How does one go about learning to compose music? Are there many
different ways or just one? How could I learn?

On Apr 28, 9:11 am, "Hannele.Terv...@gmail.com"
gmail.com> wrote:

Well, the short answer is: Listen to music in your head and then
write it down.

Composing is simple. That is all there is to it. If you want to
compose in a particular style or genre then you have to learn to hear
music in a particular way that will fit the style or genre that you
want to recreate. If you think that the music you hear is not of the
quality or artistic merit, then you have to study and learn what
qualities need to be present to reach those goals. Looking at it that
way, there are many different ways to learn those aspects of
composing.

In article <77e4acc5-be6c-4bb1-af14-f3c1755db236@f36g2000hsa.googlegroups.com>, LJS gmail.com> wrote:
: On Apr 28, 9:11 am, "Hannele.Terv...@gmail.com"
: gmail.com> wrote:

:> How does one go about learning to compose music? Are there many
:> different ways or just one? How could I learn?
:
: Well, the short answer is: Listen to music in your head and then
: write it down.
:
: Composing is simple. That is all there is to it.

"Composing" in that sense is simple. Composing something worthwhile is
a lot harder, even if you are Mozart.

First and obviously, you should listen to a lot of music.

One of the foremost problems I encounter with people wanting to compose is,
in their mind "composing" is like what Mozart etc. did, and they are totally
unfamiliar with Mozart's, etc. music. They've heard one piece by Beethoven
and decided they want to do that, but all they've ever listened to is Pop
music.

So if you're in that kind of category, you'd need to listen to more of
whatever style it is you're interested in.

Secondly, you need to study the music - if you can read from scores, or even
better, become an active performer of music as well - knowing how to play
music certainly helps one be able to compose with less encumberments!

"LJS" gmail.com> wrote in message
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Oh shit, I've finally figured it out - LJS is Julio Laredo!!!

On Apr 30, 1:06 pm, "Steve Latham" verizon.net> wrote:

More mindless name calling. I am glad that you are so easily amused!
LJS

Do you play an instrument? If not start having lessons. Then start making up
your own tunes. Then learn to write the tunes down and develop them.
Scientific research has concluded that it takes about 10,000 hours of
serious study to become an expert in any given subject, so study, practice
and experiment with our ideas 10,000 hours and you'll be a composer.

That's:
3.5 years at 8 hours study a day
7 years at 4 hours a day
13.5 years at 2 hours a day
etc.

The harder you work at it the better you'll be, sooner.

HTH

Fiona

Thank you very much for the answers!

(If you want to see/achieve my starting point, please watch my video
at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hml78qvZoAI.)

I guess that I just have to start making the little pieces of music
that I can and then figure out what is most lacking in them. To begin
with, it sounds somewhat like folk music...

"LJS" gmail.com> wrote in message
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Fiona Abrahami wrote:

This is incidentally the time it takes to learn how to drive and speak
in the phone at the same time.

Hans Aberg