人们经常问我，我是如何学会作曲和如何改进的。好吧，我几乎就是在钢琴上创作音乐，然后把它转移到电脑上，直到我在这方面做得很好。但这里有一些提示。


1. 只管去做。
你用什么并不重要：DAW、乐器、笔和纸等等。只要开始创作歌曲。就我个人而言，我在钢琴上创作，然后把它们转录到FL Studio。但说真的，只要开始做就行。经验是最有价值的东西。没有什么诀窍能让你在第一次尝试时就做出好东西。只要尽力而为，不断制作就可以了。

2. 学习演奏一种乐器
在我创作音乐之前，我在钢琴上学习如何用耳朵演奏我喜欢的歌曲。我花了很多年才变得熟练，但学习弹奏你知道的歌曲是一项非常有价值的技能，它将帮助你了解常见的和弦进展和旋律是如何形成的。

3. 分析你喜欢的歌曲
如果你能读懂音乐，分析你喜欢的歌曲中你想提高的方面。请注意。你最喜欢的歌曲的哪些方面？是否有你喜欢的鼓点，或者你不理解的和弦进行方式？你甚至可以看看MIDI或乐谱，试着用手抄写。显然，不要在实际歌曲中使用你复制的东西，但这是很好的练习。

4. 实验（Experiment
乱七八糟，尝试新的东西。这是提高任何东西的主要方法，真的。

5. 改进制作（Improving at production
在制作方面的改进很多都是实验、经验、使用好的VST/采样/插件，以及看/读教程。说真的，这只是努力而已。下载采样和VST，然后瞎折腾。来回听你自己的歌和同类型的受人喜爱的歌。在学习效果方面下点功夫，以下是你几乎必须了解的超级基本的东西。
- Equalization
- 混响/延时/Echo
- 限制器和压缩器

在分析一首歌曲的时候，你一般应该注意哪些方面？在你自己的歌曲中，你应该考虑什么？

1. 旋律
2. 和弦
3. 节奏和节拍
4. 乐器和音色
5. 结构
6. 制作（如果是数字化制作）。

1. 旋律 - 旋律是什么？反旋律？它们之间的关系如何？
2. 和弦 - 什么是和弦？和弦的声音如何？它们之间的关系是怎样的？和弦与旋律的关系如何？
3. 节奏 - 歌曲中的主要节奏是什么？鼓点是如何安排的？从节奏上看，旋律/副旋律/低音/鼓的部分是如何相互联系的？
4. 4. 乐器--使用了哪些和多少种乐器？这些乐器占据什么范围（高、低、中）？乐器在整个作品中是如何变化的？
5. 结构 - 歌曲有哪些不同的 "部分"，上述四种品质在每个部分中是如何变化的？一个部分是如何过渡到另一个部分的？
6. 制作 - 在歌曲的每个部分如何使用效果？歌曲的各个部分是如何平移的（L/R）？使用了什么样的样本--它们是如何被使用的？

对于这些，你不应该学习 "如何"，还应该问自己 "为什么 "做出这些决定。

最后，对于 "编造 "旋律，我真的不知道它是从哪里来的。对我来说，在洗澡的时候或者在散步的时候，歌曲的想法会自然而然地出现在我的脑海中。我不知道这是否会开始发生在你身上。但我可以说的是，如果你想谱写一首歌，从物理上讲，你所要做的就是把音符放在五线谱上并调出一些效果。所以在这个层面上，没有什么能阻止你做和伟大的作曲家一样的事情。这都是知识。And I guess how good your samples are lol

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原地址：https://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sothcs

原文：

“How Do I Get Good At Music?”

People constantly ask me how I learned to compose music & how to improve. Well, I pretty much just made up music on the piano and then transferred it to the computer until I was OK at it. But here's some tips:


1. Just do it.
It doesn't matter what you use: a DAW, an instrument, pen and paper, etc. Just start creating songs. Personally, I make them up on the piano then transcribe them into FL Studio. But seriously, just start doing it. Experience is the most valuable thing here. There's no trick to make something good on your first try. Just try your best, and keep making things.

2. Learn to play an instrument
Before I composed music, I learned how to play songs I liked by ear on the piano. It took me years to become proficient at it, but learning to play songs you know is an extremely valuable skill that will help you understand how common chord progressions and melodies are formed.

3. Analyze songs you like
If you can read music, Analyze the aspects of songs you like that you want to improve at. Pay attention. What aspects of your favorite songs do you like the most? Is there a drum pattern you like, or a chord progression you don’t understand? You could even look at a MIDI or sheet music and try to copy it by hand. Obviously don't use something you've copied in an actual song, but it's good practice.

4. Experiment
Mess around and try new things. This is the main way to improve at anything, really.

5. Improving at production
A lot of improving at production is just experimentation, experience, using good VSTs/samples/plugins, and watching/reading tutorials. Seriously, it's just effort. Download samples and VSTs and mess around. Listen back and forth to your own song and a well-loved song in the same genre. Put some effort in learning about effects, here are the SUPER BASIC things you pretty much have to know about.
- Equalization
- Reverb/Delay/Echo
- Limiters & Compressors

When Analyzing a song, what aspects of a song should you generally pay attention to? What should you consider in your own songs?

1. Melody
2. Chords
3. Rhythm & Meter
4. Instrumentation & Timbre
5. Structure
6. Production (if digital)

1. Melody - What's the melody? Countermelody? How do they relate to one another?
2. Chords - What are the chords? How do the chords sound? How are they arranged in relation to each other? How do the chords relate to the melody?
3. Rhythm - What are the prevailing rhythms in the song? How are the drums arranged? How do the melody/countermelody/bass/drum parts all relate to one another, rhythm-wise?
4. Instrumentation - What&how many instruments are used, and where? What ranges (high? low? mid?) do the instruments occupy? How do the instruments change throughout the piece?
5. Structure - What are the different "parts" of the song, and how do the above four qualities change in each of them? How does one part transition to another?
6. Production - How are effects used in each part of the song? How are the parts of the song panned (L/R)? What kind of samples are used - and HOW are they used?

With each of these, you shouldn't learn "how" but also ask yourself "why" each of these decisions were made.

As a final note, for "making up" melodies, I don't really know where it comes from. For me, it feels natural for song ideas to come to me in the shower or while I'm walking around. I don't know if this will start happening to you. But what I can say is, if you want to compose a song, physically all you have to do is place notes on a staff and tune some effects. So on that level there's nothing holding you back from doing the same thing as a great composer. It's all knowledge. And I guess how good your samples are lol