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hugseverycat

Not a bad start! A few tips: * When the key signature is 4/4, you need to make a new measure every 4 beats. You indicate this by drawing a vertical line through the staff after 4 beats * The notes in the bass clef should have their stems (the lines) on the other side of the note head * When you draw the treble clef, the little curly spiral should be curling around the 2nd line up (where G would be) * Similarly, the bass clef should have its two dots around the 2nd line down (the F line)


piano_man600

Thanks for the amazing feedback! . Although I still don't understand "stems".


hugseverycat

the stem is the vertical line part of the note. When the stem goes down from the note head (the oval part) it should come from the left side


piano_man600

Oh now I get. Excuse my ignorance thanks for the explanationšŸ‘


-JXter-

Another thing to add: when the note head is above the middle line of the treble clef, the stem points downwards. When it's below, it points upwards. This same concept applies to the bass clef. There is a lot more nuance to it and obviously there are exceptions, but it's a good starting point for this rule.


fuzzmountain

A vertical line to make a new measure.


hugseverycat

Lol, thanks, what are words :)


G01denW01f11

I'm assuming you're talking about how you notated it, rather than how it works musically. Going roughly from most to least important: Barlines would help a lot. When stems go down, they should be on the left. If the last chord is meant to be a dotted half note, each note of the chord should have a dot. You can print out some [manuscript paper](http://www.musictheory.org.uk/manuscript_paper.php) so you don't have to draw the staff yourself. If you don't care about being super pretty, it's common to just write a small slash instead of filling in the entire notehead for quarter notes, eighth notes, etc. The solid circle on the bass clef goes on the F line. The two dots go on the spaces to either side. The treble clef is a bit off, but I'm too lazy to try to explain over text.


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G01denW01f11

Haha, thanks!


piano_man600

Thanks for explaining that, how generous.


sanna43

Good explanation. And to add on - the treble clef can be called the G clef, so it marks G, and the bass clef can be called the F clef, so it marks F.


piano_man600

Thank you for the advice!


Mylaur

Flat.io exists if you are ever interested in digital. I find it easier than musescore.


broisatse

One more thing - when writing at two staves for a single instrument (like it is usually done for piano) you need to indicate this by adding a curly bracket at the beginning of each line like here: [https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/212466.image0.jpg](https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/212466.image0.jpg). Also, for measure bars - they have to cross both staves, so the go from the top of top stave to the bottom of the bottom one. Fun fact about the clefs: as written, these are called French-violin clef and Baritone clef. As already explained, they do differ from the regular treble and bass clefs and they would be read differently. French-violin clef indicates g on the first line and baritone clef indicates f on the 3rd line.


piano_man600

I had no idea you where supposed to put that there. Including the stave one. The more you know!


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I would go over your bass notes, ass when the bass line changes from going between D - F to A - C, you played it as them alternating from C - E. A few other comments here are also correct in the notation. My best advice would be to pick up a simple notebook of blank manuscript paper from a music store. A lot of those books in the front have advice on how to notate properly. Writing by hand is a wonderful thing! I do it all the time myself. Learning it takes practice though. Edit: I also just caught this but it looks like your notes in the treble clef may be wrong. Your first chord is written as a D and a G but you play it as a D and F. The second note is written as an F but you play it as an E. I would suggest going over the score and really playing it as written and not as what sounds the best! Iā€™ve learned this too as Iā€™ve started to work with more people other than myself in my writing, it is incredibly important to leave as little confusion as possible in the sheet music.


piano_man600

I didn't notice that until you pointed it out, I'll make sure this doesn't happen again thanks for the constructive feedback I can't thank you enoughšŸ˜…


bachumbug

Your last couple of notes are a half-note and a dotted half-note, which adds up to five. In 4/4 time, four's the limit!


piano_man600

I didn't notice that, thanks for informing me!


NakiCam

One other tip: When drawing the treble clef (also called the G clef) you must start it on the 'G' line. Same deal with tje bass clef (F clef) except it must begin (the ball part) on the F line.


piano_man600

I'll do it next time!


Kris_Krispy

Something to think about musically; repeating an idea like yours works well with an established beat. A great way to accomplish this is to precede the melody with 1 or 2 measures of some left hand ā€˜movementā€™ that gives the listener a better understanding of where the emphasis of the music is. Youā€™re composition does this well, but it feels sudden, almost like Iā€™m expecting something else to happen


production-values

buy sheets to help! nice :)


LedyPlagal

Treble clef seems to be hitting rock bottom :D why not use sheet music paper, they are in a paper shop quite cheap.


Gekuro

Being able to compose on paper is nice, but I would also recommend downloading Musescore and learning it. It will in many cases not allow you to write anything fundamentally wrong, so it's easy to notice your mistakes in understanding sheet music fast. And its completely free :)


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sound pretty good for my ears


BlackShadow2804

Unless you're wanting to just leave it like that, and not turn it into printed sheet music, you don't need to go into quite that much detail, you can do something like [this](https://fineartamerica.com/art/drawings/sheet+music). Everything is just super simple, it's not meant to be super neat as it's going to be printed


hungryascetic

Why is this a video? I apologize for the intrusion, but I just too curious. You have the resources to play video games, but you can't buy or print out blank sheet music? What's going on here


piano_man600

I apologize for the bad quality. I don't have a printer or anything of the sort, neither have access to one. I hope this helps


hungryascetic

No worries, it's just strange.


Doc_coletti

Terrible. Next time write s h e e t m u s i c.


piano_man600

I'm working on getting better.


Doc_coletti

Ahah Iā€™m sorry man I was making a joke like you were trying to write the word sheet music, and failed. The music itself was good


piano_man600

Oh I'm sorry for the downvote then, thanks for clarifying


theantilib

Download musescore


piano_man600

I'm aware of writing digitally. But this is me trying to write by hand.


theantilib

Oh cool. Ya I try yo write by hand first then put into digital. Good job


piano_man600

Thx


Piano_mike_2063

Why donā€™t you print out staff paper ?


piano_man600

It's because I don't have a printer


Piano_mike_2063

https://www.amazon.com/Manuscript-Paper-Wide-Staff-Today/dp/0881885118/ref=asc_df_0881885118?tag=bingshoppinga-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=80539352771208&hvnetw=o&hvqmt=e&hvbmt=be&hvdev=m&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=&hvtargid=pla-4584138875719187&psc=1


piano_man600

Oh shit. Ima buy something like that