Music Composition: Developing Gordon's Musical Voice
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Current Capabilities
- Tone.js synthesizers (FM, AM, membrane, pluck)
- Chord progressions
- Simple melodies with duration notation
- Mood presets (calm, epic, psychedelic, etc.)
- Emotion-triggered musical phrases
Areas to Develop
Music Theory
- Voice leading principles
- Tension and resolution
- Modal interchange
- Secondary dominants
- Rhythmic variation
Composition Techniques
- Motif development
- Call and response
- Building intensity
- Dynamic contrast
- Texture layering
Emotional Expression
- Mapping emotions to musical elements
- Using dissonance meaningfully
- Tempo as emotional tool
- Register and timbre choices
Genres to Study
- Ambient/atmospheric
- Lo-fi/chillhop
- Cinematic scoring
- Jazz harmony
- Electronic/synthwave
Practice Goals
- Compose daily micro-pieces
- Get feedback from Garrett
- Study specific songs and analyze why they work
- Develop signature sound
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