Snoerr's Introduction to Composition - Revision history

Snoerr Bastet at 21:03, 26 August 2010

2010-08-26T21:03:17Z

Snoerr Bastet: /* Drums */

2010-08-26T21:00:00Z

Drums

Snoerr Bastet: /* Drums */

2010-08-26T20:49:43Z

Drums

Snoerr Bastet at 20:49, 26 August 2010

2010-08-26T20:49:25Z

Snoerr Bastet: /* Basic Overview */

2010-08-25T01:49:31Z

Basic Overview

Snoerr Bastet: /* Examples */

2010-08-24T22:54:51Z

Examples

Snoerr Bastet: New page: == Basic Overview == The basic steps in composing a piece for your orchestra are: * Build a Music Stand. This is the construction used by the composer * Find musicians to play in you...

2010-08-24T22:53:32Z

New page: == Basic Overview == The basic steps in composing a piece for your orchestra are: * Build a Music Stand. This is the construction used by the composer * Find musicians to play in you...

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== Basic Overview ==
The basic steps in composing a piece for your orchestra are:

* Build a [[Music Stand]]. This is the construction used by the composer
* Find musicians to play in your orchestra. It may be easiest if the composer builds the instruments needed for their composition and provides them to the players. A composer cannot also be a musician in the orchestra.
* Drop the [[Music Stand]] on the ground. A musician with an instrument in their inventory uses the stand and tunes their instrument to the stand. A musician may only be tuned to one stand with one instrument. This tuning lasts for 24 hours, and can be removed before that time by the composer. '''If an instrument is detuned, the composed part for that instrument is erased.'''
* Bring up the composition interface
[[Image:CompositionInterface.png]]

* Select the instrument button at the bottom of the interface to edit the composition for that instrument.
* Place dots for the notes in the instruments. Time in the piece moves forward as the composition scrolls downward, and pitches go from left-to-right. You can place multiple pitches at the same time to form chords. Each increment moving to the right is a half step. The heavy bars mark an octave. See the examples below.

== Examples ==
A chromatic scale would look like:
[[Image:ChromaticScale.jpg]]

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A major scale would look like:
[[Image:MajorScale.jpg]]

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		+	== Tips ==
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		+	* Leave the first bar (bar 0) empty, or use it for any grace notes for your piece. I found it easier to count my measures starting from beat 1.
		+	* Multiply your tempo by 4, so each "bar" in the UI is actually a beat divided into 16th notes. Or multiply by 3 or 6 for triplets - though in that case you'll have to ignore the heavy beat/bar lines. For example, a 90 beat-per-minute song would be set at a tempo of 360.
		+	* Stack snare-like drums to get better volume levels from your drum kit.

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 == Drums ==
 The right-hand side of the composition interface is for composing drums.  Instead of pitches, each note on the drum line is a different drum in the drum kit.
 [[Image:DrumInterface.png]]

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 * Place the notes for the instrument's part by clicking in the upper area.  Time in the piece moves forward as the composition scrolls downward, and pitches go from left-to-right.  You can place multiple pitches at the same time to form chords.  To remove notes, just click the note again.  You will see the notes for other instrument parts in a different color from the current part you're working.  Each increment moving to the right is a half step.  The heavy bars mark an octave.  See the examples below.
-== Examples ==
+If your musician goes out of tune after 24 hours, you can continue to compose for their instrument, but it will not play when you attempt to play the piece.
 A chromatic scale would look like:
 [[Image:ChromaticScale.png]]
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 A major scale would look like:
 [[Image:MajorScale.png]]

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 [[Image:CompositionInterface.png]]
-* Select the instrument button at the bottom of the interface to edit the composition for that instrument.
+* Select the instrument button at the bottom of the interface to edit the composition for that instrument.  The example above has a single instrument tuned to the music stand.
-* Place dots for the notes in the instruments.  Time in the piece moves forward as the composition scrolls downward, and pitches go from left-to-right.  You can place multiple pitches at the same time to form chords.  Each increment moving to the right is a half step.  The heavy bars mark an octave.  See the examples below.
+* Place the notes for the instrument's part by clicking in the upper area.  Time in the piece moves forward as the composition scrolls downward, and pitches go from left-to-right.  You can place multiple pitches at the same time to form chords.  To remove notes, just click the note again.  You will see the notes for other instrument parts in a different color from the current part you're working.  Each increment moving to the right is a half step.  The heavy bars mark an octave.  See the examples below.
 == Examples ==