Analysis and Composition of Music

Author: Yang Ruohuai
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: This book alternates between exploring methods of analyzing music, providing corresponding case studies, guiding composition, and elaborating on various technical theories, with each aspect complementing the others. To further analyze and validate the theories from multiple perspectives, the book lists numerous examples of works. The theoretical elaborations and content arrangement throughout the book align with this overall framework. In the section "Basic Expressive Means and Melody in Music," the structural categories involved in the theories and analyses start from the smallest forms of music. These can be considered the smallest forms of existence for expressing core musical ideas, fundamental tones, or motives, or they can be regarded as independent and abstract elements. Only through the "development of basic musical techniques" can such forms mature and develop. However, even if they do not become the theme of a piece or merely a general melody, they must still take shape according to a certain "musical statement structure form." The book also incorporates some distinctive compositional techniques from China's folk music, aiming to expand the scope of our analysis and research. It explains the relationship between the commonality and national characteristics of techniques in expressing ideological content.