Foundations · 20 lessonsThe Composer's Path · 37 lessons
Lesson 53 of 57 · Gesture, Space, Timbre, Process

The Composer's Path → Module 7 of 9

Gesture, Space, Timbre, Process

Three lessons on the parameters that are neither pitch nor rhythm, and that decide how the music actually lands.

3 lessons · 6 weeks · source course lessons 23 to 27

Gesture, Space, Timbre, Process illustration
L32

Gesture and physical space: sound as a body that moves

Riff physicality, piano gesture, and performance as part of the form.

2 weeks
L33

Form as process: set it up, load it, let it run

Reich, accumulative form, the long build, and the discipline of leaving things out.

2 weeks
L34

Timbre as structure: the same notes, entering the world differently

Orchestration and production choices treated as compositional decisions.

2 weeks