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Personally, I don't think that composition (creation) has absolutely anything to do with harmony or music theory.

For myself.

Although I've been playing in bands for a few years now.

But I'm more interested in basic music theory and some of the instrumental stuff.

Actually, it's not very clear.

But. I feel like I can still write, compose, and arrange.

I still finished my own attempted work.

Of course. I don't know anything, and it's not easy to create.

However, I think it's more important to create inspiration.

The more you see, the more you hear, and the more you use your body and soul to feel what you like.

Then you will study what instruments you have, what combinations you will be fascinated and liked, and so on.

Knowledge can make you avoid detours.

But that doesn't mean you can't create without knowledge.

Humming and singing casually is also a kind of creation.

Did you record it? Do you try to actually convert it into a sheet music or a more complete and rich work?

It's true. Instead of thinking about what is still lacking (I think the best things are endless learning), it is better to think about what you lack and urgently need while doing it.

And listen to and analyze all kinds of songs.

For example, the way the music is arranged: which instruments are used, how they are matched to each other, etc.

Harmony acoustics and orchestration are basic.

First, learn a musical instrument, preferably a keyboard or guitar, don't learn the piano, directly learn the popular keyboard, this is an operation technology for you in the future, these two introductory instruments are not mastered, it is difficult to create songs, the keyboard is also for your future computer arrangement to lay a technical foundation for the operation of the operation, it is best to find a musician to accompany the local night to learn, a teacher with practical experience, you have to find one, this will take you two years.

Second, learn music theory, chord knowledge, chord arrangement, scale knowledge, tonal scale knowledge, and various styles at the same time, so find a teacher to bring you to the beginning of this piece, or go to station b to watch the tutorial honestly, many tutorials on the Internet are very practical, such as Guan Dawei's chord ** class, basically from shallow to deep learning can be learned. If you don't know music theory, you can't compose and arrange music.

Third, learn an arrangement software, such as cubase or fruit, host software, you need a computer with good performance, about 8,000 yuan, the CPU is fast enough, the memory is large enough, the hard disk is big enough, and then you have to learn to install and use a variety of audio sources, this can go to buy a hard disk that has installed many audio sources, this is the basis of your equipment, computer, MIDI keyboard, sound card, monitor headphones or monitor speakers, this configuration is an entry arrangement workstation.

Fourth, learn to listen to all kinds of styles, all kinds of styles to listen, expand your vision, rock folk reggae jazz hip hop classical post-shake gold book shirt do not limit the style, listen more, and then distinguish their rhythm, rhythm, the instrument used to achieve this style, the sound of the state has no tone, etc., this is a long-term process.

Fifth, learn some songwriting courses, lyric writing, lyric framework, this has a lot of tutorials at station b for you to see, Berkeley**College**creation** is worth watching, I remember that an old doctor is talking about how to write songs, that** is particularly reliable.

Of course, if you have the conditions, it will be better to apply for a school, such as a professional college, self-study is very hard, and you have to pay three to five years to enter the industry, if you are mentally prepared, then the above four things to start doing!

If you have no foundation, please lay the basics first: learn music theory knowledge such as notes, timing, pitch, beat, rhythm, etc.; If you can learn.

One or two instruments (piano preferred) are preferred, as they will greatly help you master the indispensable knowledge of music theory for writing songs.

In this way, you have a bit of a foundation.

So, you can teach yourself (in the following order) to compose and arrange music:

1. Compose music (write songs).

For example, if you can hum a song and write down the song you hum (preferably with lyrics), your song will be written. That's what composition is.

If you already have the above knowledge of music theory, you will be able to write songs in a good way.

2. Arrangement. If you want to write an accompaniment (arrangement) for a song, it is best to learn a little about harmony and counterpoint, and understand the performance of the accompaniment instrument.

3. Composition. If you want to write vocal or instrumental music. You should learn the knowledge of sound, counterpoint, form, and orchestration in a standardized and systematic way.

。。。Of course, first learn basic music theory, read what you told him, I will answer, first go to learn the basics, at least simple notation, staves, can read, and then musical instruments, composition, it is best to choose to practice piano.

