Composing Digital Music For Dummies
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Yes, you can turn those great melodies and smokin’ grooves in your head into stunning digital music! And you don’t have to be a musical genius or a computer geek to do it! Composing Digital Music For Dummies shows you everything you need to know to compose great tunes using the hottest digital tools.
This friendly, plain-English guide explains all of the digital music basics, including how to work with the latest hardware and software, use templates from the companion CD-ROM to make a quick start, build your first tune, and save it in different formats. You’ll also find out how to add instruments to your score, set tempos and keys, create chord symbols and show fretboards, add lyrics to your tune, and much more. Discover how to:
Write and arrange digital music Determine what — if any — equipment you need Create your own ringtones and mp3s Compose with a MIDI controller, or a mouse Work with notation software Use keyboard shortcuts Publish your creations on the Internet Build your own tune from scratch Extract parts from your score for each instrument
The companion CD-Rom also includes a demo of Sebelius 5, the most popular music notation software, as well as audio files for all music examples in the book. With this step-by-step guide and your computer, you’ll have everything you need to start writing, arranging, and publishing your own digital music — immediately!
Note: The Kindle edition of this book does not include any CDs or DVDs.
ASIN : B0050PJ83U
Publisher : For Dummies; 1st edition (May 4, 2011)
Publication date : May 4, 2011
Language : English
File size : 23986 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 434 pages
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Kenny Forsh –
The book is a very useful reference guide that will provide a good learning experience.
Easy to comprehend. Sections are laid out clearly with brief a overview of the material.
Amazon Customer –
Horrible Condition
If I could have checked no stars, I would have. Description was very deceiving. It was in horrible shape and had a catalogue # on it because it had been in a library some place. I’m ordering a new one. Terrible product.First product from Amazon that I’ve been dissatisfied with.
el Ryone –
eeeeeh
I got this book thinking it would help me compose digital music. The problem is that it is based mainly off of the software that comes with the book, which isn’t very good or up to date. I did recieve some useful information about electronic (made with computer) music and the history of it, but I’m officially still a dummy when it comes to composing it myself, therefore I would say the book did not achieve it’s objective, or maybe it did depending on how you argue. Either way, I ended up ordering Dance Music Manual 2nd edition after reading this book because from what research I’ve done, it seems to be the most comprehensive book on actually producing something. I would also suggest buying a book for the specific software that you plan on using because the software that comes with “For Dummies” is shite and you won’t use it anyways.
B –
Extremely outdated
A good chunk doesn’t deal with composing digital music at all… and the parts that do are extremely outdated. Skip it.
Amazon Customer –
Good book.
Very nice and handy book. I recommend it.
Bharat L Mehta –
Five Stars
Excellent book
Nikoli Gogol –
The Book Teaches You How To Run A Software Program Not How To Compose Music
If you intend to buy this book to learn how to use Sibelius software as an aid to composing any kind of music, this is your book. The use of Sibelius software is what 90 percent of the book is devoted to. Sibelius software is expensive and its manuals are superior to Composing Digital Music For Dummies but the Dummies book does simplify the use of Sibelius software.If your intention is to learn how to use digital instruments or software programs to lay down a drum track, to get a bedrock of bass accompaniment, to layer background music, to use your digital instrument to generate arpeggios, to learn which timbres work together, and finally how to compose melody and harmony, this is the wrong book for you. I can’t point you to an alternative but Backbeat and Berklee songwriting titles cover some of this turf.
Henrietta –
It was fine, its just that it doesnt talk about new …
It was fine, its just that it doesnt talk about new technology at all. I suggest that people get a newer edition.
Philippe Chiwy Privé de Dessert –
Pas de théorie, juste quels softs utiliser pour quelle étape de composition. Je trouve le titre trompeur. Je l’ai balancé, le livre
Steve A. –
Not great. I was expecting more info on programmes such as Reason or electronic synths etc., but it’s just about sibelius.
Netsroht Znih –
Alles sehr gut gelaufen!Es hat alles wieder einmal hervorragende funktioniert,es ist nichts zu bemängeln!Vielen Dank für die tolle Gegenleistung!
Nikoli Gogol –
If you bought this book to learn how to use Sibelius software as an aid to composing any kind of music, this is your book. This topic is what 90 percent of the book is devoted to.If your intention was to learn how to use digital music instruments or software programs to lay down a drum track, to get a bedrock of bass accompaniment, to layer background music, to use your digital instrument to generate arpeggios, to learn which timbres work together, and finally how to compose melody and harmony, this is the wrong book for you. I can’t point you to an alternative.