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<blockquote data-quote="Davy" data-source="post: 77238706" data-attributes="member: 404357"><p>I really like that Beethoven joke! I gotta' remember that. And yeah, Beethoven's years of playing and composing helped seal the sound of the written notes in his head. They say Mozart had perfect pitch, and only wrote a finished score he'd done in his head, but that's not completely true, as he did many sketches also.</p><p></p><p>So I really do believe that if you learn how to sketch based on music theory, then you can still do real composition with not the best of hearing. Let me say more on that...</p><p></p><p>I do not play an instrument while composing. It is not really necessary, and relying on playing an instrument in order to compose can actually 'limit'... what one is able to write (and hear in their head). <u>One's technical ability with an instrument determines what one can compose when relying on writing via an instrument.</u> The Classical composers were masters on the piano, having been brought since small children playing. Me, I can find my way around on the piano in C Major, but that's about it. On the guitar, before I developed arthritis, I could play Jazz chord melody style. </p><p></p><p>I compose using a score. That might be paper, or in software like Finale or Sibelius. Today we have great advantage, because with software like StaffPad, or a digital orchestra libraries like Spitfire or Orchestral Tools that are actually used for many TV movies and commercials, the quality of the sound is so good, that you can play your written score and have an idea of what it would sound like with a live orchestra. As a matter of fact in Hollywood, directors demand a 'mock-up' of a score you would write for a film, because hiring a live orchestra is expensive. TV often uses the digital orchestra library type scores simply because they can't afford a live orchestra. So most of what you're hearing for TV movies and film is from digital orchestral instrument samples of real instruments.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I realize based on my level it's easy for me to say, but using theory for song writing really isn't that difficult. The secret is to try and not sound like everyone else. This is why I sought teaching like M.I.T.A. offers, which one does have to be able to already read for SATB, and understand Diatonic harmony (this is not a ad plug). Because M.I.T.A. uses all 12 notes of the Scale with Interval theory instead of just 7 like in Diatonic harmony, it covers a whole lot more territory with composition. Less likely to sound like everyone else. I like it. And it took my mind a while to start grasping theory from an interval perspective. But like they said, most of the past successful composers eventually progressed to some form of interval theory.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Davy, post: 77238706, member: 404357"] I really like that Beethoven joke! I gotta' remember that. And yeah, Beethoven's years of playing and composing helped seal the sound of the written notes in his head. They say Mozart had perfect pitch, and only wrote a finished score he'd done in his head, but that's not completely true, as he did many sketches also. So I really do believe that if you learn how to sketch based on music theory, then you can still do real composition with not the best of hearing. Let me say more on that... I do not play an instrument while composing. It is not really necessary, and relying on playing an instrument in order to compose can actually 'limit'... what one is able to write (and hear in their head). [U]One's technical ability with an instrument determines what one can compose when relying on writing via an instrument.[/U] The Classical composers were masters on the piano, having been brought since small children playing. Me, I can find my way around on the piano in C Major, but that's about it. On the guitar, before I developed arthritis, I could play Jazz chord melody style. I compose using a score. That might be paper, or in software like Finale or Sibelius. Today we have great advantage, because with software like StaffPad, or a digital orchestra libraries like Spitfire or Orchestral Tools that are actually used for many TV movies and commercials, the quality of the sound is so good, that you can play your written score and have an idea of what it would sound like with a live orchestra. As a matter of fact in Hollywood, directors demand a 'mock-up' of a score you would write for a film, because hiring a live orchestra is expensive. TV often uses the digital orchestra library type scores simply because they can't afford a live orchestra. So most of what you're hearing for TV movies and film is from digital orchestral instrument samples of real instruments. I realize based on my level it's easy for me to say, but using theory for song writing really isn't that difficult. The secret is to try and not sound like everyone else. This is why I sought teaching like M.I.T.A. offers, which one does have to be able to already read for SATB, and understand Diatonic harmony (this is not a ad plug). Because M.I.T.A. uses all 12 notes of the Scale with Interval theory instead of just 7 like in Diatonic harmony, it covers a whole lot more territory with composition. Less likely to sound like everyone else. I like it. And it took my mind a while to start grasping theory from an interval perspective. But like they said, most of the past successful composers eventually progressed to some form of interval theory. [/QUOTE]
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