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kayybee wrote:

And this: http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic … 5#p1393015
I mean like, really‽‽

LOL. I was like, what do you not understand about NO ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTS?

AgentRoop wrote:

I think i like the first choice, I like to compose happy-sounding pieces. I've never played super Mario galaxy, but I really like the music!

I've never really tried this, but let's try to list around 10 adjectives each to describe how we want the song. That will make it easier to narrow down our song, so it's more direct.

Tell me if you oppose to any of these
I'll start with some: grand, majestic, epic, orchestral, major

Okay, let's both make a chord progression first and see where to put each of ours. (intro, melody, main melody, etc.)

Or if you just have a great melody in your head tell me it somehow (notes or sound file)

BTW if you want to hear a great song here: SMG2 Credits

I also like C, Em, F, G. That one I try to use a lot.
Perhaps let's try to write something with these. But instead of using our own, we switch chord progressions and write a melody for the other one.

Let's try key Db or Ab. Or both?

And 4/4 time.

Try to get one-two "sentences" as a sound file, so we can see our progress. Just write a bunch of melodies, and choose the best one. Sound good?

kayybee wrote:

Okay, instead, try using this:
C, Em, F, G, Am, F, Em, G
It's a combination of both of ours.

I'll choose a random chord progression from this list I have, okay?

Sure! Sounds like a good idea. I'll get to work on writing a few measures with that chord progression and see how it works. By the way, I use MuseScore and synesthesiagame, I write my compositions in MuseScore and present them in the other.

kayybee wrote:

I'm a little confused. How do you use synthesia to present the songs?

I thought synthesia was like guitar hero for keyboards?

You can make the computer play it for you, and then use a screen recorder to make a video or mp3 file.

I tried composing a melody, but it didn't turn out too well. I'll try again later today as I'm busy with homework and such.

I usually write melodies with 4 chords in a progression, and each melody is 4 measures long, so I'll see if I can do 8 chords or if i have trouble,  I'll end up doing 4.

Do you have any reccomendations for a software that imports MIDI's and makes them sound like real instruments?

I've actually only used garageband and musescore to export. I think garageband sounds fine, but if you're on a windows. I'm not sure about anything to use...

I'll see what I can get from your song.

GarageBand does produce nice sounds, but you can't import/export from Musescore...

I'll keep looking, and of course keep working on the song.

Don't try to rush the song, but try to get something that really sounds moving and like majestic and epic and stuff. And feel free to use any chord progression you'd like.

It sounds great, but maybe too happy in some places. I'll see what I can do and add onto it.

I've got a song here. Again, it's not extremely epic-sounding, mostly dramatic and stuff.

It's fine, I've been pretty busy too. Tons of math hw.
The violin thing (couldn't think of a title) probably isn't good for using because of its time signature. I'll keep writing songs, and can you post what you've got so far soon?