How To Write A Beautiful Song And Express Your Emotions In Music
Would you like to be able to write a beautiful song that connects at a deeply emotional level people who hear your music? Writing emotional music can be challenging if you are not used to expressing yourself through songwriting. Many musicians who have trouble writing emotional music often tend to over complicate the songwriting process and end up getting stuck due to a lack of progress. This causes them to resort to using cliché song lyrics or copying the music of their favorite musicians note for note just to get by.
The first step to being able to write a beautiful song of your own is to give yourself the freedom to express your thoughts and emotions. Many people consider open expression of emotion to be embarrassing. However, as far as writing emotional music goes, not being open to self expression will greatly inhibit you from achieving your musical goals. Additionally, all of the greatest songwriters are masters of emotional expression. This is why when you hear their music you can identify with it at a deep level. To understand this, simply think of how good you feel when listening to your favorite musical artists.
Before you create a song, write down your thoughts and feelings about the music you would like to create. If you are going to write lyrics, do not worry about how the lyrics will sound right now…simply journal your current thoughts. By going through this short process before you write songs, you will build a foundation for your music to be genuine. This will help you to focus on what YOU want to express, rather than simply copying the ideas of others.
Connecting the music you write to your thoughts
Great songwriters can easily write beautiful songs because they are able to connect the emotions they feel to the music they create. The process of reaching this level as a songwriter takes several years. However, there are many things you can work on now to write emotional music that sounds good and expresses your thoughts clearly. For instance, you can learn a lot by just observing the volume level range in beautiful songs. In a lot of beautiful and emotional music, there contains a strong connection between the feeling of the song and the volume level (dynamics) of the notes being played. For instance, imagine you are writing a song containing a piano melody that feels very uplifting and hopeful. In order for that melody to get maximum impact on the listener, you can get them to focus on different notes using a mix of soft and loud notes. Try writing emotional music using this idea in your own songs. First write down the thoughts you’d like to express. Then think of each note, chord or series of notes as a ‘thought’ and try to match up the volume level of each note with the emotion that the thought makes you feel.
Keep this idea in mind any time you want to write beautiful songs and you will be able to communicate your thoughts and emotions more clearly.
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