C Major Piano Sheet Analysis

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So you've been practicing on your piano for years and you are ready to compose your very first song. This is a big step for a budding pianist, but if you follow these steps, you can write you first piece on piano and expand to bigger and better pieces. It is assumed here that you know basics about playing in key and reading music: these steps are designed to flex your creativity, rather than practice your basics.

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The first step you need to take is downloading some free piano sheet music. There are a variety of sites online where you can search for pieces, download, and print them out. These sheets are a useful way to note how a song is created.

For example, it'll give you an idea of the way melodies (usually played with the right …show more content…
Start out relatively simply by sticking within one key. Here's a tip: compose in C major (which is all the white keys) to streamline the composition phase. Later, you can transpose the melody to a different key to achieve a variety of effects.

For the sake of simplicity, start the melody on the root note (the note on which the scale got its name: in the sake of C major, it is "C") and start playing different note combinations. Improvising in this way can help you find a unique melody you may not have considered.

Write down your melody as you play it on the piano: start with something as simple as five notes. Repeat these notes in your chosen rhythm (writing it all down) and make sure to add repetition and dynamics (increasing and decreasing the volume of the notes) to create variety.

While there are a variety of rules you can use to write your melody, don't dwell too excessively on these at first. Simply enjoy creating your melody. Don't worry if it's too simple: you're learning the basic steps here, and you can create more complex work
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