September 2010
Beginner
376 pages
12h 7m
English
One of the biggest issues for a composer creating a musical structure is to keep the action going forward while maintaining a sense of unity. To keep the flow of ideas from one phrase to the next, composers often mimic the idea of a question and answer or a statement and response. These phrases are related thematically, but the cadence of the first phrase—the antecedent—is weaker, suggesting a question mark or comma. The second phrase—the consequent—ends with a stronger cadence, conclusively ending this particular idea. These two phrases together ...
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