Learn to Compose
Listen to a song you might know:
(
Oh
When the Saints)
Parts
The drums help give the feeling of rhythm:
A walking bass part adds some interest:
Keyboard and guitar instruments fill in with harmony:
Melody
Listen to just the melody by itself--can you sing with it?
Then can you
go back and sing the melody with a part above?
Listen
What instruments do you think make up the rhythm section?
What instruments do you think play the melody and harmony together?
Whole Song
Listen to the whole song again:
Change
Can you tell what is different in this version?
Styles
Here are two different styles--what makes them different from the first version?
| Style 1: |
| Style 2: |
Think of the fun you can have composing and arranging your own
song........
This page is based
on a lesson created by Richard
Repp and used with his permission (2014).