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I know nothing about composing music. I ask this question as someone learning about the craft of writing in the literary arts, and in comparison to the visual arts. One of my of my teachers recently said in class, "Writing is hard, writing well is really hard." He suggested that was true for...

There's obviously the trivial distinction between major and minor keys. But within the major keys for example, why would a composer choose C and not Eb? Is there any truth to the idea that each key has its own emotion? Or do composers just throw darts and use what sticks?

Let me preface this with I do know how key signatures work. The top number is the number of beats per measure, and the bottom number is the note that has the beat. But I don't understand how someone can tell when the key signature changes in a piece of music by ear. For example, a melody going...

i got a guitar for christmas so hadnt been playiing piano much but got basic scales memorized and finally got my fingers strong enuf to play the notes well. trying 2 write some songs together with my friends after school and kinda improvised a bit with some scales and we came up with this song...

sorry i havent been posting for awhile, just have been really busy with football since we have a lot of away games and lots of long bus rides to play teams on indian reservations. in a nutshell: i find it really easy to come up with ideas, but turning them into a full song is a struggle. noone...

Wasn't really sure where to stick this thread, so I put it here... I just wanted to ask a question about the music software 'Sibelius'. (I know there are Sibelius specific sites I could sign up to, but I was just wondering if any of you would be able to quickly help me out). I am making a big...

Wasn't really sure where to stick this thread, so I put it here... I just wanted to ask a question about the music software 'Sibelius'. (I know there are Sibelius specific sites I could sign up to, but I was just wondering if any of you would be able to quickly help me out). I am making a big...

list a couple of major influences, and if possible what style of music to you leap off into the void?

What composer had or has the most unlikely personality or psychology for a classical genius? I'm thinking perhaps Erik Satie. His place was in a shambles after he died. He didn't seem to take a part of himself seriously, or didn't have the money for a housekeeper. I'm curious what...

Think for a moment the great composes that we adore, say J. S. Bach. Have these great minds ever wasted their talents because of their circumstance and so they ended up composing what they may be forced to do so, rather than out of pure artistic freedom? Looking at Bach, he composed few hundred...

https://hyperscore.wordpress.com/ Thinking about getting this software to do some composing myself. This would be a great exercise I suppose?

The great masters that we love, do you think they ever lost inspiration at some stage of their composing career due to whatever reason(s)? I'm less interested per se with the reason(s) why they might have lost their composing inspiration (and re-gained it back). I think they could have. There...

Hi everyone, First of all I apologise if I have posted this in the wrong section (I'm new to the forum.) I am currently completing a project on composing music based on that of the Renaissance, Baroque, Classical and Romantic eras and was wondering if anyone here may be able to offer some...

As I mentioned in my Flute Choir piece thread, I did compose this piece last year. I wrote it just for me as I wanted to explore my inner "Romantic" side which forced me to think differently while composing. So for the more conservative TC listeners, I offer this 10 minute single movement work.

Greetings fellow composers!:tiphat: I would like to find out from you all if anyone here composes by hand. This is actually a copy of a thread that I started in two other forums. I'd like to see the results here. I have always written my compositions by hand and I think it is a far better way...