How to Write a Song for Piano
Play around on a piano. Use different chords and find a correct rhythm. If you don't want a completely accurate composition, create a song randomly without a firm beat. If you do want a rhythm, you are better off using a metronome, these can keep you too the correct beat whilst telling you what the time is.
Create a blank music score by just using a ruler. Draw five lines, then another set of five lines below for your left hand. If you download it or draw it. Your score should look like the image provided.
Play slowly the piece of music you have played on your piano again, and write down each note on the score. A standard one beat note should look like the image provided.
If you play to the left of the middle C, these notes will go in your bass clef, this is the bottom set of lines that begins with the C looking shape.
If you play to the Right of the Middle C, they will go on your treble clef lines.
The length of notes are written differently, and need concentration, but once you have got the hang of it, it'll become easy. A Link for lengths of notes is in the Tips box.
Tips
listen to a song that you like and steal one or two chords out of this if you can't think of your own chords. for exmaple, my fave song is boulevard of broken dreams, i want to take the the first chord out of the chorus, and find some other songs with chords that i like. get the point?
be creative
Try not to clash notes together if you are writing a song that will have words, such as for a band. If it supposed to be a death song that an emo would make up, make it clash. it adds a sense of "this is so bad sounding that it sounds like people dying" if you are an emo, as said before, you may want to take this route.
Make a beginning part, then a second part that is alost completely different but has the same feel about it, chorus, and a bridge (turning point) the order of these things should go as so... 1st...chorus...2nd...chorus...bridge...chorus (on some occasions you may want to use the chorus twic in the very end after the bridge.)
