kenN

Thanks, I've been doing more than I need. The computer programs are a lot of work, just to make it prettier! I can write it on blank staff paper easy enough. Just the lead, straight off the guitar. Maybe add some guitar chords or bass line. Maybe not. I usually sing it into my mp3 player so I have that part done. Is low G to the first G on a guitar a decent range for a male voice? I have no idea. Seems to work for me. Obviously rock stars go higher. The kid on Idol goes way lower. Ken

I've written about 9 songs. But only two of them are actually written as music. The rest are lyrics/poems, with music I have cryptically written down, or just sung into my mp3 player. I'm sure the rhythm is off on at least some of the ones that are written down, the parts are more free flowing. I used Anvil Studio to write them down. You have to put the note value in and press the fake piano keyboard. Not very easy when you're not a musician! How do you do it? Ken

Hi, I'm Ken. I've written about 8 or 9 songs over the past 2 years. Writing the words is fast and easy...not saying they are good, but they just flow. Sometimes I get an inspiration, sometimes they are practically given to me in my sleep. Sometimes the music goes easy. Sometimes it's more of a struggle. Sometimes I write the lyric and hear a tune on my mp3 player at lunch, while doing a sudoku, and going down the stairs back to work (I'm a machinist) the melody morphs to fit the lyric I wrote earlier. My problem is writing it all down! I don't have a clue! I have one song, the first one I wrote, that I have a melody line, a harmony line, a bass line and guitar chords for. I did that on Anvil studio. I printed it out on Noteworthy composer. All free software. I'm not even sure if it is written in the correct time signature! I know I don't have the rhythms right, a lot of it is more free flowing, but it is written like a Strauss waltz! I don't really play piano or guitar. I have an old classial guitar that I use mainly for figuring were the notes in my head are. I can play chords that aren't too fast or difficult (have a lot of trouble with barr chords, think the neck is bent and the action is too high). I use the keyboard on Anvil studio to put the notes in, but it is really a hassle to keep changing the note selector (quarternote, halfnote....) for each not I play. It would be nice to just play it in real time on a midi keyboard and the notes would magically appear on the screen. Is there such a thing? Any help would be appreciated. kenN