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Originally Posted by MicShazam
Yes, modulating or fluctuating tempo would be a good way to put it. More like classical music, where the conductor may change the pace and flow over time, than popular music that generally follows a beat in some sense or other.
Actually, the BPM of the track as a whole is steady, but notes have varying line intervals between them and some of the pages of melody have some "empty space" inserted between them.
There is a way to manually change the set tempo of the piece while it's playing, so I could try to take it further.
The trick is to make it sound "right". I'm going to adjust things by ear as I go along and just go with what feels right to me. I actually have no business attempting to write stuff like this as I know almost nothing about musical theory and can't play any instruments.
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Oh I understand now. The melodic notes seem stilted to the rhythm of the chords when they come in. This is not a bad thing it's just unusual. So you're using a virtual keyboard in a DAW and inputting notes manually? It can be difficult to align notes with manual inputting, have you tried using Quantizing?
The Quantize feature can help with aligning notes.
Also, sounds like you're experimenting by what sounds good and that's cool, but I do recommend getting a music theory book such as Music Theory for Dummies (helped me out immensely even though I've learned Classical music from an early age.) It's always great to learn what has been created and about the structures in place and this will help you make better and more thoughtful music, for as Isaac Newton said, "If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants."
And in this day and age, although learning a real instrument isn't absolutely necessary, getting a feel and developing a relationship with real instruments has done something for me that I can't quite articulate. It's a special connection that I couldn't live without.