[stylist] Songwriting

[loristay]

Irving Berlin worked melodies out on the black keys of his piano, and 
had a secretary transcribe them into musical notation, and shift the 
key so both white and black keys were used.
If you don't have a secretary, I'd advise learning Braille musical 
notation or print, if you have enough sight to read it back.
Otherwise, I suppose you could sing the melodies into a recorder.
Lori

On Sep 7, 2010, at 9:32:04 AM, "Joe Orozco" <jsorozco at gmail.com> wrote:

 From:  "Joe Orozco" <jsorozco at gmail.com>
Subject:    [stylist] Songwriting
Date:   September 7, 2010 9:32:04 AM EDT
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Dear all,

I'm glad Marion came out of the woodwork when he did. I have a 
question he,
and hopefully others, will be able to answer. How does one get started 
with
songwriting? I play piano by ear as a hobby but have no idea how I 
could
translate my own invented melodies to paper, nor how to make others 
hear my
poetry in the melodies I've arranged in my head. Does one need to know
music notation to succeed at this? Thanks for any help, and Priscilla, 
oh
dear peer pressure that you are, I am working out some kinks in my 
novel
before it is worthy of your reading.

Best,

Joe

"Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their 
sleeves,
some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."--Sam Ewing


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