Performing and composing ideas
There are techniques for composing and performance in Make You Feel My Love that are usual in a pop genre but can also be employed in many other music genres.
| Performance | Composition | |
| Dynamics | Ensure that any crescendos or diminuendos are smoothly performed | Using dynamics wisely can help interpret the mood you wish to portray |
| End-of-phrase fills on a different instrument | The performer of the fills and the performer of the main melody must play in the same style. | Using a different instrument to fill the melody rests can add decoration and keep the music flowing |
| Plagal cadence | With any type of cadance, it is wise to be aware of the cadence points at the end of each phrase so that the audience know when the finale is or isn't | A plagal cadence can give a softer end of a phrase, compared to a perfect cadence |
| Stepwise melodies | Even if a melody is stepwise with simple intervals, remember to pay attention to accents, slurs, phrasing and dynamics to make it interesting | Stepwise movement can give a melody a conversational feel as it follows the shape of a spoken word. closely |
| Melody and accompaniment texture | Performers must know which part must be heard within the texture | Write the accompaniment so that it has movement and interplays with the melody |
| Syllabic text setting | A singer can bring words to life by using expression and special articulations of important words | Syllabic text setting makes a song sound natural and conversational |
| Dynamics | |
| Performance | Ensure that any crescendos or diminuendos are smoothly performed |
| Composition | Using dynamics wisely can help interpret the mood you wish to portray |
| End-of-phrase fills on a different instrument | |
| Performance | The performer of the fills and the performer of the main melody must play in the same style. |
| Composition | Using a different instrument to fill the melody rests can add decoration and keep the music flowing |
| Plagal cadence | |
| Performance | With any type of cadance, it is wise to be aware of the cadence points at the end of each phrase so that the audience know when the finale is or isn't |
| Composition | A plagal cadence can give a softer end of a phrase, compared to a perfect cadence |
| Stepwise melodies | |
| Performance | Even if a melody is stepwise with simple intervals, remember to pay attention to accents, slurs, phrasing and dynamics to make it interesting |
| Composition | Stepwise movement can give a melody a conversational feel as it follows the shape of a spoken word. closely |
| Melody and accompaniment texture | |
| Performance | Performers must know which part must be heard within the texture |
| Composition | Write the accompaniment so that it has movement and interplays with the melody |
| Syllabic text setting | |
| Performance | A singer can bring words to life by using expression and special articulations of important words |
| Composition | Syllabic text setting makes a song sound natural and conversational |