music composition

Arranged musical piece

Music composition is the art or process of creating original music—arranging melody, harmony, rhythm, and structure into a coherent piece.

A composition is also the resulting work itself: She studied his compositions for piano.

The term spans genres from classical symphonies to pop songs to film scores.

To compose is to create music, and one who does so professionally is a composer.

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classical · poetry · chord progression · key change · piano · concert hall · leitmotif · opus · modulation · tonality · major key · fermata · orchestration · coda · cadence · melody · polyphony · jazz

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creative process

music compositionimprovisation

Spontaneous, unplanned creation

musical improvisation · extemporization · jazz improvisation · jamming · ad-libbing

creative output type

music compositionmusic performance

Live rendition of songs

musical interpretation · cover version · transcription · rendition · playing by ear

permanence and structure

music compositionsilence

Total lack of sound

noise · decomposition · cacophony · white noise · entropy

Family

music, composition

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G