How To Write A Song Without Playing A Single Note (Patreon)

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2016-07-29 17:18:32

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2020-05

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Writing songs is hard: Wouldn't it be great if you didn't have to, you know, make decisions? If you could choose a set of rules and music would just sort of happen? Well, you can! Sort of. Welcome to Total Serialism, a compositional style so rigid and structured that it doesn't actually need any artistic input besides the initial set of rules. Check it out!

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How To Write A Song Without Playing A Single Note

There are lots of different ways to write music, but perhaps one of the strangest is Total Serialism. This technique eschews artistic license entirely, building an entire composition from a set of strict, unbending rules. What sort of music does it create, though? Well, it's certainly unique.