Introduction Welcome to Music Composition For Dummies, 3rd Edition! Are you the type of person who walks around all day with a maddening melody in your head that makes you stop whatever you’re doing so that you can pay it full attention? Do you often find yourself tapping out rhythmic...

Insights into Music Composition is a guide and source of inspiration for beginning students of music composition. Drawing on perspectives from a range of experienced composers, the book introduces readers to the compositional process, emphasizing how to think about creating a piece of music from...