The phrase

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You probably discovered earlier, when sequencing three completely different styles of music, that musical common sense prompted you to play and record the music as complete phrases. We can assume then, that a phrase is the smallest structural unit used for composition. It has a sense of completeness. It can be sung or played in a single breath and has a definite beginning and ending.

Load exile/ exile and view the flute (Track 3) in the Score window.

The first phrase is colored red. It's a complete unit. Think of it as a musical sentence . Better still, think of it as a musical question. It's followed by another phrase, the answer, marked blue. After this there are two more question and answer phrases. Look through and play the score to identify other such phrases. I've marked a few to get you going.

What do these phrases consist of? What is the main ingredient? Well melody for a start. For me, this is usually the most important part of the creative process. The melody comes first and the rest follows later.

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