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hi i have some of my compositions i would like to put on here. They are on my computer but I how do i put it on my message??????????
thanks

Wish that I knew. I'd probably do something like that too.

Yeah I really want people to hear my compositions!

I think that if you just put up the sheet music like you would any picture, it might work. But I think that you have to put it online first. Just thought of that one. We'll have to try it some time.

So they would just learn it by reading the music from the sheet?
I dont know, it would be very difficult to sight read my etude..

Wow. You wrote something that difficult?!? I'm impressed. I thought that some of my work was difficult, but to not be able to easily sight read it. Anyways, I don't think that you can get sound on here. You'll have to put a sound file of it on the internet and then put a link to it on your post for people to hear it.

I'd like to see your etude sheet music.

Ha I see.

So I have to make a webpage.
And then put all of my stuff on there and link it up with here.. hmmmmm I dont know why we cant put sound on here directly. Oh Well...

About the composition...
What I meant by sight reading was to sit down on the piano and start playing it easily

My etude, which I am 80 percent through is very fast moving up and down the piano. kind of like copin op. 10 N.1

But of course it doesn't sound as beatiful!

What kind of music do u compose?

I find that i can make very nice melodies with my right hand, but I can do anything with my left! I just cant join them together nicely, its very difficult.

My left hand tends to be repetitive ~!

My compostitions range from easy to difficult. They all differ in length. Most of my works are very simple. I like to use broken and/or chords in the bass clef. Sometimes I do other things with the base clef, but thats what I do mostly. I have some with a walking base clef too. Anyways, maybe we could ask Frank (the pianoworld web master) if there is a way to put on sound and/or sheet music.

Yes I tend to do the same thing in the bass clef...

I always think that its not good enough becuase I am always trying comparing my music to Beethovens or chopin... Its not the best thing to do because it lowers your spirit!

I barely know anything about writing the music I play! So I memorize everything...
I didn't have a great teacher and he didn't teach me much theory, so I am studying greatly to catch up...

Do u play the music, and then write it down?

And finally yes, we should ask Frank about the music, i am interested in hearing your compositions.

You need to find a web host. There are many such sites on the internet where you can leave image or sound files to be linked to from a forum such as this.

Classical Player: Yes, I do write down what I compose. I also just memorize. Just about everything, however, ends up at one point or another getting put into the sibelius notation program that I use in my midi-lab class at school. Now, please stay around for a while. I'm going to write an extreamly long post about theory and writing music. The stuff that I learned in my midi-lab class, which is composition, really.

BRYAN: where can I find one of these sites?
do u know any sites ?? if u do please tell me! thanks..

jgoo: ok i will wait

Jgoo: hey I gotta go take a shower I will be back so dont leave i will probably reply to what u wrote!!!

For compostion, here are some simple guide-lines that you should follow:

Guidlines for simple melody writing:

1) Rhythm. Keep the rhythem simple, with durations being equal to or longer than the duration of the beat. The final note should occur on a strong beat.

2) Harmony. Every melody note should belong to the chord that is to harmonize it.

3) Contour. The melody should be primarily conjunct (stepwise). The shape of the melody should be interesting but clear and simple, with a single focul point, the highest note of the melody.

4) Leaps.

a) Avoid augmented intervals, 7ths, and intervals larger then a perfect octave. Diminished intervals may be used if the melody changes direction by step immediately after the interval.

b)A melodic interval larger than a perfect 4th is usually best approached and left in the direction opposite to the leap.

c) When smaller leaps are used consecutivley in the same direction, they should outline a triad.

5) Tendency tones. In tonal music, 7 has a strong tendency to move up to 1. An exception to this is the scalewise line descending from 1: 1-7-6-5. The only other tendency tone that needs to be considered is 4, which often moves down to 3, but not with the regularity with which 7 goes to 1.


Sorry about this, but you have to kind of already know what some of this stuff means before you can know what that above means. I don't know how to explain it right now, I was just copying that off of my midi-lab assignment sheet. I hope that I didn't confuse you. Anyway, try also useing chord inversion. Not too much, but enough to make the piece interesting. Intervals are basically the numbers of the notes. For example, in the treble clef and starting with middle C and going up, you get: C-1st D-2nd, E-3rd, F-4th, G-5th, A-6th, B-7th, C-8th. Sorry if I've just further confused things. Okay, I will have to work on a more original set of rules that are more comprehendable to post here. Plus, I wanted to put rules up for more complex stuff, but thats all that I could find for now. I'll try to simplify it as much as possible and then post it as soon as possible. That could take days, so don't be dissipointed if its not there soon.

Okay, I'll wait.

ok i am back let me read your post

Well yes u confused me a little.... :rolleyes:
I think I know what intervals are with the chords.

Do u think of, or follow these rules when composing? Even if i did master these rules I still might not think of them much.
Before i start and compose i always hum(sp)
the main melodie to my self, and then I hum some other little melodies which I can add to the main melodie...

Is this program u have at school give off a normal piano sound or a midi sound? I have a program called noteworthy. It has the most annoying midi sound I cant stand it. And it takes so long to put down the notes.

Also I was wondering how much you practice the piano daily, I used to practice half an hour, but now I practise 2+ hours....

When I compose on my own, I pay little to no attention to those rules. When its for class, however, my teacher doesn't really like when I don't bide by the rules, but will let it slide once in a while if it "sounds better than what rules can do". I'll write an installment of my own rules and try to keep it as simple as possible, but as I said, it may not be for a while before I can get around to doing that.