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I don't know if anyone on here is gonna know anything about writing music but I was wondering if anyone has any tips on writing music with guitar. I can write lyrics but not music. I've tried writing some music but it usualy ends up very badly. So any tips? (link)
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Practice.
Seriously - writing songs takes lots of practice. I look at stuff I wrote in high school and usually laugh (highly pretnetious lyrics, overblown arrangements, generally laughable).
Songwriting is craft that can be honed. Listen to lots of different styles of music. Write stuff down. Play your guitar at random and just make stuff up. Keep at it. Keep a journal of lyrics, ideas, chords you like, etc.
Don't worry about writing out full-blown musical transcriptions of your ideas, either. I used to do that... I'll only do that for chamber/orchestral type stuff anymore. For jazz I write out the melodies and chord progressions and that's about it. For rock, I write out chords, and show people/play the main riffs, rhythms, and sing the melody. I hardly write any of it down because well... I'm nuts.
But really, practice. Keep at it and don't give up.
If you have any specific questions, I'd be glad to give you any guidance I can offer. Spew me an email at sporkopolis2001@yahoo.com if you feel so inclined.
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Thanks! I'll email you if I need any more guidance with writing music. thanks again!
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