If not, unless you have a very good sense of tone, you can know which note you are singing, and you will not know which note you can accurately distinguish if you don't know the staff. Either they are all tuners, and the intonation test is innate and acquired.

You can also get a tape recorder and sing it with the melody of getting along and find a friend to help you write the score.

Finally, let's talk about the above compositions that belong to the nature of Mongolia.

It's really still necessary for music theory, such as chord progressions, emotional expressions of chords, intervals, and so on.

The above pure hand play Thank you.

Learn to do **, of course, you have to go back to some music theory, so that the music that comes out of this way is good to listen to, and the new Dijie record school also teaches music theory.

1. Theoretical basis.

To learn arrangement, you first need to learn the basic fundamentals of music theory. In modern times, in fact, some rules of theory transmission have been broken, so is there no need to learn traditional theoretical knowledge?

On the contrary, if you want to improve your arrangement, then the acoustics, counterpoint, and orchestration mentioned above are more important, because when you need to break the rules for the sake of the arrangement, it is completely different from you blindly using the rules because you don't understand the rules.

However, it is still important to note that these theories are intended to be applied to your arrangement, so it is important to learn them selectively.

2. Software operation.

The software used for arranging music is called DAW software. DAW is the English abbreviation of DigitalAudioWorkstation, which means digital audio workstation in Chinese.

Generally speaking, DAW software must have three major functions: multi-track software instrument recording, audio recording, and mixing. At present, the more mainstream DAWs on the market include ProTools, LogicProcuBase, AbletonLive, and FLSTUDIO.

When I was learning DAW software, I always tried to study the use of the software more thoroughly, because it would improve the efficiency of the arrangement. Indeed, during the time I was researching, I was very proficient in various functions. However, in less than half a year, I found that many of the functions I had not used in my work, which led to the forgetting of many of the functions I had learned.

3. Musical instrument foundation.

I think the most basic thing is that you need to know the keyboard and the guitar. The ability you need to play the keyboard is the piano accompaniment method of popular songs, which is actually not much involved, and if you spend two or three years learning and practicing, there will be a sea change.

The ability you need to play the guitar is the accompaniment methods and techniques of some common tunes, as well as some common techniques for electric guitar. These can be mastered in a general direction through two or three years of study.

I don't study music theory.

It's okay to just rely on feeling aggrieved, and it's also possible to compose high-quality works, but only if you arrange your own music.

The method must be understood and understood. It's a wonderful thing, although the notes are limited, but people can combine them through different permutations of notes.

to weave into different pieces of music, it can also express different moods and feelings. Some people are born with very good cells, whether it is singing or arranging, they are very powerful, but some people are not so sensitive to **. <>

Of course, there are many people who like ** very much and go to study ** specifically. Some people may not have enough financial ability and no time to learn**, but they like it very much, so they will try to make their own arrangements. In fact, you can also make very high-quality works by arranging music by yourself, and the premise is that you have a unique method of memorizing music scores, so that you can remember what you have written.

In fact, this experience knowledge is also a general way to memorize music, and it is through this music theory knowledge that everyone can remember the content of the score. Some people are very talented, even if they have never learned it systematically, and they have never learned music theory knowledge, but they are very musical, so the music they make up is also very good. In fact, many people rely on their own feelings to make up good works before they find that they have the best talent and want to take the best path, so they go to systematically learn music theory knowledge.

Therefore, if you are particularly interested in ** or arrangement, and want to try arranging by yourself, you can also try it boldly, and you don't have to be afraid that you will fail if you have not learned music theory knowledge. ** itself is to bring happiness to everyone, so just make yourself happy, don't care too much about right and wrong.

Of course not, the quality of such works is not up to par, and you still have to master some basic music theory knowledge.

I don't think it's possible, music theory is the basis for making up a good tune, only by understanding music theory can you better try to make up a tune, otherwise you will play the piano to the cow, which does not conform to the basic ** theorem, even if the music is made up, it will not be successfully appreciated by others.

It is not possible to rely on the feeling of arranging music without learning music theory knowledge; You can't make up high-quality work, because you're not a genius.