hello guys i have written text for a music song and i also have melody which i accidently made and i like my result. i think song is really good but i realize to make any sense of it i need show song as musical notation on paper but i'm not capable of doing that. i never studied music and i don't understand this stuff. i really need help. what should i do? where can i go? can anyone do me musical notation if i sang it to them? please give me ideas
musical notation
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If you're into music then you should learn to play an instrument. I know this probably doesn't help you now, but it will in the future. Think about it, how many musicians are there that can't play an instrument 
If you're simply scared of actual musical notation (like I am) then there are a lot of instruments that don't require you to know them. Guitar for instance can be written in tab form where each note is written as a number (the fret) on a line (the string) which is far easier to get in to than actual musical notation.
If you're simply scared of actual musical notation (like I am) then there are a lot of instruments that don't require you to know them. Guitar for instance can be written in tab form where each note is written as a number (the fret) on a line (the string) which is far easier to get in to than actual musical notation.
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Try and get the AB Guide to music theory by Eric Taylor, it starts from the very basics (the notes on the stave, lengths of rhythms, scales etc).
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...But before you learn or buy anything, RECORD your idea! it doesn't matter if it's a bad recording but get it recorded ASAP because there's a chance you'll forget it and you'll need it to refer to when working out the notation.
Cheers!
Cheers!
Don't just learn how to write Tab, most musicians look on Tab as a cop-out.
The Associated Board (AB) Theory series of books is good, but ideally you need a teacher to take you through them to get the best out of it. Record your song now as has been said, just a bog standard PC mic type recording, so you don't forget it.
The Associated Board (AB) Theory series of books is good, but ideally you need a teacher to take you through them to get the best out of it. Record your song now as has been said, just a bog standard PC mic type recording, so you don't forget it.
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timbob said:
I teach drums, and the amount of drummers who know how to play tab perfectly - in a sense - but can't read music is phenomenal. However in drums, tab and actual notation is so similar, more so than guitar imho... when I teach them notation they find it utterly amazing when they can read music and how similar it is to tab! I don't know about guitar but I think tab for drums is definitely a psychological cop out.
jackgnic said:
Indeed, drum "tab" is the purer notation. It has to be butchered to fit it onto a musical stave. Personally I don't like drum parts written on a stave, as the kick drum doesn't sound like an F, and the snare isn't a concert C....
Guitar on the other hand is a melodic instrument with notes that sustain. Tab merely shows you the fingerings for notes, it requires you to know the song before you play it, as it has no rhythmical aspect - and hence, is next to useless for notating music "properly" (imo!)
To the OP: stick a recording of the song up on the interweb, and if it's going to be a quick 10 minute job to notate it, I'll do it for you.