Music basics

[Gps]

I could not resist, and had a look at my popcorn.

In my mind all my tracks started at C, and all synths were set to the same key, so how could it still be wrong?

The answer is quite simple. Not all my tracks, started at C oops.
And all synths were set to the same key, but not to C.

Fixed that and for now will let it rest. Back to my own composition.

[Gps]

I found a book that might help me.

Composing Digital Music For Dummies.

[Gps]

That book did not help at all. Most is about stuff I already know, and its not really about making music.

I did found this you tube vid, and found something interesting.
Something I am prob doing wrong.

The melody has to follow the beat.
5 min and up in the vid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWbH1bhQZSw

[Gps]

While working on something of my own, learning something interesting, its possible to be in key, and still sound awful.
That reminds me of my popcorn cover attempts.

Notes need to be on beat ( or in between ) and when you have multiple tracks, you cant just have one piece going up when another goes down.
( or maybe you can if there are an exact mirror image of each other.

Can't believe I messed up something so simple and basically.
For years I know most music is 1,2,3,4. ( or 1,2,3 for a waltz )

Thank you musicbear for telling me to quit popcorn for now.

When attempting covers I now realise, i was totaly not paying attention to this basics. (at least not enough)

[Gps]

I am struggling a bit with scales and the green slider on the synths.

It kind of confuses me.

I made some piece, first tone start at c.

Now I want the tones to be a bit higher lets say from c to d.
So I move all notes up in the piano roll.

Then I correct the synth, also to d, but I end up with the exact same tone again as what I started with ?

[Sti-Jay]

Hehe, it is obvious. If you move all the notes one note up, then move the green slider on note up, it would be like moving them up and down. Either tweak the green knob OR the notes in the Piano Roll. That couldn't have been so hard figuring out? :p

[musikbear]

never move the green slider.
You will not be able to use lmms' scale tool, if the slider is in different posistion. The slider should always be in one and the asame posistion of all intruments, and because of this rule, there is no reason to move the slider to anything other than octave positions. Always use the default tuning-note, whic after vivid discussions has been chosen to be A(4).
So:
Any octaves 'A' is ok!
Any other noteposistion, and you will be confused

[diiz]

never move the green slider.

... except when you use samples

[Gps]

Thank you guys.
I had read something about instruments needed to be tuned to a song.
From there, I some were got into a loop of changing everything one note, and then of course nothing changed. LOL

Found some great vids though, music hacker.

One about bass-line vs melody, in a trance tutorial.

[roy38]

Thank you guys.
I had read something about instruments needed to be tuned to a song.
From there, I some were got into a loop of changing everything one note, and then of course nothing changed. LOL

Found some great vids though, music hacker.

One about bass-line vs melody, in a trance tutorial.

Interesting tutorial, suppose this can be applied to multiple genres.