Reading music while playing an instrument is one way to create music, though not the only way.
Music is everywhere. Radios, MP3 players and concerts are all great sources for music, but so are nature and our everyday surroundings. Anyone can create music. While professional musicians spend years studying harmony and music theory to perfect their craft, other people create music everyday through casual instrument playing, singing, or just making noise using a variety of tools or instruments. Piano, guitar, and drums are all instruments, but so are voices, pots and pans, a pair of wooden sticks, or just about any other object you can use to create rhythm or pitch.
Instructions
1. Find an instrument to create music. Purchase or rent a guitar, saxophone, drum set, piano, or just about any other instrument you have the desire to play.
Your voice also can make music; no rental or purchase is necessary.
Alternatively, use an everyday item as your instrument. People used to play the washboard if they could not afford to buy an instrument-it was an accessible household item. An empty glass bottle is an instrument if you want it to be, and so is your foot when you tap it on the floor.
Anything that produces sound that excites or entices you is an instrument.
2. Play your instrument. If you chose a non-traditional instrument such as a glass bottle, play it however you like until you produce the sound you are after.
Sing. Project notes or rhythms using your vocal cords and mouth, or whistle.
If you choose a traditional instrument such as a guitar or piano, play around a bit on the instrument to make music. Get a feel for how the instrument works and sounds.
3. Take a lesson, if you choose to create music in a traditional way. The lesson will teach you a few important fundamentals: technique, tune, and basic notes and chords. Practice what you learned in the lesson for several days. If you still enjoy playing the instrument after a few days of absorbing and practicing the material from your initial lesson, take another lesson, or buy a beginning-level book that teaches play the instrument and provides different exercises and songs to practice.
If no lessons are available for your chosen instrument, continue to play it and develop your own technique. Play whatever you enjoy. Anything you play or sing is creating music.
4. Continue playing on a regular basis. Practice to get better. Ask like-minded friends or family members to play along. You can create music alone or with other people. It is important to enjoy yourself as you create music.
Learn to read music if you desire. Not all musicians read music, but if you are serious about creating music as a part of your life, it is a good skill to have.
5. Create music on your computer. Computers give people the ability to compose and create music without having to play an instrument. Several programs exist that allow you to compose music, whether it is symphonic compositions for an orchestra or electronic beats for a dance club. Sites including soundjunction.org and jamstudio.com allow you to create music directly on the website. You can also acquire programs such as Ableton Live or Mixxx to create music on your computer and save as digital songs.
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