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Hello everybody! The overtone serie... : I think is essential for any kind of composition, to know and master the overtones serie. It's important to compose knowing how the sounds behave. You can experiment this on the piano or, more clearly on a guitar. Do you have the overtones in mind when you compose? Here a very nice explanation and helpful article about the overtone series. Hope you find it helpful too! https://www.piano-composer-teacher-london.co.uk/post/overtone-series-harmonicity-and-anharmonicity-as-the-foundation-of-harmony

Hello ! Recently, reading the book of Caplin (Analysing classical form) evaded cadences caught my attention. I found amazing the effect you get by using this cadence in the right place. Do you use evaded cadences in your pieces? I started adding them consciously and I take (as usual...) Haydn and Mozart works as my references. Here a very useful to understand the evaded cadence: https://www.piano-composer-teacher-london.co.uk/post/evaded-cadences

Hello community! I wanted to share with you this article about Analysing a piece through spectral techniques which I found very interesting! I started to learn about this topic recently and truly caught me up. What would you recommend me to know more about it? How do you develop a piece like this? Stay safe 🙂 https://www.piano-composer-teacher-london.co.uk/post/analysis-of-a-composition-based-on-three-sound-gestures-through-spectral-techniques

Hello everybody! As a pianist, I usually hear to performances of the piece I am preparing to have some references.Although my favourite pianist is Martha Argerich with no doubts, I try to keep open-minded to other pianists (famous or not) to have a bigger vision of the piece. Also, when I'm going to compose something, in particular, a sonata, for example, I listen to a lot of Mozart and Haydn sonatas so that I can encompass better the style. I'm curious to know if you have any musician as a reference or if you listen to several musicians when preparing a piece or when you want to compose in a particular style? Here I attach a delightful article about some of the greatest pianists and composers along with the history. I enjoyed it and found some fantastic inspirations. Hope you find it useful too! https://www.piano-composer-teacher-london.co.uk/post/the-31-greatest-pianists-of-all-time