{"product_id":"engineering-of-music-for-the-digital-age-creativity-in-musical-composition-9788770041072","title":"Engineering of Music for the Digital Age: Creativity in Musical Composition","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jeffrey Ewing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: River Publishers\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Instruction \u0026amp; Study - Composition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMusical scores - like literature, poetry, and technical manuals - are documents. The central tenet of this book is that musical composition in the digital age is a form of document engineering. In essence, music shares with other forms of creative content generation - from poetry to prose, and from science to science fiction - the need for structure, flow, and sources for creativity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMusical composition is considered in this book as the creative process of engineering musical documents with regards to its arrangement, form, texture, and instrumentation, etc. This \"document\" then instructs a performance or the creation of an alternative document, such as a recording. In this book, the arrangement of phrases, patterns, and structures seen in music will be illustrated to give new composers a starting point to begin planning and making decisions about their own compositions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book will also guide those who need assistance in completing a piece. While this is a book about musical composition, it is not meant to be a manual on music theory. Instead, the book keeps its focus on the structural elements of a composition. Its aim is to give the audience a structural road map for composing; whether they are starting a piece from the first note, having a melody in mind already, or need help overcoming a creative hurdle. The book examines compositions that clearly define a form or technique. Among the key compositional elements are: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eForm, Phrase, Period, and Expression in Composition\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRhythm\/Motive\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMelody and Harmony\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTonal Center\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMode Mixture and Modulation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAccompaniment\/Instrumentation\/Orchestration\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eComposition Techniques and Notation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eTargeted examples cover all stages of writing a piece, helping to build the reader's composition from the first note into a complete work without promoting a style or harmonic practice. Each chapter contains a sidebar addressing helping the composer to add creative sources for the music making process. Finally, the book concludes with a chapter on creativity in terms of how composed music can affect our lives and even our fairy tales.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45243624489111,"sku":"9788770041072","price":7719.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9788770041072.webp?v=1769235404","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/engineering-of-music-for-the-digital-age-creativity-in-musical-composition-9788770041072","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}