do you feel you can compose awsome music in your head ?

I feel like I am a ****ing god when it comes to this. I have these crazy riffs in my head and they seem so freaking epic. But I'm wondering is this just how everyone is ? Are alot of musicians that way where they feel like they have godly abilities at writing music ?

Why not write them down then?

Why not write them down then?

pianist

Why not write them down then?

pianist

Why not write them down then?

pianist

Why not write them down then?

Why not write them down then?

pianist

[QUOTE="pianist"]

Why not write them down then?

Engrish_Major

:lol:

That made my afternoon. Perhaps my day - we'll wait and see.

[QUOTE="dkdk999"][QUOTE="pianist"]

Why not write them down then?

Frame_Dragger

[QUOTE="pianist"]

Why not write them down then?

dkdk999

Good. You don't need a complex understanding of theory to transcribe, but you will need to understand staff notation, rhythm, and other fundamentals. Also don't be surprised if your initial attempts to transcribe what you hear in your head prove completely unsuccessful. Composition is intellectually demanding, and the work can be incredibly frustrating and tedious. But the end product is worth it, so stick with it, and eventually you'll develop the ability to bring your thoughts into a tangible form that other people can appreciate.

[QUOTE="pianist"]

Why not write them down then?

Frame_Dragger

As for me, I can state with a fairly digh degree of confidence that... no... no I can't.

As for me, I can state with a fairly digh degree of confidence that... no... no TC can't.

I wish.

rather I get a really awesome image/picture in my head. but i lack the ability to make art well enough to show my vision.

Yes I do, well awesome to me anyway, though now days it just frustrates me because I still can't convince myself to start playing it again. I should do that.

Most people can hummm their own tune. The problem is, most of us cannot write it down.magicalclick

[QUOTE="dkdk999"][QUOTE="pianist"]

Why not write them down then?

pianist

Good. You don't need a complex understanding of theory to transcribe, but you will need to understand staff notation, rhythm, and other fundamentals. Also don't be surprised if your initial attempts to transcribe what you hear in your head prove completely unsuccessful. Composition is intellectually demanding, and the work can be incredibly frustrating and tedious. But the end product is worth it, so stick with it, and eventually you'll develop the ability to bring your thoughts into a tangible form that other people can appreciate.

I do that sometimes.
It sounds really good in my head to.
Compossed an entire symphony once

it almost always starts in my head

god awful / no sunlight (industrial / metal)

http://profile.ultimate-guitar.com/z4twenny/music/play893257

the dichotomy of loss (c1asscal / piano / orchestra)

http://profile.ultimate-guitar.com/z4twenny/music/play420457

i agree with pianist, you don't need a ton of theory knowledge, i think ear training and interval recognition are the 2 biggest things to transcribing and being able to put down what you hear in your head. it takes a while and i think the best musicians are often the ones that listen more than play.

it almost always starts in my head

god awful / no sunlight (industrial / metal)

http://profile.ultimate-guitar.com/z4twenny/music/play893257

the dichotomy of loss (c1asscal / piano / orchestra)

http://profile.ultimate-guitar.com/z4twenny/music/play420457

i agree with pianist, you don't need a ton of theory knowledge, i think ear training and interval recognition are the 2 biggest things to transcribing and being able to put down what you hear in your head. it takes a while and i think the best musicians are often the ones that listen more than play.

z4twenny

Anyway I really don't want to learn anything about music theory necessarily. I just want to be able to play what is in my head as closely as I can. dkdk999

You may actually find theory enjoyable. I teach it at college, and a lot of my students genuinely enjoy it. And the ability to notate music is better than the ability to simply play it back, unless you have a photographic memory and remember absolutely every detail about every single piece you compose.

i managed to get to write the melody down but other then that, the full complexity that was in my head cannot be projected :cry:

[QUOTE="dkdk999"]Anyway I really don't want to learn anything about music theory necessarily. I just want to be able to play what is in my head as closely as I can. pianist

You may actually find theory enjoyable. I teach it at college, and a lot of my students genuinely enjoy it. And the ability to notate music is better than the ability to simply play it back, unless you have a photographic memory and remember absolutely every detail about every single piece you compose.

[QUOTE="Frame_Dragger"][QUOTE="pianist"]

Why not write them down then?

As for me, I can state with a fairly digh degree of confidence that... no... no I can't.

As for me, I can state with a fairly digh degree of confidence that... no... no TC can't.

Ya I see what your saying. And no I would not ever remember the music. It's gone it like 2 minutes. But that's mostly because I'm always writing new stuff in my head.dkdk999

You'll probably find you can remember it better when you start thinking of it both as sound and as notation. It gives you another way to think about it, and it's easier to hang onto the inspiration. That ability develops with experience.

I have, in the past, tried to adapt a song in my head to my guitar and tabbed out the result. Let's just say they don't quite match up :P

I do this ALL this time, Im learning guitar now though so hopefully I can translate some stuff in my head to actual written down songs. All I can do at the moment is sort of think of chord progressions and play it after a bit of messing about.

[QUOTE="dkdk999"]Ya I see what your saying. And no I would not ever remember the music. It's gone it like 2 minutes. But that's mostly because I'm always writing new stuff in my head.pianist

You'll probably find you can remember it better when you start thinking of it both as sound and as notation. It gives you another way to think about it, and it's easier to hang onto the inspiration. That ability develops with experience.

Heh, I KNOW I can't compose awesome music in my head. I have zero understanding of how and why major and minor scales even work.....despite playing guitar for 10 months and gradually getting better at it. I just know I'm going to regret it in the long run after learning nothing but but physically playing it...

No but I think I can sing well in my head that does not amount to much at all.