Composing

[saritmiki]

Hey guys,

I dont know to play the piano well, in my case is organ well its almost the same...

I wondered if someone here who have the time and the will, can help me with composing?
I will be really glad..  I just have the ideas in the head and want to make it like a real piece..

Hope to hear from u..
Sarit

[opus57]

Well, I'm neither a pro nor have I that much time to help you. Further on I'm not very talented in composing. But I'd like to ask you something: do you have a electronic piano (keyboard)? If you have one, you can play your songs, melodies and so on on it and load it to your computer. Then you are absolutely free to try out all things you want. Do you have any program to write notes or to transfer digital music from keyboards?

Greetings
Opus57

[dan101]

I'm a composer. Start with an easy key (perhaps C major) and use I, IV and V chords to offer harmonic support to your melody line. The key is to become comfortable with harmonic choices within a key (and eventually in chromatic keys). As for the melody, coming up with a good one is entirely up to you. There really is no formula. If there was, we'd all be rich.

If you like, you can visit my website (link below) and print what you like. One final note; practice writing down notes on a staff. Even with computer software availability, never understimate the power in being able to notate by paper and pencil. Good luck.

[indutrial]

Hey guys,

I dont know to play the piano well, in my case is organ well its almost the same...

I wondered if someone here who have the time and the will, can help me with composing?
I will be really glad..  I just have the ideas in the head and want to make it like a real piece..

Hope to hear from u..
Sarit

I would recommend a set of books by composer Leo Kraft called Gradus, which deals with an integrated approach to learning by example how melody, harmony, and counterpoint work. Beyond that and maybe some other books on advanced harmony, jazz theory, I would simply recommend that you get a hold of some scores by composers that you are inspired by and see how they go about organizing their ideas. It sounds simplistic and non-systematic, but I've found that this approach can be very helpful.

Also, get something like Sibelius if you can so you can record and typeset your compositional work