How to compose like Arvo Pärt, tintinnabuli style

A guide to Arvo Pärt’s compositional technique. 0:00 Introduction 1:52 Structural overview 2:39 Writing an M-voice 6:15 Text setting 7:49 Adding T-voices 14:28 Additional M-voices 19:19 Building complexity 23:54 New Perspectives ERRATA: The second purple box at the end of the section “Additional M-voices“ should have gone to the measure which is two measures later, since that is the one with the same note (B) in the M-voice (the T-voices are still the same there in either case). PATREON: Find scores, handouts, and worksheets associated with this (and other) content. Great for educators who would like to teach a unit on Arvo Pärt in their courses!
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