內容簡介
Want to turn that haunting tune in your head into an awesome sound in your ear? You can! Music Composition For Dummies demystifies the process of composing music and writing songs. It guides you through every step of writing your own music, from choosing the right rhythm and tempo to creating melodies and chord progressions and working with instruments and voices.
In this fun and practical guide, you'll learn how to match keys and chords to the mood you want to convey, work a form without limiting your creativity, and hammer out a musical idea, even when your mind is drawing a blank. You'll find out how to create popular songs, classically structured pieces, and even film, TV, and video game soundtracks. And, you'll learn what you need to know about music composition software, including Finale, Sebelius, Pro Tools, and more. Discover how to:
Preserve and organize your musical ideas
Work with established chord progressions or create your own
Develop great rhythms
Select the right instruments
Find melodies in your head, your instrument, and the world around you
Use major and minor scales
Work with modes and moods
Buildmelodicmotifs and phrases
Use the circle of fifths to harmonize
Write for multiple voices
Make a demo recording
Filled with creative exercises to build your composing skills, Music Composition for Dummies is the resource you need to get that melody out of your head and into the world.
中文簡介
想把那縈繞在你的腦袋調一個可怕的聲音在耳朵?你能做到!假人demystifies作曲的音樂創作的過程和創作歌曲了。它的每一步指導你通過寫自己的音樂,從選擇正確的韻律和節奏旋律和弦拓展創造和工作儀器和聲音。
在這個有趣的,有很強的現實指導意義,你將學會如何配鑰匙和和弦的心情,你想要傳遞、工作形式沒有限制你的創造力,並制定出一個音樂理念,甚至當你的頭腦正在畫一張空白。你會發現如何創造流行歌曲,經典的結構化的碎片,甚至電影、電視和視頻遊戲配音。,你會了解到你需要了解的音樂創作軟體,包括曲,Sebelius,Pro工具,和更多。發現如何:
保存和組織您的音樂理念
工作進展與所建立的和弦或者創造你自己的
培養大批節奏
選擇合適的儀器
找到的旋律在你的腦海中,你的樂器,你周圍的世界
使用主要的和次要的鱗片
工作模式和情緒
建立旋律圖案和短語
利用圓的第5個諧調
寫多重的聲音
使一個演示記錄
充滿創造性的練習來建立你的創作技巧、音樂創作的資源是假的,你必須找到了你的頭,旋律,走向世界。
作者簡介
Scott Jarrett is a musician and producer who has worked with numerous artists, including Willie Nelson, Fiona Flanagan, Mary Klueh, and Keith Jarrett. He has served as music director for many live theatrical productions including the Broadway production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. He currently runs Monkey House recording studio in Hudson, Wisconsin. He has released two original albums, Without Rhyme or Reason and The Gift of Thirst. He has taught music theory, composition, production, and/or recording at the Full Sail Center for the Recording Arts in Orlando, The Acting conservatory in Nashville, and McNally–Smith School of Music in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Holly Day is a music journalist whose articles have appeared in publications all over the world, includingComputer MusicJournal, ROCKRGRL, Music Alive!, Guitar One, and Mixdown magazines. Her writing has received an Isaac Asimov Award, a National Magazine Award, and two Midwest Writer's Grants. She is co–author of Music Theory For Dummies (Wiley).
