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How do I start composing?
Most musicians wait for inspiration. The ones who finish songs know that structure comes first — and inspiration follows.
01 — The starting point
Start with a feeling, not a note.
Decide how you want the listener to feel before you play a chord. That feeling maps to a scale — and the scale tells you which chords to use.
02 — The foundation
Understand the root note. Everything orbits around it.
The root note is the gravitational center of your song. Choose it by feel — how it sits in your voice, how it sounds in a mix. Let the scale do the rest.
03 — The structure
Four chords. That's all most great songs need.
Most songs use four chords — because four is enough to build a complete emotional arc. The magic is the movement between them.
04 — Your sound
Break it once it works. That's where your sound lives.
Once you have a progression that works, change one chord. Each change shifts the emotional weight — and one of those shifts is uniquely yours.
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Browse by mood. Find the emotional territory that matches your song — then explore what's inside it.
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You know how it sounds in your head. Getting it out is the hard part.
You have the melody, the feeling, maybe even a title — but the song isn't coming together.
That's not a talent problem. That's a structure problem.
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