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Once, he asked

I have a friend who likes to write songs. He has not received professional music training, but he can arrange and compose many beautiful songs by himself.

Once, he asked

How to write songs - teach you how to compose pop songs (1)

(1) The difference between professional and amateur musicians. Many friends who are interested in learning pop music composition like to open their mouths and keep silent. He said to me, "My sense of pop music is better than yours as a professional!"

Is this sentence correct? Haha, I personally think it is right, but it depends on your perspective. I read it online and gave an example. One is a professionally trained football player and the other plays wild football. When compared together, sometimes they actually look similar. They even play wild football. Technology and consciousness are stronger than those of professionals, but when 11 professional football players meet 11 football players who play wild football, you can know the result of the game without even looking at it... What does this mean? ?Good question, haha, this shows that if you compare your individual works with professional ones, there is really not much difference. Isn’t it just that the overall difference is a little bit different? Isn’t it just a shortcoming? Good equipment? If you give me the equipment , my works are even better than those of professionals, which is very annoying, haha, but when you cooperate with many professional musicians, you will find that you can’t keep up with their musical ideas and professional ideas. At this time You will find that you have skills, but there is no place to put them to use. You are not a big shot. Who will accommodate you? Rely on your skills. If you compare 10 works with 10 works by a professional, you will You will strongly feel the gap between yourself and the majors in all aspects. Regardless of the level of post-production or arrangement, just listen to simple songs, and you will also find that the songs you write are basically It revolves within a musical range, and after 10 songs, it is basically the same tune. You can't change it even if you want. And the professionally produced works have colorful music, changeable styles, and integrate many musical styles from ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad. This is the biggest difference between professionals and amateurs.

Speaking of which, some people say, "Although I am worse than professionals in other aspects, my sense of popularity is better than that of professionals, and the songs I write are more popular than those of professionals." "Is that true? I think it's very true. Why? Because the concept of professionalism is not about covering up the whole. People can't just look at their strengths and ignore their weaknesses. The so-called professionalism means that individuals have to rely on music to make a living. Yes, pop music is just a type of music. Not every professional musician has the opportunity to make a living by writing pop songs for others, especially now that piracy is so fierce. Frankly speaking, just a few songs The copyright fee for a song cannot support an author at all, so what else do professionals need to support themselves? Depending on the needs of the market, you need to write an advertising song tomorrow, so you have to work overtime at night and submit the manuscript tomorrow. I need you to write a few folk songs. Next week, there will be singers who sing folk songs to select works. Then you will have to write folk songs like crazy these days. I need you to write a song for a party in two days. Then you will have to drink boiled water. , organize it immediately, combine the music with the theme of the party, and deliver the manuscript quickly. Do you need to beat gongs and drums to sell yourself? #@*...It’s a bit miserable to write ^_^, in short, when you need to write about others When you need something urgently, you must not say, although my music is invincible, I have no inspiration now. When I get inspiration, what I write will definitely be great, haha, unless you are a master musician , others will have the patience to wait for you, otherwise the day lily will be cold by the time you write it. This is also the biggest difference between professionals and amateurs.

The difference between amateurs and professionals is that what is written by professional authors Things are relatively stable, and the level of the works before and after does not fluctuate much, which is reassuring. However, amateurs may be more emotional, and their level fluctuates. Today's writing is more professional than professional, and tomorrow's writing is more amateur than amateur. Think about it, if you go to work in a company, is it better for the boss to choose an emotional employee or an employee with stable psychological quality? I think the answer is obvious... Okay, the above is wordy. There are so many, maybe you are tired of reading them, (P/S: That’s right, I just want to play pop music and compose, don’t bullshit me about anything else^_^). Okay, let’s get to the point right away and tell me how it goes. Make it simple

Single pop song creation

(2) What kind of foundation is needed to learn pop music composition? Many people ask me, "I like pop music, and I like composing and writing songs, but I have no foundation and no one teaches me." I..." It's very helpless, ^_^. In fact, whether it is pop music or other music, composition itself is actually taught by no one. It can be taught by teachers or books. It’s just a correct way to compose music. The quality of writing still depends on one’s ability to understand and perceive music. Composition has more perceptual components and less rational components. As for what kind of music is needed Basics, what kind of teacher... In fact, hobbies are your best teachers. As the saying goes, "If you read 300 Tang poems by heart, you will slip away if you don't know how to compose poems." This is what it means, your popular songs If you listen to it too much, you will definitely be able to hum a few original melodies. It is nothing more than the difference between good and bad. The only difference is that you are professional and will summarize it afterwards and write a complete work in the future. Amateurs will only use computer recording to record it, and they don’t need to modify it afterwards. Maybe one day in the future, if they are unhappy, they will throw it into the recycling bin. Haha, the writing method is just different, but these are all It’s called composing.

(3) What do you need to learn to compose a pop song normally? Even if you can occasionally slip out a line or two, you don’t know what the tune is, but at least you are sure that it is your own original creation. You will be very excited when you write the song ^_^, so how to continue this song so that others can feel that the work you wrote is more complete and mature, and sounds more professional? I think, for original pop music composition For novices, this is still the most concerning issue. Haha, my personal suggestion is that you should learn an instrument, preferably piano or guitar. The requirements are not high, as long as you can reach the level of playing and singing by yourself. Then, learn some music theory knowledge. The requirements are not high. You know the most basic concepts, what chords are, what transposition, modulation, major and minor are, etc., as long as you know which page of the book they are on, If you don't understand a specific question, just look it up at any time and understand it yourself. You don't need to memorize music theory knowledge. This is already the most basic requirement. If anyone still asks if there is a simpler method, there is no need to learn it. Remember...well, well, you can pay me to be a gunman^_^

(4) The normal way of creating pop songs C---Am---F-- -G Okay, after you can play guitar or piano, you must have a general understanding of chords. Open your music theory book and look up what the notes above are composed of. You can have a general understanding without having to memorize them. Memorize it hard, because if you play these chords more in the future, you will naturally remember them. This is the chord progression method often used in pop songs in the 1980s. The first song I started learning to play guitar was just like you The tenderness^_^), these four chords are played from the beginning to the end. Newbies can download this song and listen to it, and feel it. Do you find that writing songs with these four chords is, for us modern people, Very simple, very old-fashioned? Haha, but there are still professional musicians who like to use this chord progression method to write songs. As for the effect after it comes out, why don’t we sound rustic? Not old-fashioned? That is the level of post-production arrangement and production. Question, you don’t need to worry about it if you just want to learn popular composition^_^

Ok, now that you know this simple chord progression, you can learn other chord progressions. Each progression corresponds to a song. There are many books on playing and singing popular songs. Find one and practice by yourself. In a month or two, you should have a relatively intuitive understanding of popular songs. How about you finally know the benefits of chords? Congratulations, you have also started composing. These are the normal ways of composing pop songs. Although you are not aware of it, it has indeed been instilled in your mind^_^, don’t believe it? Then you must not have learned it. Piano or guitar playing and singing, haha, let’s just write here first