Friday, December 2, 2011

Music Composition

Video Game Music
http://www.vgmusic.com/vgpaper.shtml
gamedev.net
indiegamer.com

Advanced Music Theory
On KVR Audio
William Russo - Composing Music: A New Approach
Walter Piston - Harmony
Arnold Schoenberg - Fundamentals Of Music Composition
Felix Salzer and Carl Schachter - Counterpoint in Composition 

http://musicdm.wordpress.com/2011/01/02/so-what-should-we-study/

Music Scores for study:
http://www.imslp.org/wiki/
http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/variations/scores/symphonic.html

About Chord Progressions:
http://www.musictheory.net/lessons/57
http://endofthegame.net/2011/08/16/chordprogressions/

Courses/Lessons
http://www.robin-hoffmann.com/tutorials-section/lessons/
http://alainmayrand.com/?page_id=493
http://www.leonwillett.com/leonwillett.com/Skype_Lessons.html
http://www.daveconnor.net/#!lessons
http://dickgrove.com/wd/t/httpdocs/new/
http://www.keyquestmusic.com/theory.html
http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/learn/choices/courses/humanities/music/ 

Letter to the young composer
  • Tonal harmony 1.5yrs
  • Counterpoint: 2.5yrs
  •  Orchestration: 2yrs
Lots of work ahead :)

Books:
http://jacksmalley.com/ 

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