How to draw a Christmas tree in MIDI
About a year ago, MIDI Drawing style videos began to appear on Youtube, in which notes are used for drawing. It looks funny, sometimes it even sounds quite acceptable.
Despite the apparent complexity, even those who are vaguely aware of the differences of a seventh chord from a triad can do such a thing. Consider the example of creating such a video on the example of a picture with a Christmas tree:
It all started with a Facebook post that scored about 3 million views:
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FL Studio is used in the original video, but we will use a simpler online RiffShare editor.
Open a blank sheet in the online editor RiffShare - open in the editor
Add a simple rhythm on drums - a low drum in every fourth cell, high through time, and of a few cymbals:
open in the editor and listen
Add a bass line. Let it be a monotonous boom-boom-boom, for example on a note Mie. To make a little more lively budum use two basses alternately.
open in the editor and listen
For E-note, a major chord also contains notes in G Sharp and C. So as not to go into theory, the notes of a chord are those frequencies that sound good together.
Let's make a yellow instrument (violin) the support lines on the specified notes in each octave. The lines themselves will then be deleted. they are only for drawing.
Also add a Christmas tree with a green instrument (this is a guitar, but its sound is also not needed and we will lower its volume to zero):
open in the editor and listen
Add the rhythm of the melody in red (guitar with overdrive). Just randomly arrange the notes on the same strip as the bass, but an octave higher:
open in the editor and listen
Shuffle the notes along the Christmas tree branches to make a melody:
open in the editor and listen
The main work is done. Add the notes of the red instrument (any from the bald, but only on the beat of the rhythm and height of the notes of the chord, then they will sound good).
Remove the yellow stripes, listen to the end result:
open in the editor and listen
It looks like a Christmas tree, it sounds normal.
To share the melody does not necessarily record video. It is enough in the editor menu (the icon with a nut in the upper left corner) to copy the URL in the item " full URL (right-click and select 'copy link address') " and insert the link in a comment, post or any text message.
Despite the apparent complexity, even those who are vaguely aware of the differences of a seventh chord from a triad can do such a thing. Consider the example of creating such a video on the example of a picture with a Christmas tree:
It all started with a Facebook post that scored about 3 million views:
')
FL Studio is used in the original video, but we will use a simpler online RiffShare editor.
Step-by-step instruction
Open a blank sheet in the online editor RiffShare - open in the editor
Add a simple rhythm on drums - a low drum in every fourth cell, high through time, and of a few cymbals:
open in the editor and listen
Add a bass line. Let it be a monotonous boom-boom-boom, for example on a note Mie. To make a little more lively budum use two basses alternately.
open in the editor and listen
For E-note, a major chord also contains notes in G Sharp and C. So as not to go into theory, the notes of a chord are those frequencies that sound good together.
Let's make a yellow instrument (violin) the support lines on the specified notes in each octave. The lines themselves will then be deleted. they are only for drawing.
Also add a Christmas tree with a green instrument (this is a guitar, but its sound is also not needed and we will lower its volume to zero):
open in the editor and listen
Add the rhythm of the melody in red (guitar with overdrive). Just randomly arrange the notes on the same strip as the bass, but an octave higher:
open in the editor and listen
Shuffle the notes along the Christmas tree branches to make a melody:
open in the editor and listen
The main work is done. Add the notes of the red instrument (any from the bald, but only on the beat of the rhythm and height of the notes of the chord, then they will sound good).
Remove the yellow stripes, listen to the end result:
open in the editor and listen
It looks like a Christmas tree, it sounds normal.
Additionally
To share the melody does not necessarily record video. It is enough in the editor menu (the icon with a nut in the upper left corner) to copy the URL in the item " full URL (right-click and select 'copy link address') " and insert the link in a comment, post or any text message.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/345436/
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