The struggle of Gps learning music and sheetmusic

[Gps]

The moment we all have been waiting for.

https://soundcloud.com/user586365033/biscaya

I made it to the end. Not entirely happy on how much help, I needed from midi files and this forum, but 90% of the notes and track are done by me.

[Gps]

I like to quote Nadia Boulanger

To study music, we must learn the rules. To create music, we must forget them.

Its exactly how I feel at the moment.

Struggling to make a nice melody.
I even watched this very boring video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl-V2IsUprQ
I should listen to it , when I have trouble falling asleep

It did answer something though. Why I always create certain patterns, and why we expect the tones to up and down.

I am not gonna remember those words though, but will remember the idea behind it.

She talks about too many steps, that is something I am / was doing wrong.

[Eino]

I like to quote Nadia Boulanger

I even watched this very boring video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl-V2IsUprQ
I should listen to it , when I have trouble falling asleep

This is what I listen to, when i have trouble falling a sleep.
It's 9 hours long.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST56ATKfgfs

[Eino]

First learn your major musical chords, then the rest comes easier.
http://www.musictheory.net/lessons/40

[Gps]

LOL, at 9 hour flute vid.

I suddenly remember in a group, relaxing, you could call it meditation.
One guy walked off after 1 min already.
I wonder how far he would make it into that vid.

The music Is nice and relaxing, I like it.

Chords is prob the thing I need. Thank for that link. ( so that I can forget them ) Chords progression to be precise, if I get this right.

My ears already tell me something which I do not fully get yet, when I enter three notes ( one chord ) and then copy past ( in scale) to create a melody.
Do I stay in tune? my ears and lmms, say yes. Do my ears think it sounds nice though, nope!

I then start changing one or two notes, but after my previous post, I found this video.
It answers everything for me, how chords fit into a melody.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxMOrgzrUxo

[Gps]

Messing around with Kraze - The Party.

I have no idea if I want to cover this, I do want to learn from it. How would this look in lmms.

Happy I got the start into lmms. I could not have done that some months ago.
It might not be perfect, but it is without no doubt that "song". ( only two tracks )

Getting lost after that though.

What the bleep, happens after that.

Been trying allot of variations on three notes, but although I seem to have gotten the beat, or am close to it, my notes do not sound at all as kraze.
Interesting, what is going on?
Tried an arpeggio, but that does not seem to be it Maybe its some kind of echo or delay.

Bpm = 121

Most important part I am having fun. No idea yet if I can get that part nailed, but we will see.
At 36 seconds is were my problem starts. the 1,2,3-1,2,3, 1,2,3 ? (were each number is three notes)
That's at least how it sounds to me.
Then there is this bass line, in my mind I can see how that played on a bass guitar. ( finger movement)
But how the bleep do I get that into lmms ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxQQ04kN6M4

Listening to a remix, seems to help too, They also mix up two parts, which are not at the same time in the original, but this should help me too to find the pattern.
it might be something like 1,2,3, rest, 1,2,3,rest

[musikbear]

Most important part I am having fun

You nailed it ! :P

Bpm = 121

126 im pretty sure

[Gps]

I do wonder which version you used to determine the bpm.
Lmms at 121, stays in sync for over 30 seconds with my mp3. I doubt I can be off that much ?

Maybe its fun to let you guys listen to how far I got ? ( not far)

https://soundcloud.com/upload

Feel free to laugh about it.

[musikbear]

wonder which version you used to determine the bpm

The one i linked to in 'useful resources'

http://www.all8.com/tools/bpm.htm



Your link is in-correct :)

[Gps]

That's funny, when I use that tool on my mp3 I get 121 bpm lol.