The previous post included links to PDF and audio files for Interval Progressions (Introduction to Music Composition). You may also be interested in downloading Finale NotePad to try out your own compositions.

The Canon Composition series I started in earlier posts is proving to be too advanced for most users. To remedy this I am starting a new series on more fundamental, prerequisite topics in music composition.

Canon Composition: Lesson 3: The previous two lessons presented the basics but didn't modulate. Here is a whole note sketch of the A and B part for a Theme and Variations (see links below). This was the

This little book on counterpoint is designed to provide beginning composers with a simple introduction to the main techniques of both strict and functional counterpoint. All of my canon composition lessons

This PDF file contains instructions for how to compose canons at other melodic intervals. See the website for more files -- including Finale files.

Here's a PDF file that introduces my "Backward / Forward Method" of canon construction. Musical Canons: Lesson 1 Enjoy! Feel free to download this PDF and ask questions. On my musicarroll website

Hello Fellow Steemians! Just getting ramped up as a new Steemian myself. My intent is to post educational materials on music composition. I have been composing music since the 1970s (yes, I'm THAT old!