Q. This is for a college choir audition.
A. for pitch.
diatonic stability is important. this means knowing what key you are in and what note is "home".
many untrained singers, if they miss a note, they just continue in a different key and cant find their way back.
for that. you need to know how to identify the key you are in from the key signature so you know where "tonic" is.
then think of the notes as scale degrees.
so if you are in D major, D=1, E=2, F#=3 etc... the next D will be 8, but its actually just 1 again.
practice singing 181818. then 15851858..., then 13531858351.... use a piano to make sure you are hitting the notes you mean to.
this will solidify your "tonic triad". then from there you can think of the other scale degrees as being just a little higher or lower than those notes.
practice things like 1545, 1343, 1565, 1878, 1323, 121. then leave out the "helper notes" but still imagine singing them like 1 (5) 6 1
it's easier to hit 1 7 accurately if you think of 7 as the note right below 8 rather than "a note way above 1"
then add non chord tones, like the sharp version of 4 or whatever, but be aware of their "nondiatonicness"
you should do all this for both major and minor scales.
this way of thinking makes you more likely to miss a note by a chord tone, which still sounds ok, rather than by 1 step which sounds pretty bad.
Is it possible to paint certain keys in FL Studios Pianoroll?
Q. Is it possible to paint certain keys in FL Studios Pianoroll?
For example I want to paint the notes used in A Major scale so I do not have to switch between FL Studio and the website I am using to display the notes in a certain scale.
I am using FL Studio 10.0.2
A. Actually yes, there are a few ways to (indirectly) do this. One way is to go to the menu in piano roll (the piano roll options button: the little arrow pointing down). Go to "helpers" > "view ghost channels". Then create a new channel with no instrument and write your notes there. They will appear as "grayed out" notes behind the notes in your actual piano roll. In fact, you can select "Chord" > the chord/scale you want and paint that directly on, without even having to look at another website. Also, under "helpers" > "detect scale" will highlight notes in the specific scale you are working in.
The other way to do this is if you are very lazy (like me). There are a number of free vsts (plug-ins) that can map incoming notes to a scale (If you choose C Major, for example, pressing C# can be chosen to pick C or D so all notes are technically "right"): Here are some good ones:
Tonespace 2.0: http://www.mucoder.net/en/tonespace/
Displays the "right" notes for whatever scale you are using
ScaleEnforcer: http://www.nicolasfournel.com/scaleEnforcer.htm
You can select the scale and the way it adjusts "wrong" notes
Pizmidi: http://thepiz.org/plugins/?p=pizmidi
Allows you to do all sorts of wacky stuff with notes/scales. "midiScaleChanger" in particular is good with this
Hope this helps, and happy music making :P
how to play piano?
Q. I'm trying to learn how to play the piano on my own and I was wondering if someone could tell me a good web site that can help me learn to read sheet music?
A. http://www.musictheory.net/
This site has trainers that quiz you on notes, intervals, chords, scales, etc. If you're still learning to actually read music, go to the Note Trainer, and click the button the says Toggle Helper to turn it on. It will show you which line and space is which note. Also, since you're learning piano, you've got to learn two clefs, so practice on the setting Bass Clef too! (You can change it under settings.)
Here's another site that might help you: http://www.notationmachine.com/how_to_read_sheetmusic/index.htm
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EDIT: the second link requires you to pay for part of it which I WOULD NOT do, so just read what it will let you.
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