Form
Form is how each part of a chord progression is laid out. One form layout is AABA, with A slightly varying in certain points. This allows for repetition in order to create a structured song with a recognisable pattern but also stop the song from becoming too boring. Each section is usually around 4 bars long.
Structure
This is the layout of the different sections of a song. For example:
Verse Chorus Verse Bridge Chorus
Each part of the song has its own chord progression, by combining these sections a song is created that has a regular and coherent format but prevents it from becoming stale by repeating the same parts consistently.
A chorus is usually quite repetitive and catchy in order to create a hook for the listener to remember.
A bridge is usually 8 bars long, this helps to breakup the song a create some variety.
The structure I have use is Verse Chorus Verse Chorus Bridge Verse Chorus Verse.
Genre
Genre is the style of music that a song falls under. These include but are not limited to, Classical, Rock, Pop, Country. My song falls under the pop category, but it has some latin/mariachi influences which gives a very jolly mood to the piece.
Statement
A statement is the 'motif' of song that reoccurs throughout the piece to create a specific feel or mood. I have used this in my piece throughout. It is at the start of the verse and is intended to create an uplifting sense of fun.
Repetition
This is often used to make the song catchy and memorable to the listener. It is also used in order to make the more varied parts of the song stand out. I use lots of repetition throughout my piece and believe it makes my bridge and ending stand out especially.
Inversion
This is used to make chords sound different in order to give variety or achieve a desired feel while giving the same note. This can be done by playing the notes of a chord at different positions on an instrument. I have done this in my main ukulele chord pattern where I use different positionings of the D chord in my verse and chorus in order to create a sense of variation in the song.
Difference
This is used to prevent the song from becoming boring via continual repetition. This can be done by inserting unique sections within the song that do not repeat. I have done this by creating a bridge, and by altering the end verse to allow for a smooth, interesting finish.
Individuality
This is the unique take on a genre or piece of music. I have done this by not only using a ukulele as my main instrument, I have also made a trumpet as a my main melody line in order to purvey the latin influence of the song.
Originality
All of the chord progressions and melody I used were created by me. I spent time finding chord patterns that worked together and picked out a suitable melody line for the trumpet from that.
Composers Rights
A song writer has all the writes to their piece of music and any anyone wishing to use it for commercial/monotised means must first seek the permission of the person who has the intellectual property rights. The owner can sign over the rights to another individual or an organisation. Any profits made from a third party via the song must have a portion that goes to the composer. Composers can also claim compensation if a song plagiarises prominent part of their composition.
Sampling
Sampling Techniques
Sampling is the process by which sections of songs, or audio clips of miscellaneous origin, are cut up, edited, and used within another compositional piece. This is very prominent in modern music and many artists make their songs exclusively via sampling. On cubase, samples can be heavily altered via processes which add different effects to the clips.
I used processes at the start of my song which I downloaded from the internet, one was of a busy street which I used to create an active atmosphere to the song which I felt added to jolly/party like feel of the song. I also used a sample of a group of people cheering in order to further emphasise the desired mood of my composition. I used the fade out process on both of the samples in order to create a smooth transition into the song.
Waveform Structure
A waveform structure is the form of a sound wave in a physical representation.
Sine waves are very common and are very sonically smooth.
Sawtooth waves drop suddenly and give very strong buzzing sound.
Square waves also give a buzzing sound but are more open.
Waveform Editing
Waveforms can be edited in order to changed the core sonic format of a sound, One program that can be used for this function in Seylenth. This can be used to change frequency as well as wave size and other factors which can heavily change the way audio sounds.
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