Any good ways to get started on /mu/sic composition?

sorry for all the bad grammar I have a keyboard in fornt of the keyboard (the computer one) and can't type very well

>>70132921
git. gud.

>>70133043
thanks I guess

>>70132921
MuseScore is free and better than NoteFlight.

>>70133202
I've tried it but the thing is I don't really want to have to load so many samples for each insturment, Is it worth it thought to have the samples in your computer?

>>70132921
half.com buy a theory and analysis book

do ear training exercises as well. Theory is useless if it stays on the paper

>>70132921
if the stuff you're writing is too long/boring, that's because you're not physically playing it.

try writing something then actually playing a particular part on an instrument. Your body, mind, and hands will tell you when it's been too long and you need a change.

I've written my best sections out of boredom while playing.

>>70133264
>half.com
can you recommend me any books?

>>70133249
I don't know what you mean. I downloaded the application, so all of the samples are on my computer. And it is worth it, it's about as good as you can get without paying.

>>70133380
I'm just saying the program is too big for my shiity computer is all

THEORY

>Fux's Counterpoint
http://www.opus28.co.uk/Fux_Gradus.pdf

>Orchestration (Rimsky-Korsakov)
http://www.northernsounds.com/forum/forumdisplay.php/77-Principles-of-Orchestration

>Teoria - Music Theory General Guides/Articles
https://www.teoria.com/index.php

>Arnold Schcoenberg's "Fundementals of Music Composition"
https://monoskop.org/images/d/da/Schoenberg_Arnold_Fundamentals_of_Musical_Composition_no_OCR.pdf

>Jazz harmony (from the course at Berklee)
http://davidvaldez.blogspot.com/2006/04/berklee-jazz-harmony-1-4.html

>Stefan Kostka, Materials and Techniques of 20th Century Music
http://www.dmu.uem.br/aulas/analise/Kostka_MaterialsTechniquesXXCenturyMusic.pdf

Someone recommended Harmonic Practice in Tonal Music, I haven't located an online copy though.


PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS

>Basic composing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWbH1bhQZSw

>Free Notation Software
https://musescore.org/


IMPROVISATION

>Fake books for jazz and blues soloing
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BzW9o5O35hQzMzA0ZmI0MWEtZGFmNi00OTQ0LWI2MjMtOWUyNzgyNmUzNzNm&usp=drive_web&ddrp=1&hl=en#

STUFF /COMP/ DOES

>the /comp/ YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqUEaKts92UIstFjrz9BfcA

>>70133514
thanks mate very much thanks

>>70133542
Good luck. If you really like this, don't ever give up. I'm also studying music theory right now and I haven't stopped a single day to relax

>>70133575
Good luck this shit is quite hard haha but I'm making good progress

>>70133623
Grab some notebook and write every important line down. When you're done with a chapter, read everything you wrote with a pencil in your hand and underline some key words to help you understand and memorize

>>70133642
thanks m8 will do, where are you studying music theory? college or amateur/proffesional hobby?

My method

First understand that every song tells a story and is made of energy dynamics.

Then study movies/books structure and translate to your music ambitions.

Then learn how to move energy during the acts of your story (what does each instrument have to do to contribute?)

Cheers!

>>70133660
I'm studying at home with some of the books I just mentioned and some others that some music teachers that I know recommended me. You have everything you need in my first post, though

I'm doing exactly what I told you to do. Bought some notebooks and I'm writing everything down

>>70133715
thanks hopefully one day one of su will be rembered as a great composer (hopefully I doubt it though haha)

>>70133711
nice m8 cheers as well

>>70133764
What matters is that you achieve your goals. "I want to make this kind of music. I want to understand everything about it and make my own".

>>70133818
on another note do you actually publish your work or share in some way?