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Category: Exercises
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I have now arrived at the final project for module 5 for the Mastering Orchestral Composition with Spitfire Audio from ThinkSpace Education. What have I learnt thus far in this module? This module has been very interesting and has included material on video, codecs, and timecode. It then moved on to the syncing of picture…
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As mentioned in a previous post I am working on the module 4 assignment for the Mastering Orchestral Composition with Spitfire Audio course from ThinkSpace Education. I am finding this a little daunting thus far. As you will recall, if you read that post the objective is to write a two-minute piece that tells a…
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It is now the time for the major scoring project of module 4 in the Mastering Orchestral Composition with Spitfire Audio course from ThinkSpace Education. So, what is the nature of this scoring project? We have been looking at telling stories in music and how to evoke different emotional feelings and moods. The emotions/moods that…
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I have been working on my latest assignment for the Mastering Orchestral Composition with Spitfire Audio course from ThinkSpace Education. The challenge was to develop a piece that keeps the listener in suspense. I have completed it but am not sure if it has gone too far into the realms of horror, or tense anticipation…
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So now the cobwebs are cleared from the mind and the desk. I have fitted some new lights in the kitchen so I can see when I am making that incredibly important first cup of coffee in the morning. Fuel for the day. So, what now? Well, it is back to work for me. I…
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The purpose of this exercise from the Mastering Orchestral Composition with the BBCSO course from ThinkSpace Education was to take a given starting point and continue developing it to create a piece of uplifting music. I wrote about the harmonic structure that I was using in a previous post so I will just recap that…
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I have been working on an assignment for the Mastering Orchestral Composition with BBCSO course from ThinkSpace Education lately. I have been a little stuck with how to progress but am beginning to have a few ideas and thoughts on how to proceed. What I have learnt about what makes a piece of music evoke…
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I have been taking a break from my coursework and looking at preparing some documents to help with remembering basic facts that I am always forgetting or must work out each time I need to use them. I am talking about things like scales, diatonic triads, chord spellings, chord extensions and things like that. I…
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As a beginner composer with little experience, I have found the need to provide myself with copious notes in order to build that retention that encourages facile and ease of use of different techniques and information. As I age, I find it harder to remember things that as a young man would have become embedded…
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I have not much to report today as I have life stuff to take care of and so will not be able to devote much time to musical things. I have started trying to look at different chord progressions to expand my knowledge and vocabulary. So where to start? I decided that I would begin…