Composing With Constraints: 100 Practical Exerc... May 2026

Covers compositional modules, theme and variations, rondo, and game pieces.

Includes transition composition, harmonic series, polytonality, clusters, and sequences. Composing with Constraints: 100 Practical Exerc...

Focuses on stylistic analysis (Chopin, Debussy), phasing, sound masses, and aleatoric counterpoint. Covers compositional modules

Explores math-based transformations, non-retrogradable rhythms, Morse code, polymeter, and metric modulation. theme and variations

Covers focal points, various scale uses (subsets, substitute pitches), 12-tone rows, and intervallic content.

The book includes a grading rubric in Appendix A to help instructors evaluate work based on how well guidelines were followed and the creative use of "open spaces".