Performing and composing ideas
Have a look at some of the techniques found in Release and consider how they can be used in performance and composition.
| Performance | Composition | |
| Loops | When playing loops, the performer must be aware of which line is the most important at any one time | Loops can help create variety between sections and to add another voicing that cannot be created by an instrument |
| Improvisation | When improvising, know the underlying harmony and use notes from these chords to improvise the melody | An improvisation is a good way to make compositions in particular styles sound authentic, especially in jazz and concertos with cadenzas |
| Modal key | Be aware of any unexpected accidentals. The music is in a modal key because the intervals do not follow major or minor scale patterns | Modal keys can make a piece sound more like a different genre of world music and can be used to link other key signatures together |
| Traditional world instruments | When performing on a traditional instrument, the performer should make sure they can play the instrument to the level required | Traditional instruments can help set the context of the composition, eg if asked to write for a film in an exotic location, instruments known to originate from there may set the scene |
| Loops | |
| Performance | When playing loops, the performer must be aware of which line is the most important at any one time |
| Composition | Loops can help create variety between sections and to add another voicing that cannot be created by an instrument |
| Improvisation | |
| Performance | When improvising, know the underlying harmony and use notes from these chords to improvise the melody |
| Composition | An improvisation is a good way to make compositions in particular styles sound authentic, especially in jazz and concertos with cadenzas |
| Modal key | |
| Performance | Be aware of any unexpected accidentals. The music is in a modal key because the intervals do not follow major or minor scale patterns |
| Composition | Modal keys can make a piece sound more like a different genre of world music and can be used to link other key signatures together |
| Traditional world instruments | |
| Performance | When performing on a traditional instrument, the performer should make sure they can play the instrument to the level required |
| Composition | Traditional instruments can help set the context of the composition, eg if asked to write for a film in an exotic location, instruments known to originate from there may set the scene |