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It is important to think about structure when creating your own music.

Structure refers to the way music is arranged and ordered in a composition. Use your knowledge of music in order to consider structure and experiment with it in a creative way.

Binary form

Binary form is a good structure to choose for your composition to show contrast in your music. You may choose to repeat section A and repeat section B. There could be some small rhythmic, melodic or harmonic developments during the repeat.

Ternary form

Choosing ternary form as a structure for your composition allows you to revisit section A at the end of your piece. When you repeat section A you could try to vary it in some way by doing something slightly different with the melody, rhythm or harmony.

Rondo

Creating a piece of music that uses a rondo structure can be a more complex. This form will allow you to develop a greater amount of different sections and therefore allow you to create a longer piece of music. Remember to keep coming back to the ‘A’ section.

Here is a famous Rondo by Mozart, played by Daniel Ciobanu. Listen for the ‘A’ section returning between all of the other sections.

Using technology to experiment

This video clip shows how Dev from Radio 1 can capture ideas he has when he is out and about by using mobile technology.

Electro and dance music producer Kito explains how to turn your bedroom into your own digital audio work station (DAW).