Hi,
Can someone tell me the ways to write better MIDI's/Melodies?
Thanks
Better MIDI/Melody
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- KVRer
- 12 posts since 27 Sep, 2014
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- Beware the Quoth
- 35438 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
not thinking there are shortcuts.
An idiot on Set Theory:
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
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- KVRAF
- 26033 posts since 20 Oct, 2007 from gonesville
cue the usual rant/
When I see 'MIDI/Melody' in this conflation, I get the impression that one has only ever tried to 'write' music in a piano roll.
Now, I make 'half' my own melody via a keyboard controller directly onto piano roll, recording. But I came to music through performing music. There is a whole thing today with computer software where it occurs to people they can more or less 'produce' a bit of music having never done.
So 'MIDI/Melody' is a funny kind of construction. Also the question itself - 'the ways to' - doesn't live in any context. The way to arrive at one kind of tune isn't the way to write another kind of tune that is interested in quite something else. A good effect with a lot of chord movement might be a static, monotonous vocal; or one might want the tune to do it all by itself.
We can't know what you take as good melody.
People that obtain a facility with melody have some experience in life with melodies. I don't so much get the sense w. 'MIDI/Melody' that this is the case. So I can't do much for you. I think canvassing the internet for advice from people that don't know you at all is not your best move at this point.
When I see 'MIDI/Melody' in this conflation, I get the impression that one has only ever tried to 'write' music in a piano roll.
Now, I make 'half' my own melody via a keyboard controller directly onto piano roll, recording. But I came to music through performing music. There is a whole thing today with computer software where it occurs to people they can more or less 'produce' a bit of music having never done.
So 'MIDI/Melody' is a funny kind of construction. Also the question itself - 'the ways to' - doesn't live in any context. The way to arrive at one kind of tune isn't the way to write another kind of tune that is interested in quite something else. A good effect with a lot of chord movement might be a static, monotonous vocal; or one might want the tune to do it all by itself.
We can't know what you take as good melody.
People that obtain a facility with melody have some experience in life with melodies. I don't so much get the sense w. 'MIDI/Melody' that this is the case. So I can't do much for you. I think canvassing the internet for advice from people that don't know you at all is not your best move at this point.
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- KVRist
- 245 posts since 11 May, 2014
experimentation with randomization.nexustune00 wrote:Hi,
Can someone tell me the ways to write better MIDI's/Melodies?
Thanks
it's the puzzle waiting for you to assemble that will never get finished.
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- KVRist
- 60 posts since 17 Oct, 2012
Step 1: Stop using a piano roll to write music, if that's what you are doing. It will always be a huge limiting factor. Your hands will be able to express and arrange music 100X more efficiently on an instrument.
Step 2: Learn to play a bunch of melodies you like, preferably by ear. This will help with interval recognition, which is key when building nice melodies.
Step 3: Write a lot of music, emphasizing melody and harmony. Take some melodies you like and try to imitate them without playing the same exact notes. Change the rhythms and and the keys.
Step 4: Listen and learn to play a bunch of melodies, focusing this time on the empty spaces between notes. Your brain will absorb all of these melodies and how they are put together. Even if you forget some of them, they will still be there in your mind somewhere, waiting to be used as a reference when it comes time to get creative.
Step 5: Get really, really good at playing your instrument, preferably piano if you you are writing music. By really good, I don't necessarily mean being able to sight-read quickly, or play like a virtuoso, I just mean reach the point where you don't have to actively "think" about what notes you are playing; just focus on the melody and the harmony you are aiming to create and your hands and mind will fill in much of the rest.
Do these things for a few years and you will be well on your way to writing nice melodies!
Step 2: Learn to play a bunch of melodies you like, preferably by ear. This will help with interval recognition, which is key when building nice melodies.
Step 3: Write a lot of music, emphasizing melody and harmony. Take some melodies you like and try to imitate them without playing the same exact notes. Change the rhythms and and the keys.
Step 4: Listen and learn to play a bunch of melodies, focusing this time on the empty spaces between notes. Your brain will absorb all of these melodies and how they are put together. Even if you forget some of them, they will still be there in your mind somewhere, waiting to be used as a reference when it comes time to get creative.
Step 5: Get really, really good at playing your instrument, preferably piano if you you are writing music. By really good, I don't necessarily mean being able to sight-read quickly, or play like a virtuoso, I just mean reach the point where you don't have to actively "think" about what notes you are playing; just focus on the melody and the harmony you are aiming to create and your hands and mind will fill in much of the rest.
Do these things for a few years and you will be well on your way to writing nice melodies!