Cole, B: The Pop Composer's Handbook
A step-by-step guide to the composition of melody, harmony, rhythm and structure
- Author: Cole, Bruce
Book
$46.75Contents
- Rhythm:
- Key features of rhythm in popular music
- Style, metre and tempo
- Building on a one-bar pattern
- Using technology
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- Melody:
- Pop melody
- Extending melody
- Advanced melody writing
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- Harmony:
- Melody and harmony
- Why does pop harmony sound different from classical harmony?
- Chord progressions
- Dissonance
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- Structure:
- Harmony and structure
- Standard structures
- 32-bar song form
- Verse and chorus
- Highlighting the chorus
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- Instruments:
- The instrument of popular music
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- Production:
- Microphones
- Making the recording
- Post production
- Scoring parts
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- Riffs:
- Adding a new section
- Study project: Tubular Bells
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- Songs:
- George Gershwin
- Burt Bacharach
- John Lennon and Paul McCartney
- Stevie Wonder
- Bob Marley
- Michael Jackson
- Elton John
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- Islands and Continents:
- Reggae
- Salsa
- Bhangra
- Celtic popular music
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- Club and Urban:
- The techniques of club music
- Sampling
- Recording your own samples
- Planning the composition
- Projects
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- Performing Projects for the Class:
- Samba
- Steel band
- Tala
- Riff ensemble
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- Frameworks for Listening:
- Keeping a listening log
- Focused listening
- Listening worksheets
- Comparisons
- Differentiating worksheets
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- Designing Worksheets
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- Schemes of Work:
- 32-bar song
- The instruments of popular music
- Songs with a message
- Cut and paste
- Rhythm
- The voice
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- The Computer in the Classroom:
- Listening
- Performing
- Composing