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> Composing!, Does anyone have any good tips??
daisy_rocks
post Mar 30 2006, 07:49 PM
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I absolutely LOVE composing but i'm not great at it and i'd like to improve so does anyone have any good tips or do you just go with the flow??? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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Car Expert
post Mar 30 2006, 08:39 PM
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Go to this thread, and the links will take you to more threads. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

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another crazy pianist
post Mar 30 2006, 08:49 PM
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Good job, CE ! (as usual...) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
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hyperchik
post Mar 31 2006, 02:20 PM
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First off, think about what instrument you want to compose for, or if you want it to be a song for a person's voice. Then you can think of a theme and use different cadences (V-I or IV-I could do). Your compo can also have a pattern (e.g. rondo form A-B-A-C-A etc.) if you want it to. That's not the only way though. If you have something that's been in your head for a while, you can also write it down and build up on it. It's always good to write down ideas as there is a saying: "Any composer knows the disappointment of losing an idea that they have not written down!"
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Noodelz
post Mar 31 2006, 03:31 PM
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QUOTE(hyperchik @ Mar 31 2006, 03:20 PM) *

It's always good to write down ideas as there is a saying: "Any composer knows the disappointment of losing an idea that they have not written down!"

That happens to me nearly everyday lol. Writing it down is just too long...
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hyperchik
post Apr 2 2006, 06:09 PM
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The original manuscripts of the great composers are extremely messy!! Maybe it's because they were in such a hurry (and writing in ink at the same time)... apparently Beethoven's symphonies were quite challenging for the publishers to read. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)
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crazy_purple_piano_freak
post Apr 2 2006, 07:00 PM
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When I bought Hisaishi's Encore album, it had scanned in handwritten original score from some of the pieces in between each piece..bit messy but readable!. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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Noodelz
post Apr 3 2006, 04:17 PM
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I guess since Beethoven composed for a living he didn't have time to be neat, he was a messy person anyway wasn't he? And a lot of the time he composed away from his piano so he made many mistakes, but wait, didn't he have perfect pitch?
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sarah-flute
post Apr 3 2006, 04:29 PM
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According to wikipedia he did, though don't know how they know!

You don't need it to compose away from an instrument though.
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Yorkie
post Apr 4 2006, 10:20 AM
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Always remember writing music is like writing a normal book-it has beginning, a middle exciting bit and an ending.You should have had some ideas just by reading other normal typed of music ? I had noticed a lot of music is repeated in places.
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Noodelz
post Apr 4 2006, 03:23 PM
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QUOTE(Yorkie @ Apr 4 2006, 11:20 AM) *

Always remember writing music is like writing a normal book-it has beginning, a middle exciting bit and an ending.You should have had some ideas just by reading other normal typed of music ? I had noticed a lot of music is repeated in places.

And the great thing about that is most poeple don't notice it, especially if it is in the background. So if you have a great melody, don't be afraid to use it again straight after or near the end or anywhere!
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sarah828
post Apr 4 2006, 08:48 PM
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Never underestimate the power of repetition!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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Yorkie
post Apr 7 2006, 09:57 AM
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QUOTE(Noodelz @ Apr 4 2006, 04:23 PM) *

QUOTE(Yorkie @ Apr 4 2006, 11:20 AM) *

Always remember writing music is like writing a normal book-it has beginning, a middle exciting bit and an ending.You should have had some ideas just by reading other normal typed of music ? I had noticed a lot of music is repeated in places.

And the great thing about that is most poeple don't notice it, especially if it is in the background. So if you have a great melody, don't be afraid to use it again straight after or near the end or anywhere!

I repeat a couple of bars every now and again in my own work
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