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dream-_-
Profile Blog Joined April 2006
United States1857 Posts
August 01 2013 08:47 GMT
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I have been away from home for the last 5 years unable to play Piano, but now that I am coming home I am tempted to start composing again. I don't know how to read music, so everything is completely by ear, and I am really starting to wonder if some kind of classical training would help me with my composition.

I have written two songs, one around 6 years ago and one about 5. I want feedback on the song that I wrote 5 years ago. Positive or negative, I'm trying hard to put things into perspective with my music.



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Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Australia192 Posts
August 01 2013 10:56 GMT
#2
great song! The opening has a Fly (from the movie intouchables) to it. I just started learning the piano so I am a complete music noob but your work sounds really good. Did you play both instruments yourself or only the piano?
I had no idea you can compose by ear? That's so amazing, would love to hear how you go about doing that. Good work on the song
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Profile Blog Joined December 2010
3624 Posts
August 01 2013 12:06 GMT
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not bad, especially for composing by wrote. I would absolutely suggest you look into classical training. You don't need as much regarding piano technique although that would help in certain ways, but I would suggest you get a theory text and start learning formal processes like harmony, form, counterpoint, instrumentation, registration, etc... These things will really help you understand form and structure and allow you to be very flexible in your own writing and will really open up your possibilities.

The other thing I would suggest would be take your favorite songs or pieces, and start deconstructing them to see how they function, and why. That's how I originally began to learn how to write music, by trying to understand composers like Mendelssohn and Beethoven and Mozart (but heck, go ahead and analyze Radiohead too, all of this stuff is universally applicable).
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dream-_-
Profile Blog Joined April 2006
United States1857 Posts
August 05 2013 07:36 GMT
#4
Thanks for the feedback, I will start learning a bit of music theory while I'm here without a Piano.
dream-_-
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United States1857 Posts
August 05 2013 07:42 GMT
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On August 01 2013 19:56 sths wrote:
great song! The opening has a Fly (from the movie intouchables) to it. I just started learning the piano so I am a complete music noob but your work sounds really good. Did you play both instruments yourself or only the piano?
I had no idea you can compose by ear? That's so amazing, would love to hear how you go about doing that. Good work on the song


Actually it was my ex fiance on the violin, originally it was just a piano piece but she wanted me to add a violin part for her, so I did. it was hard because I never wrote anything down for her I just kinda had to explain to her what I wanted her to play. A few parts that aren't exactly what I had in mind for the violin but it's ok. As far as writing by ear, I'm not sure I just kinda play till it sounds like what I want it to sound like and then remember what I played.
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