Compose Music Starting From Rhythm (Accents, Time Signatures & Beat Division)
Want to compose original music but don't know where to begin? Flip the usual approach and start with rhythm — using accents, beat divisions and time signatures as your seed. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music flips the traditional songwriting approach by starting with rhythm instead of melody or harmony, showing how accents, beat divisions and time signatures become powerful seeds for composing. You'll explore unpredictable subdivisions, Konnakol-inspired grooves and metric modulations that give your phrases a strong rhythmic identity on the piano. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 00:00 - Performance 00:24 - How we normally compose music 01:43 - What are the Properties of Sound? 01:57 - Pitch - Low & High 02:31 - 2. Volume / Amplitude 03:12 - 3. Quality / Timbre 04:58 - How do you compose with Rhythm ? 05:48 - Making the Divisions unpredictable 07:20 - Konnokol & Accents: Feeling the Groove 08:04 - Play the accents in the Left Hand 09:02 - Bringing Pitch to the Party 09:49 - Adding a Chord 10:39 - Accent Hit Points Only 11:52 - Feeling the Maths 12:38 - 16 Beats Cycle - Dividing by 4 14:15 - Accent Pattern - 3+4+3+4+2 15:53 - Practice - Doing things you don’t know 17:21 - Let’s do this slowly 18:01 - It’s a 4/4 time signature after all! 18:50 - Metric Modulation for Music Composition 19:06 - Tackling 9/8 = 4.5/4? 20:35 - The “Gallop” Rhythm 22:10 - 3/4 meets 2/8 23:29 - 3/4 meets 3/16 23:58 - Compose Music using Beat Division 24:47 - 2+2+3+4 (Beat Division) 26:41 - Rhythm is a great catalyst 27:11 - Recap of all the 3 Rhythmic Concepts 27:43 - Lyrical vs Poetic Composition ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses & Private Lessons ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ============================= ▶️ Related Lessons & Playlists 🎵 Music Theory lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/PianoTheory 🎹 All our lessons on Chord Inversions (Playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 👂 Ear Training lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/EarTraining ============================= 🎓 Learn Music with Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac ➡️ https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) by skill level, topic & genre ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com ============================= 💰 Donate on PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 Call +91 98454 65411 · 💬 WhatsApp chat +91 77604 56847 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #MusicComposition #RhythmTheory #TimeSignatures
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