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How would one write part of a song backwards? Would you go measure by measure, note by note, phrase by phrase? Is there any good way to do this, and have the listener notice that it's the original melody, but backwards?

~Kal

How would one write part of a song backwards? Would you go measure by measure, note by note, phrase by phrase? Is there any good way to do this, and have the listener notice that it's the original melody, but backwards?

~Kal

I'm pretty new and inexperienced at counterpoint in retrograde - playing the same melody forwards while playing it backwards from the end at the same time. I recently attempted a short composition on it. Rather, a few short phrases on it. I didn't like it, so I deleted it, though.

However, I found that I had to work from both ends at the same time, one forward from the beginning, one backwards from the end, until they "meet", where upon alot of consideration has to be given for the sake of good sounding harmony.

Even finished, and knowing my purpose, I had trouble recoginizing the backwards melody as such. I think it's important to make it very distinctive.