How to learn to write music?

Very useful to know how things work that you like. And if you are very fond of listening to music, we hope that you will be interested in the question of how to learn how to write music. This is not as difficult as it might seem at first glance. Of course, it is difficult to achieve world recognition without special education, but to learn how to write pretty compositions is possible for everyone. Today we will tell you what you need to know and what skills to have to create and make your music.

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Required skills

It is advisable, before learning how to write music, even to have basic skills:

• Learn how to play a musical instrument. Any instrument that you like and on which you can play the melody will do.
• Learn the notes and the basics of musical notation. Without these skills, it's very difficult to record your work. In addition, knowing the basics of musical notation, you can better understand the laws of melody construction.

Important! Try to listen as much as possible to various music to understand what exactly you like in this melody and what does not. Try to analyze, listening to the works, due to what effects the composer achieves this or that sound.

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Where to start?

You can try to compose melodies yourself, but it's much more effective to learn the art in specialized courses. Under the supervision of experienced teachers and with the help of special exercises you can quickly take place as a composer.

Begin to become a composer gradually, before proceeding to write your own large-scale works, begin by arranging a well-known melody. Do it this way:

1. Listen carefully to the melody that you like.
2. Learn a piece on a musical instrument.
3. Add to the melody something of your own, for example, a rhythm, a new chord or an additional theme.
4. Ask the teacher to listen to your work. The professional will be able to give you competent advice on how to improve the composition, point out the strengths and weaknesses of the composition.

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The process of creating a melody

After you have mastered the basic skills of composition and arrangement, go on to create your own work. Let it be very small, but beautiful and high-quality.

In the creation of any work, the following stages stand out:

1. The idea and its specification.
2. Drawing up a work plan.
3. Creates separate fragments of a melody.
4. Work on the integrity of the composition.
5. Grinding the melody.

Qualitatively work out each point and the result will please you. The main thing - do not rush and do not despair if something goes wrong.

Important! Record your own game on the instrument on video, from time to time, listen to the recording to hear the strengths and weaknesses of the composition and make the necessary adjustments.

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How to learn how to write music on a computer?

If you do not own any tools, and the desire to create and create melodies is huge, then you can learn how to make music on your computer. All you need:

• Computer.
• MIDI keyboard. First of all, it is needed for clarity.
• Speakers.
• A program that allows you to record notes.

Important! There are a lot of programs for writing music, for example, Audacity allows you to record everything you play on the synthesizer with subsequent processing in the form of notes. Some programs allow you to add built-in effects to the finished song.

Therefore, first determine the composition style, and then select one of the following programs:

• Sibelius - is intended for writing symphonic music.
• Cubase is a universal program. It is not very simple, but full of various functions.
• Fruity Loops - simple and easy to manage. Designed for those wishing to try their hand at writing modern music.

All these programs have a completely understandable interface, so that it is not difficult to understand them.

Important! If your computer is running the Windows operating system, then first try the simplest program for writing FL Studio music. On the "MacBooks" is installed by default Garage Band. This program is more than enough to learn how to make music.

Let's get acquainted with the program FL Studio( just Fruits).

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How to learn how to make music in FL Studio?

First of all, open the program and familiarize yourself with the Tool Bar. All these buttons will be useful to you in the future.

And now we will get acquainted with the panel of windows and tell you what it is responsible for:

• MIXER!has the following options:
  • Volume control for each sound.
  • Master channel.
  • Channel to which the sound will be "hung".
  • Built-in equalizer - to change the volume of a separate frequency.
  • Inserts - for each sound hang effect.
• Playlist( Playlist) - will collect the track in pieces.
• Pianoroll( Pianoroll) helps those who do not know the notes. Here all notes and chords are prescribed( along the X axis, the length of the notes, along the Y axis, their height).

And now, when you know which window is responsible for that, let's try to write your own melody:

1. Open the program.
2. Press the F6 key to display the Step Sequencer.
3. By default, there are 4 tools loaded:
   • Big drum( Kick).
   • Cotton( Clap).
   • Plate( Hat).
   • Snare drum.
4. Open the "Key Editor" window and sketch a simple bit.
5. Click Play. If the bit suits you, then add chords( see next paragraph).If not, change the bit structure.
6. To create chords, take the piano. To do this, click on channel, then on "Add one", then "FL Keys".Press the right piano on the appeared piano and select "Piano Roll".
7. Write down simple chords.
8. Press "Play" and you will hear how the beat plays and the created chords.
9. Put the composition you created in the playlist. Here you can also arrange the melody.
10. Knowing how to make a bit and adding tools, you can continue to experiment with the melody.

The study of music, even very superficial, develops imagination and imagination, so create and create. And if you understand that creating music is not a momentary hobby, but a serious priority, then hire a tutor and start learning more professional things. We wish you creative success!