Don't know how to continue

March 27, 2020

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to compose a music for guitar, but everytime I write something I like, don't know how to continue. I don't want to play just two chords still repeating, I want my music to have a progress, lead somewhere. But every change I make feels strange, not smooth, like measures just joined together. Is there any rule how to do this, or is it just a question of feeling?

For example this:

e-----------0---------0---------0---------0------------------------------------------------I

h--------3----3----3---------3---------3-----------3---------3----------3----------3--I

g-----2----------2---------0---------0-----------4----4----4---------4----4----4-----I

D--0-------------------------------2-----------5----------5---------5---------5---------I

A------------------------3-----------------------------------------5------------------------I

E---------------------------------------------3----------------------------------------------I

Have You any ideas, advices, how can I continue this piece without loosing a natural feeling of this introduction?

March 31, 2020

Dsus2 C G thore are your chords?

If I were you I'll go for this progression Dsus2 C G Am it is like a subdominant circle (Talking about functions)

Just work with that progresion a while. Also at some point you can make it more tonal like using the circle of fifths.

In some instance Instead of a Am play a E and then you go to an A and use that to go to a Dm finally resolving that sus2 that you were playing. And then you can go to a G and resolve it to a C and make it in C major, or even minor if you want too modulate but, C minor is a bit difficult on the guitar xd. (Just some circle of fiths.

I recomend you to make some melody not just arpeggios, that would be boring, making the melody is up to you.

If you want to learn to compose the basic thing is knowing harmony, you can start with tonal harmony, tonal harmony is the one based on the circle of fifths.

Composing is 20% knowledge, 10% Creativity and 70% practice. You need to practice a LOT to learn to compose.

Edited March 31, 2020 by Tortualex

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