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Layering and the 100% Rule video - While these techniques may seem at first to have more application for popular music, I believe they are at work in ALL music of lasting worth, including concert art ('classical") music.

@Repetition and Form - Here are some examples that demonstrate the importance of composing economically by recycling material.

@What Are Composers Writing Today?

VARIOUS SCALES & MODES (Used by 20th-21st Century Composers):

Harmonic Analysis: "Engulfed Cathedral," by Debussy

Instructions and a project exploring the idea of **PRE-COMPOSITION**

Adam Edison Explains Score Analysis for Composers - Some good thoughts by this young pianist/composer, using Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique.

4th movement of 2011 Parkland HS AP Music Theory Final Project, "Il Bufa Affamati" (The Hungy Owl), from At the Meadow. Audio of entire suite here. This project displays prominently the use of pedal point, ostinato, layering, and sectional melodic form.

@Using a Cantus Firmus - Not Just for Medieval Composers!

Tu Ungane - Many have asked me about the source material for my popular intermediate concert band piece. Here's the story!

Rhythmic Dictations, from Rhythm and Dictation, by Jeremy Woolstenhulme (Kjos)