August 2, 20214 yr It's curious to note that melody can be understood from different angles. I always run away from "square" melodies: Edited August 2, 20214 yr by Luis Hernández
August 2, 20214 yr Author 15 minutes ago, Luis Hernández said: It's curious to note that melody can be understood from different angles. I always run away from "square" melodies: True, however this exercise had absolute beginners in mind such as Dailyduo, he wrote the, 'three pieces in the style of Beethoven', in the piano forum. Beginning with a two bar question and a two bar answer is a good place to start in melody writing. In fact its a good exercise in composition fluency and musical imagination to see how many answers you can compose to a single question. From there you can move on to 4 bar antecedent and 4 bar continuation phrase that make up the 8 bars of the A section of a minuet. Over Mozart's career he wrote around 340 minuets, they are a staple of the classical style and its from this form that Mozart learnt the basics and the form he taught his students. Its the form I began with and continue to use to learn the basics. You can introduce schema theory, 2 and 3 voice harmony, keyboard composition technique and other topics that help in composing minuets authentic to the style. In time it can lead to a beginning in improvising in the classical style.
June 30, 20232 yr Beginning with a two bar question and a two bar answer is a good place to start in melody writing. In fact its a good exercise in composition fluency and musical imagination to see how many answers you can compose to a single question. resso Edited July 6, 20232 yr by indian223666
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