

(think about oral tradition, computer-generated music.)Īnother thing to consider: any artistic rule can be broken, and opinions on artistic maters often differ, but trying to understand a frame, and a set of rules, even if you disagree with it (and as a student, I used to disagree with almost everything.) is worth the trouble! Keep in mind that there are many other ways of composing than writing notes on staves. Instead I'll focus on notated tonal music.įlat.io provides the perfect tools for it ! In fact, improvisation and composition are deeply linked, but this discussion is beyond the scope of this post. There are tons of ways of composing, and a lot of people improvise songs or melodies - think about the last time you sang in the shower :) - without even knowing they are composing.

Whether you are an experienced musician or a beginner, have you ever thought about creating your own music?

July 1979: Voyager 2 takes additional images and captures more science data during a more distant flyby of Io.March 1979: Voyager 1 catches a volcanic eruption in the act during its Jupiter flyby.1973-1974: Pioneer 10-the first spacecraft to explore Jupiter up close-and its sister mission, Pioneer 11, make the first close-up measurements of Io.8, 1610: Galileo Galilei makes the first recorded observations of Io and three more moons orbiting Jupiter. Juno is currently orbiting Jupiter, but its prime mission is focused on the giant planet, not the moons. Since 2003, three spacecraft-Ulysses, Cassini, New Horizons and Juno-have made additional close observations of Io. Most of what we know about Io comes from Galileo spacecraft, which made a detailed study of the Jupiter system-including Io-from orbit from December 1995 to September 2006, but it was Voyager 1 that spotted the first signs of the little moon’s powerful volcanism in 1979.
