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How to write a B Section

Imagine you’ve got your initial 8 or 16 bar main idea or A Section. Do you then find yourself stuck in a musical rut, unsure of where to go next?

When composing music, an effective contrasting B section can go a long way to helping you to ultimately sustain your listener's interest, as well as ...

4 Tips for Writing Great Melodies

For many composers, their lifelong musical pursuit is trying to write that perfect melody.
When the Theatre composer Andrew Lloyd Webber first played his father (who was also a composer), the melody from 'Memory', apparently his father simply replied - ‘It sounds like a million dollars’.

So here are...