ANYONE WHO CAN PICK UP A PENCIL CAN DRAW. ANYONE WHO CAN SING OR PLAY AN INSTRUMENT CAN COMPOSE. FOLLOWING THE SUCCESSFUL FORMULA OF THE COMPOSER’S HANDBOOK, THE POP COMPOSER’S HANDBOOK IS A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO THE COMPOSITION OF MELODY, HARMONY, RHYTHM RHYTHM: - KEY FEATURES OF RHYTHM IN POPULAR MUSIC - STYLE, METRE AND TEMPO - BUILDING ON A ONE-BAR PATTERN - USING TECHNOLOGY - . - MELODY: - POP MELODY - EXTENDING MELODY - ADVANCED MELODY WRITING - . - HARMONY: - MELODY AND HARMONY - WHY DOES