Sample Triggering When composing electronic music, chances are, you’re going to play samples more than once, especially when it comes to drums like cymbals and high-hats. However, songs can sound monotonous and obviously computer-generated if the same EXACT...
Firstly, the majority of popular music is diatonic. This means it was composed within a major or minor key signature and does not modulate. Furthermore, a key signature determines the set of pitches that “agree” with each other harmonically. There are usually 7...
Once the composer has been hired, the director and composer set up a meeting to watch the movie frame by frame and make notes of where and what kind of music is needed. This process is called ‘spotting the film’. It sets a direction for the composer, allowing him to...
After learning the parts of the guitar, the name of each string, and your first few notes and melodies, the next thing beginners usually learn is their first couple of chords. That is, at least how I first learned to play guitar. If this sounds like you, we are here...
Articulation in music is the same idea as articulation in anything else. Specifically, it answers “how” something is said. In our case, the instruments are speaking, and they can “say” the notes in any way you choose. Think of the notes as the...
Hocketing Hocketing is a compositional technique used to develop one long musical idea into a more interesting sequence by dividing it into shorter phrases and distributing them among instruments with similar sounds. The technique has proved to be effective...
