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How to Write Music
These lessons start at the beginning -- you don't need prior music
knowledge.
1. Elements of a
Song
Use these lessons, along with the ChordSong software program, to learn about the art of writing music and create your own music -- no instrument required, just your computer. A brief overview of melody, chords, and lyrics
2. Create a Chord
Progression: First Steps
Start creating a chord progression using
ChordSong
3. Add a Melody: First
Steps
Start adding a melody to your chord progression
4. Chord Patterns: Phrases
and Repetition
Expand a short chord sequence into a song
5. Chord Patterns: Home and
Away
Learn to use the tonic chord
6. Melody Rhythm
Combine single melody notes into phrases
7. Theory Basics: 12
Chromatic Tones
The fundamentals of musical pitch
8. Chord Patterns:
Diatonic Chords
Learn to use this important class of chords
9. Arranging:
Starting with Snare & Bass Drum
BD/SD groove patterns
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Transcribing Music
These articles help you learn the skill of transcribing music (figuring
out the notes and sounds in recordings). The focus is on teaching through
detailed, specific examples, and on using the
1.
Introduction to Transcribing
The what/why/how of transcribing music.
2. Seeing Musical Features in a Spectrogram (Bridge Over Troubled
Water)
Recognize notes, beats, and "noise" (applause).
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