How to write a song

Song Creation Tutorial (1)- General idea When I have been crawling in computer music for several years, I always want to write something about myself. But the shots are either flat or roughly the same. What shall we do? Study! Where to study? Now, now, now, well, cut the crap and let me tell you something today. 1. Determine the genre of the song. Song genre is a very broad concept. Mainly include: lyric songs, mass songs, dance songs, narrative songs, labor songs, humorous songs and so on. Some people classify them according to art songs and pop songs. But I still like to use the first classification. When you get a lyric, you must see clearly which genre the lyric is suitable for, and you can't just pretend to force it. Lyric songs are characterized by strong emotional atmosphere, generally used for individual singing, natural rhythm and ups and downs of tunes. Such as: spring stories, poplars, etc. The characteristics of mass songs are: they are mostly used in the form of chorus, the rhythm tends to be square, and the tunes are concise and lively. Without the Party, there would be no national anthem of the people of New China and China. The characteristics of dance songs are: the rhythm should be given a typical dance rhythm. For example, Girls in Osaka and Flower Basket are all dance music with obvious local style. A narrative song is a song that tells something similar to a narrative. Its characteristics are: the rhythm is peaceful and square. The melody is gentle, there are few big waves, and it is very expressive. Of course, there are other songs, so I won't explain them one by one. Everyone should listen, write and summarize more. It will be fruitful. 2. Determine the form of the song. Musical form is also the structure of songs. Common musical forms are: one paragraph, that is, the same melody repeats different lyrics. Two-part style: A song composed of two similar or completely different parts. Such as AB, AA and so on. Three-stage structure has different forms, such as ABC, ABA and ABB. 3. Determine the mood of the song. When you determine the form of the song, you should have a general idea of the artistic conception of the song. Whether it is light, heavy, stretched, urgent, hazy or clear, grand or delicate, you need to taste and explore. This has something to do with music appreciation. Please listen to some famous tunes to improve your music appreciation. Lay a good foundation for song creation. This is also the basis of providing powerful help for the speed and beat of songs. 4. Determine the speed of the song. Songs are generally divided into three speed layers: fast, slow and medium. Fast speed usually shows cheerful and passionate scenes. Such as "Happy" and "Spice Girl". The medium speed generally expresses lyrical and narrative scenes. Such as: "I love Wuzhishan, I love Wanquan River" and so on. Slow speed shows long and heavy psychological characteristics. For example, singers under the iron hoof, mei Niang songs and so on. Speed can be expressed by how many beats a minute, usually recorded at the beginning of music. 5. Determine the beat of the song. After determining the genre and speed of the song, let's look at the beat of the song. There are four or four beats, four or two beats, four or three beats and so on. 42 beats are characterized by alternating strong and weak rhythms, and the scene is cheerful when it is fast. Such as "Singing the Motherland". When it is slow, it shows a firm mood. For example, the characteristic of the four or four beats in The Return of the Condor is that the combination of the four or two beats dilutes the second beat, thus making the song more lyrical. Such as: night on the grassland. Four or three beats are characterized by a feeling of turbulence and swing. For example, Li Chen's Out of the Window. This is obvious in waltz music. Of course, 83 beats and 43 beats also have the feeling of swaying. Only 83 beats is more unstable than 43 beats. Might as well listen to < >. All right. It's time to finish class today. I wish you all a happy, enthusiastic and serious study. Our slogan is: read more, write more, listen more and sing more.

