“Les Avions en Papier” from Les Choristes

leadingtone:

1. When you study music, the most important thing to learn is strict counterpoint.
2. Writing variations is something good for the beginner.
3. Usually the best ideas flow from the hand and mind without particular effort; these are the ideas which will endure in your compositions.
4. Never begin the working-out of a composition before the whole thing has taken definite form as an outline on paper or in your head. When ideas come to you, go for a walk: then you will discover that the thing which you thought to be a complete idea was only the beginning of one.

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