Q. I want to write a song for someone special so...
I want to write the kind of music Yiruma and Chopin make... What kind of scale is used?
Major? Minor (Natural Harmonic or Melodic...). And are there specific chord/chord progressions?
Interval that pertain to romantic type music?
Is dissonance useful to romantic music?
What other elements make for romantic music?
A. there's no formula for writing any certain kind of music. (except maybe pop music given the number of "four chord songs" haha)
but the best way to learn how is to study the music of others. romantic music, however, typically contains modulations to keys related by 3rds. it also features a lot more chromatic submediants and mode mixture than previous time periods, and just more chromaticism in general (especially in russian romantic music)
also romantic piano music more often features voices moving in parallel octaves than previous piano/keyboard music. this is usually seen when the bass voice is doubled, and/or in right hand chords where the pinky and thumb double the melody. here, the other fingers typically fill in the rest of the notes of the chord (this can sometimes be seen in left hand parts too, but not as often as it sounds muddier in lower voices)
Is it possible to learn to play the piano by ear?
Q. I've been taking piano lessons for 12 yrs... since 1st grade. Would it be possible to learn to play by ear or is that just something some people can do and some can't? And if so, then how can I learn to play by ear?
A. You need to develop a sense of relative pitch, something we are all born with but most of us begin to lose by 5-6 years of age because we develop a different sense of learning at that point. Relative pitch is being able to hear each note as a specific color rather than just being higher or lower and heard as a different shade. This ability can be developed with ear training. Try listening to a catchy melody and then plinking it out on the keyboard. Also learn to play a learned melody in different keys. There are free programs available on the net that test your ability to identify important intervals like major and minor 3rds and 5ths that make up chords. Eventually the ear training will develop enough to make you comfortable to play by ear.
How are intervals used in songs ?
Q. This sounds like a stupid question, probably because it is, but I can't seem to find a straight forward answer. I understand what intervals are and can recognize them pretty well, but I'm not completely understanding what they're used for ? I get that basically, switching notes, the distance would be an interval, but are intervals ever used for specific purposes, or how ? To give off a certain feeling or... ? I know it's vague and I'm sorry, but basically what I'm asking is what would a practical application of intervals be in a song ? Thanks in advance !
A. Well. That's quite a rhetorical question because there's so many combinations of intervals.
Btw are you talking Invervals between notes? Or Chord sequences??
Chord sequences - Whether it's in major / minor or any other mode.
The main chord is the Tonic or the Key. And it's main route is to go I - V - I which is a perfect cadence. Obviously there other ways to finish a song. But they are the main pillars of most songs.
The chords in between a mostly fillers, just to make the song more interesting because I V I gets a little boring after a while, you have to at least add in a IV now and again. Alot of songs only have 3 chords. So yeah, the chords in between are fillers, some songs only need 3 chords because their power is from the rhythm and the lyrics or whatever. Some songs need a little more emotiveness thinking piano music so they will add a range of chords, I, IV, II, V, I maybe they go all over the place which Chromaticisms, passing chords. It's all for flavour. Sometimes ready salted is nice, sometimes you need something else :)
As for intervals in notes, you can probably hear certain 'emotions' from intervals. For example a Minor second is dissonant (think Jaws) or a diminished 5th (think the first two notes on the Simpsons) they are used for suspense. Whereas major 3rds feel happy, and minor 3rds feel sad. It's all emotiveness, our brains convert these sound 'symbals' into emotive 'symbals' which make us feel the way we do.
A long answer, but maybe some insight to the colours of notes :)
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Title : How can I write romantic piano music?
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