Student Examples
8-bar composition exercise #3 (in C major)
I had a feeling that this piece would sound good when played staccato and arranged it that way.
-Jakub Niemyjski
8-Bar Composition
-Doug Park
Melody Fragment
Had a lot of fun with the melody fragment and ended up writing a whole piece but have just sent on the fragment for now. I know the bass notes are a big stretch but it just sounds so much nicer than an octave higher.
-Kevin O'Brien
8-bar exercise
With the 8-bar composition i decided on a simple approach, repeating the first two bar motive within the
I I ii I V7 I IV I V7 I chord structure that you suggested in the lesson. and making alterations at the end of each 4 bar sequence. to support the 'question answer' feel.
I found that by doing this exercise it has given me a better insight into understanding 'Lead Sheets'. I can see now how by providing melody as written music and chords as Alpha/numeric there is sufficient information to play the song. Ahhh, a light bulb moment.
-Geoff Montgomery
Fragment in F
I recon i did about 6 different fragments, settling on a fragment in F after my 8 year old grandchild said that one of my fragments sounded just like the Minecraft Theme. blaaaa, he was right. He is destined to be a copyright policeman.
Initially I used block chords, then settled on an Alberti base line. I thought is sounded better.
-Geoff Montgomery
