But you don’t have to be a fluent player to compose any kind of music. You can, yes – you can learn, or maybe you already know how to play a piano. This part of the book will be quite short, because there’s not much to tell about the basics.īut, before we start, here’s a question a lot of people ask: “ Do I need to play a piano to compose music?” Nope. Clear enough, right? What I mean is this: you should learn the basics of terms and gear, before you learn how to use it to actually make music. How do you actually start? Well, you start with learning how it is made, before you learn how to make it. So you want to make orchestral music on your computer. I will talk about basic setup and “wallet friendly” things that won’t ruin your budget. In this part of the course, we will talk about the basics of software and hardware necessary to create orchestral music on a computer.
