harmony, it works very similar to melody as well. G going up to C can work but to my ears, it's not as strong because G going up to C forms a perfect 4th which can sound dissonant. But obviously, Harmony can help make it sound more resolved but if you're talking just melody alone G going down to C is usually the strongest resolution. So basically going down from the perfect 5th interval i.e, G down to C is always going to sound resolved and most melodies use this technique to resolve their melodies.