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Originally Posted by sterilium
I agree that you must get your hands on doing melodic dictation starting from simple melodies up. I guess that should improve your writing skills.
Why don't you try improvising the music inside your head on an instrument of your choice. Who knows, you might come up with something really interesting to write down. I think Chopin made use of this approach as well as some other composers. I myself usually do this and most of the time it gives me good ideas for writing. Once I've got myself a certain improvised theme that I like, I try to either record it or write it down.
It also wouldn't hurt to use either Sibelius or Finale for your notation where you can make adjustments regarding what you actually hear in order to match that melody inside your head.  |
As to dictations: I'm in music classes and we do three voice dictations. I have quite the share of them
I think you're assuming I have trouble writing down melodies in my head: no, that's extremely basic. What i can't accurately reproduce is potentially complex orchestration. I hear fully orchestrated pieces in my head but cant split each line in order to know what to write for each instrument section to make it sound as it does in my head.