Episode #147 - "I Had Some Help"

About this episode

In this episode, Joe illustrates how a complete song is created by developing small musical phrases into a cohesive work.

Songwriting - In this episode Joe illustrates how a complete song is created by developing 6 small musical phrases into a complete work through the use of repetition and repetition with variation. In all genres and styles of music this is the technique composers use to make their music cohesive and memorable

People in this episode

Host: Joe

Topics covered

• songwriting
• music composition
• musical techniques
• repetition
• music genres

Keywords

• musical phrases
• repetition
• variation
• cohesive music
• memorable music

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: I Had Some Help

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