IDS: Writing melodies on guitar

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Today as part of my IDS project, I conceptualized some melody ideas for trap on my guitar, then wrote them into tablature. Previously, I have been experimenting on my piano, an instrument which is more conventional for music writing, but which I’m not very familiar with. However, being much more proficient in guitar, which includes

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IDS: Using Sibelius

Music Composition

Today as part of my IDS project, I installed and experimented with the music composition software Sibelius. Sibelius is a music writing software. It is the world’s largest selling music notation program, and allows the user to create, edit, and print music scores, as well as play them back using both default synthesized sounds and

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IDS: Listening actively to music

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For several days as part of my IDS project, I’ve been listening to music. So what? Everyone listens to music. In fact, I bet you can’t name a single person whod doesn’t have songs they like to listen to whether they’re studying, exercizing, etc. However, I was listening with a purpose; to gain inspiration for

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