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Composition Task 3

Bassline

Give your composition some bass by adding a bassline, in one of the 3 ways explored in Crucifixus,32 Variations, and Rush.

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Step 1

Add a bassline to your composition, either by having another instrumental layer, or adjusting the pitches of certain notes.

The bassline can be descending, ascending, or otherwise, but it needs to have a clear shape.

Step 2

Incorporate your bassline into the rhythmic cell comopsition by choosing one or more of the  options below:

  • Deriving a harmony from the bassline

  • Creating pitch material based on the bassline movement

  • Change the rate of harmonic progression (bassline moving more quickly)​

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