Now that you’ve made your piece, you listen back to it and it feels very “meh.” Don’t panic, we tend to be over critical of our work as normal human behavior.  However, if you still feel like your music is lacking the punch it needs, it’s time to spice things up. Here are some ways in which you can add a new dimension to your piece.

Invest in a Music Notation Software

Music notation has been reinvented many a times in this era. Music notation software such as Music Jotter have made composition and sheet music much easier.  You no longer need to shuffle between your pages and the guitar or piano to write down your composition.

With Music Jotter, you can write and listen to your music as you go. There are so many additional features as well like transposing your music, only playing the chords, writing triple notes etc. Visit our website to get the demo.

Add some Real World Sounds

If you listen very carefully to some of the most popular music out there, when you begin to isolate the layers, you’ll hear some interesting sounds. There’s music out there that uses the shrieks of monkeys in the background, while some may use chirping or birds, or an unidentifiable note belted by a mate.

The world is your oyster when it comes to real world sounds. So maybe you don’t have the equipment needed to record these sounds, not to worry! They can be easily downloaded for free and placed in your music wherever your heart desires.

Add Variation

Dance Music thrives on repetition but looping a melody together is a recipe for a bland soundtrack. You don’t want your music to sound boring; you want it to be gripping. There’s a fine tuned balance between too much and too little variation, both can cause your music to fall flat. As a general rule of thumb, you can add or remove 8 to 16 bars of your music. Nothing over 16! The variation doesn’t necessarily need to be obvious but should be heard.

Examples of variations you can add are chord changes, adjusting the bass line, adding a subtle harmony, etc. Experts who have gone on to study music suggest that the genre “Dubstep” be studied to understand the variations being talked about.

Adding some modifications to your music can make or break it. Keep playing with the piece you have created to fit it to different styles. After all, with Music Jotter, you can adapt your pieces however you want and make multiple copies! You can buy this music notation and composing Software on our website.