Handling Dissonances

Handling Dissonances Dissonances need to be written very carefully. While many inexperienced composers write in a way that they just add “random” notes to a sound in order to make it dissonant, it will most likely result indeed in a very dissonant sound, however...

Practicing Small Emotions

Practicing Small Emotions A good exercise to gain a big vocabulary for film scoring is to practice “small emotions”. It is quite easy to go for the full sad or the super happy scoring but trying to write something that is “a little bit melancholic” or “slightly...

Relevance of Ear Training for Composers

Relevance of Ear Training for Composers Even though it might not seem necessary directly for composition, ear training is one of the most important things for a quick composition workflow. You can’t be bothered struggling to find that starting note of the melody that...