how do i write music?

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umm well i want to be an artist. and i can write my own music like the words and i have the rhythm of it in my head but when i write it down and hours later i forget the rhythm and it seems like it was all just a very long poem. i cant read music notes and i dont play instruments even though i have been begging my mom since i was in like 1st grade (im a freshmen in high school). so pleaaase help me fix my problem with writing music

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http://www.notationmachine.com/how_to_read_sheetmusic/readingmusic.htm

Anonymous · Answer

Are you really this delusional or are you really trying to be?   YOu DON'T WRITE MUSIC.. you just write POEMS..  you people all call yourself a "songwriter" when you can just write the words.

If you can't READ and WRITE MUSIC then you can't write musicals.. if you can't PLAY AN INSTRUMENT then you can't write musicals because to write a MUSICAL..  which implies IT HAS MUSIC IN IT.. then you MUST be able to READ and WRITE music and know MUSIC THEORY and PLAY  AN INSTRUMENT .. preferable a PIANO

I wrote my first musical when I was 14 and I had been playing piano for 8 years at the time, so I know it takes a lot more than just writing the WORDS or writing POETRY to write a MUSICAL..  even at YOUR age.

lainiebsky · Answer

You can't write music until you learn to read it. You have to be quite good at reading before you can expect to be able to write what you hear in your head.

Do you think a child who doesn't know how to read can write a story on paper?   It's the same thing.  You have to know the language and the system before you can write things down.

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