Song Writing Course (II) [Recommended] 1. The general procedure of harmony and melody matching: I, V and IV chords are customarily called positive triads, which are the basis of various harmony sequences. After mastering the use of the in-situ positive triad, we can enter the theme of melody and harmony. Variations of the positive triad and other harmonic materials will be gradually added in the practice of harmony. The general procedure of harmony and melody matching is: 1. Melody analysis through analysis, the melody's key, mode and simple music structure are defined. 2. Chord selection determines the chord configuration of each note from the beginning to the end of the melody. This does not mean that chords must be chosen in the order of notes. People usually work from the beginning of the melody, the end of the phrase, and the melody segment with the most harmonic hints. The harmonious design of these parts, similar to the skeleton of a building, will have an overall impact. After the skeleton is built, according to the existing harmony conditions, harmony is filled in the "middle zone" where there is no clear choice. Chord selection is the most important and difficult part in harmony and melody matching. A melody tone may often have many choices, and with the accumulation of harmonic materials in the learning process, this problem will become more and more complicated. The choice of chord is directly related to the problem of harmony rhythm and harmony style, which must be solved with great efforts. 3. Bass design Bass is the "second melody" of the four major harmonies, and should strive to be smooth, complete and full of personality. The bass line must move within the range specified by the chord selection scheme, and it is strictly limited by the teaching progress, but it is an effective way to exercise the ability of free writing. Proper jumping (no more than eight degrees) can increase the vitality of lines, but it is not advisable to use continuous jumping in the same direction (it is not forbidden to divide eight degrees by four or five degrees to form the same direction jumping). 4. Smooth filling is the basic principle. In addition, we should also consider the correctness of chord repetition and ellipsis, reasonable arrangement, range limitation of voices, and avoid all kinds of bad progress (parallel 85 degrees, crossing voices, surpassing voices, and four parts in the same direction). Sometimes, due to the difficulty of a certain voice, the existing bass design and chord selection scheme should be adjusted locally or even widely.

Song Creation Course (3) [Recommended] keyboard harmony's musical form practice-one-to-one four-part harmony keyboard is an effective way to practice keyboard improvisation step by step. The essence of keyboard is phonetic standardization, that is, changing four harmonies arranged according to the requirements of human chorus into a musical texture suitable for a keyboard instrument. The core of keyboard texture is harmony sound type, which is a multi-part music element composed of rhythm and pitch. Keyboard harmony is extremely rich in forms, which can be generally divided into three categories: column, decomposition and harmony. This article only introduces vertical columns, one to one. Vertical column means that all elements of a string can play a harmonic mode on the keyboard at the same time. In fact, there is no distinction between "standing" and "lying" in the sound itself. "Erect" is the image expression of this sound symbol. One-to-one correspondence is the concept of phonological rhythm, which means that a sound string only occupies one rhythm unit. The main task of changing four harmonies into "columnar, one-to-one correspondence" is to allocate four voices to the left and right hands of keyboard instruments reasonably. The most convenient form is to play the bass part with the left hand, and the other three parts are undertaken by the right hand. For this reason, all strings must be arranged in a dense arrangement so that they can be played with the right hand. Any "bad progress" that may result from this can be ignored. If it is necessary for music and you are sure in playing, you can also add octave repetition to the bass and melody separately or simultaneously, so that you can get a fuller sound. This repetition is not among the prohibited parallel octaves. The sound mode of "column vertical, one to one" can also be decorated with arpeggios. This form can clearly express the pitch composition of chords and is suitable for more lyrical and fresher melody accompaniment.

Personally, I have some views on the process of learning to compose and write lyrics, hoping to help you. First, learn to write lyrics first, then learn to compose music. Writing lyrics is much easier than composing music. The role of lyrics in songs is to express the inner world's desire, yearning, injury, joy and other desires against the beautiful melody. We use words every day in our lives, and writing words is similar to writing poems. A lyric needs to show the changes in the inner world under the premise of rhyme. As long as your writing level can write lyrics, there should be no problem, and reading more poems is also very helpful for lyrics. Second: Words can lead songs. There are two aspects about the formation of songs: first, the words before the song; Second, the words before the song. After the completion of a lyric, the formation of a song can be composed according to the phonetic changes of the word and the development of artistic conception in the word, so that the melody of the song can be fully combined with the artistic conception of the word. Excellent works are the result of the perfect integration of lyrics and songs. Third: Lyrics can cultivate composition because everyone is a beginner, and many friends don't even understand the most basic music theory. Without a good sense of music, they can't create beautiful melodies. Learning lyrics first requires listening to a lot of songs, which virtually cultivates one's sense of music and lays a good foundation for composing music in the future.