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    Developing Musical Ideas

    COMPOSING MADE EASY


    Composing Methods

     Determine song structure/purpose/idea


     Choose tempo, consider adding drums
     Pick a scale
     Find chords
     Experiment with melody
     Pick a sound for melody and chords
     Layer with other instruments
    Intro Verse 1 Chorus Verse 2 Chorus Bridge Chorus Outro
    Some useful modes

     Phrygian: dark, emotional. 1 b2 b3 4 5 b6 b7


     Aeolian: beautiful, melancholic, dark. 1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7
     Mixolydian: great for triumphant sounds with brass and strings. 1
    2 3 4 5 6 b7
     Lydian: jazzy, worldly, triumphant sounds. 1 2 3 #4 5 6 7
     Dorian: jazzy 1 2 ♭3 4 5 6 ♭7 8

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