A very comprehensive book that answers many frequently asked questions about song composition. It starts at the very beginning the basic concept, and takes you step-by-step to the final completion and production of a song. Get busy in composing your own special tunes,no matter what instrument you play! 88 pp. Contents are: Preface About the Authors Part I Where Do I Start? The Basics You Should Know To Write A Song Dividing Your Songs Into Measures Idea People, Songwriters, and Composers Developing Your Inner Ear Intervals Defining the Scale "Hearing" A Melody in Your Head Part II Is There Only One Method By Which We Can Compose? Composing By Sight Steps Skips and Leaps in Melody Writing What Goes Up Must Come Down A Good Pattern is Worth Repeating Sequence: It's Much Like A Pattern But Has a Slightly Different Twist What Begins Must End The Need For A Cadence Within A Song Part III Rhythm: Where Composing Music Really Counts At Least One Million Melodies Waiting To Be Discovered Part IV Writing the Lyrics To A Song Are We Certain We Understand Rhyme? What About Using Free Verse In Lyrics? One Other Thing: Accented Beat The Lyric As A Tool For Note Placement Composing By Lyric Enlarging the Scope of Lyric Writing Composing By Use of a Countermelody or Partner Song Composing By Following a Set Pattern of Chords and Note Values Composing With A Theme In Mind The Blues: The Loosest Form of Lyric and Melody Composing A Fugue Part V Writing the Accompaniment: Introducing the Models Models: Fitting Your Song In a Form Simple Orchestration: Its Component Parts Transposition: What Is It? Starting to Arrange Composing and Arranging with the Voice in Mind Some General Hints For Vocal Arranging Appendices A. Musicality Test B. Chords/Signatures C. Chord chart D. Time Signatures E. Master Arranging Score F. Another Accent Problem G. Answers to Musicality Test Click Here. Double your traffic. Get Vendio Gallery - Now FREE!