Stearner

Haha, made me laugh :toothygrin:

I have different approaches, but one of my favourite is to compose melody & harmony simultaneously, whilst working at a piano.. I'm not a great pianist, but I find it useful to always know where at least my root note is when composing melodies a lot of the time, although there are times when I write melodies/harmonies in isolation first, before adding the other.. I guess there's not one correct way ;-)

Thanks for the recommendations, will have to check them out. I happen to already have a copy of Adler's Orchestration with the CDs, it's a truly brilliant work fully worth the investment imo, considering the amount I've already learnt from it. Twentieth-Century Harmony has intrigued me for a while now, will get a copy shortly, along with the other books, which were unfamilar to me, but definitely look like the sort of thing I am after. Thanks again :toothygrin:

Do you have any particular recommendations on some good ones to start with?

Really nice, I enjoyed it ;)