Full Version: Composing!
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???
Good job, CE ! (as usual...) 
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!"
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...
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. 
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!. 
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?
According to wikipedia he did, though don't know how they know!
You don't need it to compose away from an instrument though.
You don't need it to compose away from an instrument though.
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.
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!
Never underestimate the power of repetition!!
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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