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By admin, December 31, 2009 3:45 pm

Guitar Piano Songs
Question about classical guitar/piano arranged songs?

Hey i know this sounds weird but i noticed that if theres a song with a chord progression that always repeats classical guitar or piano players playing and arranged song always stay in a position where they can play the chord and the melody so that had me thinking. When they wrote these songs like “fly me to the moon” was it intentional that the notes for the vocal part was an extension of the chords used in the song?

A lot of songs are first written on the guitar and then transposed into 4 part harmony for the piano… conversely.. I play a lot of piano music ON THE GUITAR because it’s a ready source… and I also use a keyboard in my shows, so having the piano score makes it easy to do both.

Guitar Piano Songs

Song Writing: To Find Yourself In The Music You Compose

What is songwriting? What is composing? Do you really compose when you write songs or are you just copying?

If song writers make a living on their writing it will put a lot of pressure on them. Some song writers are constantly listening for what’s popular and are trying to imitate hooks in songs.

I can see two ways to go as a song writer:

1. Listening to a lot of hit songs and trying to write similar songs. By listening to songs and reading a lot on what’s up trying to feel what type of songs will be popular in the near future.

2. Trying to be yourself and just work on creating songs you like yourself in the hope that others will feel the same.

The last method is for me the most rewarding way to go as far as personal growth is concerned. I feel good and happy when I am creative as a song writer and feel that the process involves something about knowing myself better.

In the long run it might also create the best hit songs too. The song Yesterday is just one example of a different hit song.

Writing songs can be a very rewarding activity and the level of originality depends on how you write your music. You can help the creative parts of your brain to be activated or use the more calculating parts or a combination of both.

May I share a few tips from my own song writing experience:

1. Sit down with your guitar or at your piano singing or humming without expecting to create something brilliant. When you allow yourself to wander away a bit from your calculating parts of the brain and into the exciting forests of imagination and creativity you can come up with fantastic things.

2. Limitations can help your creativity. Give yourself some limitations by for example using a chord progression like G Em Am D7. Many songs use this progression but there will be room for more. You can of course use a more odd one like E C C#m G#m.

3. Record yourself playing around humming with your guitar or piano. Listening to what you have come up with a few days later can help you find interesting melodies or hooks to use in your songs.

Sometimes you can feel that you are not able to write songs like the song writers you like but they can’t write songs that is you. A comforting thought, isn,t it!

About the Author

Peter Edvinsson is a musician, composer and music teacher. Visit his site Capotasto Music and download your
free sheet music
and learn to play resources at
http://www.capotastomusic.com

What are some great GUitar ./ Piano Duet Songs?

what are some Great Guitar/ Piano Duet Songs ?…..plus vocals too….but really reallly goood ones…..today’s songs

Kissing the Shadows by Children of Bodom

I know you probably won’t like the vocals, but the end has an awesome guitar, keyboard solo duel/duet. It starts around 2:40.

Departure (Piano and Acoustic Guitar)