The process of song creation

To create a song, you can create a song first, then fill in the lyrics, or you can compose music for the written lyrics. Most of us are used to the latter. So if you want to write a song, you must first touch the lyrics, so you must know the lyrics to be recreated. 1. What are the lyrics? To put it simply, the words in songs developed from five-character poems, seven-character poems and folk songs, formed in the Tang Dynasty and prevailed in the Song Dynasty. It is a lyric poem and Yuefu poem that can be sung with tunes. Its strict beat and various features in form are determined by the requirements of music beat and phrase length. Words are different from poems, which require the rhyming position of "setting sentences, setting words in sentences and setting sounds in words". Each tone has its own specific format. Poetry rhymes with even sentences, and the rhyming position of words is determined by the curvature, that is, the music pauses. The music rhythm of each piece is different, and the rhyme position of the sentence length is also different. Although there are long and short sentences in poetry, five words and seven languages are the basic sentence patterns, and a large number of words use long and short sentences in order to better fit the curvature of the tune. In addition, when writing lyrics, we should judge the pronunciation and words, and the tone of words should match the tone of music score, so as to coordinate the rhythm and listen to music. Second, the lyrics analysis 1. When you read a lyric, whether you are interested in it or not and whether you are moved by it, its content plays a decisive role. Therefore, we must first analyze its content and see what story it tells, what it reflects and what philosophy it shows. 2. See what kind of mood it is. From the perspective of severe punishment, there are four aspects: joy, anger, sorrow and joy, but it is more delicate and lyrical. Or passion? We must grasp the basic feelings of words. Judging from the characters, there are workers, peasants, soldiers, Confucian businessmen, men, women and children in all industries, so we should pay attention to highlighting their own characteristics. 4. From the formal point of view, first look at its overall structure, and then decide its musical form; Second, look at its format and analyze its long and short sentences, so as to handle phrases well and be creative. 5. In terms of style, generally speaking, songs are required to have both a sense of the times and national characteristics, but the specific words need to be carefully analyzed. When designing music, it is best to consider whether the national style is stronger or lighter. Which local flavor should be highlighted? At the same time, we should pay attention to the use of music style consistent with the style of ci. 6. We should consider who this song is for. If we focus on the singer's singing skills, we should pay attention to the use of vocal skills. If it is written for everyone to sing, it should not be too difficult, it should be easy to catchy, and pay attention to the adaptability of the song. 7. At present, there are three kinds of singing methods in society, national, bel canto and popular. It depends on what kind of singing method the lyrics are suitable for, so as to highlight the characteristics of a certain singing method in music writing. 8. Pay special attention to the quality of the words, otherwise it would be a pity to reject the song because of the words. 9. According to the needs of music, cut and modify the words as necessary. Next, I will talk to you about the steps of composing music and some common problems when composing music. I also hope that the majority of music lovers can brainstorm and express their unique opinions and problems in their study for discussion, study and reference. When composing music, the composer's writing order is generally as follows: first, write the theme of music and make a good start; Then develop it; Finally, the music image is completed through reasonable music forms. These three steps are usually closely linked. I. Creation and Development of Music Theme Music theme is the most important musical idea of a piece of music, which is often created by composers in a passionate mood. It has distinct personality characteristics, strong expressive force and relatively complete meaning. At the beginning, music is often the theme of music, and occasionally appears after the introduction, because it is the basis of forming the musical image of the whole song, which is very important. Therefore, when creating music works, we should first concentrate on it. As far as the number of phrases is concerned, the theme usually consists of two phrases or three, four or more phrases. Generally, it ends with the tonic (or three or five tones), that is, 1, 3,5 in major and 6, 1, 3,3 in minor. The core of the theme is a part of the theme, mostly at the beginning, usually one or two bars, sometimes a phrase, and the whole theme often extends from this core. Besides tonality, beat and speed, theme rhythm, theme tone, theme accompaniment background, theme timbre and sound area are important factors to form theme personality. After getting a lyric, the composer usually needs to read it several times. At this time, don't stick to the rhythm of reading the lyrics, and don't stick to the description of a word in the lyrics. Instead, he focuses on how to portray the overall musical image of the whole song and express his inner feelings