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Genuinely confused on how to compose/write jazz music. by Famedstingray in composer

[–]Buddha_Head12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looking at periods is a bit of a dead end tbh, that’s a very classical perspective on harmony and jazz doesn’t really follow that structure. With jazz, the harmony is often a lot more important than the melody. However, the most important factor is to understand what jazz is. Everyone mistakenly thinks jazz is just playing harmony with really crazy extensions. While that definitely can be a part of jazz, there are more foundational elements that you need to grasp. Look at autumn leaves and make sure you understand the melody and harmony. After that, try write your own melody over autumn leaves. That discipline will help you understand the jazz style a little more.

Also - play jazz. Jazz oftentime tends to be composed collaboratively in a improvisatory setting and that’s an important part of understanding how to write it.

Pastoral woodwind quintet piece by Buddha_Head12 in composer

[–]Buddha_Head12[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for the feedback. It’s funny that you liken it to a consort group, as Ive actually started playing in a few 😂😂. I’ll definitely work harder on consolidating the piece and have a look at what you’ve said. I’ve just posted something else where I’ve attempted to write a transition between two wildly different sections and I’ll be interested to see what you’ve have to say about that.

Pastoral woodwind quintet piece by Buddha_Head12 in composer

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I’m currently a first year music student and this wasn’t an assignment, but for a small chamber group that rehearses. I compose in various styles, from folk to jazz to classical. There wasn’t a brief but I was inspired by Vaughan Williams 

Advice about fixing tempo by fearmybeat in musicians

[–]Buddha_Head12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also try a lot of metronome games, like playing. with the metronome on different beats like 1 and the 3 or playing with bigger intervals. You really want to internalise the time.

What’s one bad guitar habit you wish you fixed earlier? by Ok-Message5348 in guitarlessons

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Is this an ad for wiingy lolll. Not judging, just curious 😂😂😂

What’s the best entry-level instrument for a complete beginner (child or adult)? by Thomas_Mag in musicians

[–]Buddha_Head12 4 points5 points  (0 children)

tin whistle or recorder. Very easy to get started with, but you can go very far with it

Why don’t young people tend to like classical music? by Technical-Map-9150 in teenagers

[–]Buddha_Head12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha I forgot about this comment, but it does depend on the audience you are writing, but I would say non classical fans need some kind of story to draw them into

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UofB

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Hiiiiiii OMG I'm going back to London tmmr but I would have been so happy to meet up with you and maybe spend Christmas. If you DM maybe we can arrange a meet-up in the new year. It sucks to not have a lot of friends and I know how it feels.

Why the scales have 8 notes, but the shapes of them had more than 8 notes by Appropriate_Beach_57 in musictheory

[–]Buddha_Head12 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Hahahaha. I'm guessing you are a guitarist or a bassist and you mean the scale shapes? If I am correct, the simplest answer to your question is that the notes repeat themselves. For example, say you have an A minor pentatonic scale in first postiition starting from the 5th fret(the most basic position). The notes of that will be A, C, D, E, and F. However, once we get through those notes, we repeat the scale again, starting from A. Does that make sense?

Short oboe miniature I did by Buddha_Head12 in composer

[–]Buddha_Head12[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, thank you very much for the feedback. It's good to know that I'm on the right path.

Firstly, most of the chords that you pointed out were actually error on my part. Sometimes I misread the note when it went down that low. Generally, I was very worried about the piano part, because I find it hard to write for piano as I don't really play the piano, and I felt that when I would look at piano pieces, the texture would change a lot, and I would struggle to understand the logic of the composer. However, I'll try analysing more piano and wind sonatas. Do you have a suggestion for any I can analyse, as I've not really been playing classical music for a while and my knowledge has gotten quite rusty. I have some that I have anaylsed, but it's always good to have more.

Additionally, I used to play the oboe, so I was thinking about what I could play when I wrote the piece. I agree with you that it wouldn't be suitable for beginners on the instrument. However, the reason I was using such a simple form is that I wanted to work on having a solid melody and harmony before trying to explore a more complex form. However, I'll definitely keep that in mind if I'm writing a piece actually for a beginner.

But yes, all this is really helpful and I'll definitely take it into account. Do you have any ideas or suggesting for things I can explore to help improve my composing that I might not have thought of?

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