Advice

TheLhix · 02-12-2016, 08:31 PM

I am a fairly amateur musician, barely a year old working and improving everyday. I was never one for sheet music and play mainly off ear and hand and plenty of practice. I am specifically working with Keyboard at the moment and notice that when I am composing a piece on the fly I often go quickly, but have trouble remembering how exactly to play it over and therefore spend alot of time teaching myself my own music because of it. (Roughly a few days up to a few weeks depending on how complex the composition that came to mind was) any advice on how to absorb this quicker, preferably without perfecting a mastery of sheet music. (Though, if that is the case of this error, I will bite the bullet.)

CK Armstrong · 03-24-2016, 01:13 AM

Write the chords, that should be enough to remember the meat of it.

Plankton · 03-24-2016, 09:21 AM

Record what you are composing. You can always reference the recording later on and re-learn what you did.

salthevivid · 03-29-2016, 10:37 AM

Yes, right when you get an idea record it on your phone. I literally have hundreds of recording entries for song ideas.

Lu-Cuss · 03-29-2016, 05:22 PM

Third confirmation for "record it". And if it's a bit fast for that, or you can't remember a chord, just record yourself breaking down chords and playing it fast and then slow, like this guy

02-12-2016, 08:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
TheLhix Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Under the keys of my keyboard like a troll under a bridge Posts: 81	Advice I am a fairly amateur musician, barely a year old working and improving everyday. I was never one for sheet music and play mainly off ear and hand and plenty of practice. I am specifically working with Keyboard at the moment and notice that when I am composing a piece on the fly I often go quickly, but have trouble remembering how exactly to play it over and therefore spend alot of time teaching myself my own music because of it. (Roughly a few days up to a few weeks depending on how complex the composition that came to mind was) any advice on how to absorb this quicker, preferably without perfecting a mastery of sheet music. (Though, if that is the case of this error, I will bite the bullet.)

03-24-2016, 09:21 AM	#3 (permalink)
Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,766	Record what you are composing. You can always reference the recording later on and re-learn what you did. __________________ See location...

03-24-2016, 01:13 AM	#2 (permalink)
CK Armstrong Groupie Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 2	Write the chords, that should be enough to remember the meat of it.

03-29-2016, 10:37 AM	#4 (permalink)
salthevivid Groupie Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 2	Yes, right when you get an idea record it on your phone. I literally have hundreds of recording entries for song ideas.

03-29-2016, 05:22 PM	#5 (permalink)
Lu-Cuss Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: The Wired Posts: 55	Third confirmation for "record it". And if it's a bit fast for that, or you can't remember a chord, just record yourself breaking down chords and playing it fast and then slow, like this guy