about the artistic conception provided by the lyrics most profoundly. Many famous composers at home and abroad have created a large number of musical works in their lives. As far as a composer is concerned, such as Xian Xinghai, their music themes are not exactly the same. First of all, they always have their own characteristics and are extremely colorful. This is very worthy of attention. Theme rhythm plays an important role in the creation of the whole work. To break through the generalization of creation, we must first make more efforts in this respect. To this end, first, we must have profound thoughts and rich feelings; Second, learn from famous Chinese and foreign songs, learn from them and be brave in creating; To enter the creation, we must first be good at portraying a vivid and moving "relief" in several bars of music-not necessarily complicated, but must have personality, and then make it run through the whole song organically. Some composers often write fluent but uncharacteristic themes. As far as timbre is concerned, one of the reasons is that there is no proper stride, so there is no personalized jump (the so-called stride refers to the natural order of scales and modes, such as 1-2-3). Jumping generally refers to the progress that is more than four degrees apart, such as1-5; 2-6 and so on. ) or although there are interesting jumps and beautiful music encounters, they have not seized it as an opportunity for music development, so that the whole tone is paved like a running account. Beginners usually start with lyric songs. Although there are many differences in lyricism, it is not easy to write well, but we still have to see that there are other kinds of music-through various types of music themes, we need to understand, learn and practice by ourselves. Second, the basic steps of composition: 1. After choosing the lyrics, you should read them repeatedly and try your best to explore their connotation, internal rhythm and melody line. 2. After selecting a lyric, you should brew emotions and connect it with your own experience and some life experiences according to the content of the lyric. Although this is not mechanical, life is indispensable for a songwriter. If you want to write children's songs, it is unthinkable that the author does not have a childlike innocence. Of course, this is a creative process to sublimate the experience of real life into an artistic image, otherwise even writing a work will not be touching. 3. Capture the theme of music 1. Each author has his own creative habits, some of which can be written in a relatively short time, and some can be captured in time when the spark of inspiration flashes, and then developed into a complete song. 4. Draw a sketch. Whenever a motive is captured, it is best to pull out the melody line in one breath, just like a painter sketching a sketch. Although the melody drawn in this way may be rough, loose, irregular and impromptu, it doesn't matter. As long as it is put up, it is an important first step, and this is often the author's most impulsive, sincere and direct emotional outburst, from the bottom of my heart. 5. After writing the manuscript, you should hum, scrutinize and revise it repeatedly. Then sing it in time to determine the length of the notes and the accuracy of the beat of the music, and try to play it on the instrument several times to make the pitch accurate. If you are not sure, put it aside and wait until you calm down before taking it out for deliberation and revision. Don't finalize it easily, and don't take it out easily, so as not to leave regrets. Third, it is easy for beginners to compose music. 1. Music language is not novel and lacks originality. It always seems to be "deja vu". 2. Deliberately abuse some skills and apply them mechanically. 3. The melody written is too square and the contrast is too big, which makes the song rigid and dull and lacks artistic appeal. 4. Without register awareness, the higher the tone, the more rambling it is. The combination of lyrics and songs is not good, the four tones of words and the curve beauty of lyrics themselves are not paid attention to, the stress arrangement is improper, and there is a serious phenomenon of "inverted words". 6, can't grasp the music style, write pop songs as serious carols. Or the style is not uniform, not like a song. 7, the music image is not clear, and children's songs are written as love songs. 8, one word and one sound, too close; Or a word is continuous and polyphonic, too loose, unable to distinguish sentences, unable to express emotions, and does not leave a hole for singers. 9. The theme is not clear and the personality is not prominent. That is, there is a theme, but it is not developed, or the rhythm of each phrase is the same, monotonous and dull, or the phrases are irrelevant and chaotic. 10, too rigidly adhere to the original words, do not know how to repeat some words, and will not promote the development of melody by means of interlayer and drawling. 1 1, inaccurate notation, hearing is 3/4 beat, memory is 2/4 or 4/4 beat. 12, the transcription of the music score is not standardized, such as not using brackets when passing the door, and lacking marks such as connection, speed, expression, tonality and strength. And copying a part line by line. Qin Xixuan, a famous composer in China, once said: You can't write a good work without passion, and you can't write a good work without skill. Creation-learning-re-creation, in this endless cycle, is the only way to keep improving.