Alexandra Coursen Composer  Harpist

I can pull back, not point as high into the wind. I don’t have to compose a new tune every week after all. I can take this week and work...

I can pull back, not point as high into the wind. I don’t have to compose a new tune every week after all. I can take this week and work...

Week 5 musings Monday and Tuesday, 2/1 and 2/2. I got an A part written, 8 bars in 4/4. Feeling it will do, and then remembered I...

This tune has a simple accompaniment, and I want to compose some variations. I didn't care for it initially, but it has grown on me. And...

1/12/16 How to compose a heart-rending melody. Or a memorable touching one. My limited experience to date has been that I have used ...

Here are the 10 Questions and Answers from week 2. These relate to my 2nd week composition, An HYMM. I am still fussing with the harmony,...

How do you know if it’s a good tune/melody, especially if you don’t respond immediately to a piece of music and it takes several hearings...

1/18 Week 2 composition (An HYMM) worked on harmonies to complete the statement of melody; found that it had a statelier, more majestic...

Today’s tune sounds like a national anthem. Or school anthem. I wanted to compose in a major key, to thwart my minor impulses. And found...

1/4/15 and oh my gosh, what did I get myself into with Harness Your Muse. I read over my notes, and its seems overwhelming; especially...