How to Write a Song on the Piano: Here are useful tips, techniques and strategies to use when composing and writing a song on the piano.
So you are at that stage where you have already started toying with your musical ideas, and are looking for ways to put those ideas in a proper format.
Here’s how most songwriters use the piano to write their songs. It involves using a sheet and writing the notes on the staff.
Most written songs, especially the ones that you use for practicing are written in a slightly complex manner; however you can simplify the notes when writing your own songs.
You Need This at the Bare Minimum
To write a song, you need to somehow end up with the following:
- Lyrics for the song
- Hummable melody
- Harmony (How to bring all the instruments together)
If your melody and lyrics are compelling, that will take you a long way, even if your accompaniment is okay (for writing the song).
As for making a song more upbeat, one trick is to get good enough to play lots of grace notes with the right hand. In the meantime, there’s the “McCartney method” of alternating left and right-hand notes rather than always playing them at the same time.
The Planning Part
There are various kinds of music that you can write for the piano, ranging from pop, rock, country to other genres of music.
So choose the style, be creative and play around on your piano, and jot down the notes on a sheet of paper.
What you will need?
A sheet with a music staff, you can even create your own blank music staff using a ruler.
The Song
You need to capture the following:
Writing the Notes of the songs
Here are the next steps once you have the song ready.
To Conclude
When you are writing on the piano, it may take more than just a desire to write, as it needs some knowledge of how notes have to be written. But then, this is how to write music on the piano.
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