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In this course, I’ll talk about the fundamentals of music composition, from mindset, to pre-compositional process, to form.
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          Lesson 1: Intro and finding your North StarIn this lesson, I talk about what composing is and how to find your North Star so that you always know WHY you compose. 
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          Lesson 2: Mining Your Musical GemsIn this lesson I outline exactly what you need to start composing. 
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          Lesson 3: Overcoming Composer's BlockEvery composer gets stuck at some point. In this lesson, I go into the reasons why and how to get unstuck. 
 
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      Phase 2: Preparing the Palette
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      Phase 3: Form- 
      
        
          
          
          Lesson 1: Rethinking FormIn this lesson, I go into a general survey of past musical forms and how we can rethink form for our music in the 21st century. 
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          Lesson 2: Giving Form to Your MusicIn this lesson, I demonstrate how you can take a simple idea and add development and form to it. 
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          Lesson 3: Open FormThere's another option for form: open form! 
 
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Meet your instructor
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Meet your instructor ✳
Mathew Arrellín (pronounced: A-rre-yín), born in El Paso, Texas in 1993, is an award-winning composer and cellist currently based in Chicago. He is the founder of the Sound Painters Studio.
MATHEW ARRELLIN, PHD
