With title "Where my heart belongs"
Using these phrases...
On my way to Ireland
Far north of here my life's journey began
Through the window of my soul
A whisper of wind
Something like... my heart belongs to you... (maybe)
If I could hold it for a moment in time
Walk along a wooded path
With you my heart held so dear
Filled with memories
This is a place to listen and hear


It would be about Ireland... please help?

All I can say is you are going to write about Ireland, be sure to mention the rain. And the mud. Yes, it really is amazingly green but it's also very modern. There are more mobile phones per head in Ireland than in the US. And we tend to avoid wooded paths, because you always get dripped on.

Eileen (in Ireland)

Hi, liffey!

Yes, I can help you to write a song. Do you play an instrument of some kind?

Thanks!

Thanks Clough. Yes, I play a guitar :) and the piano a little bit.

Eileen G, I would like to live in Ireland so much! :) Yeah omg I almost forgot the rain :P

Hi again, liffey!

Would you like to learn some more about playing the piano and writing music by using this site?

Thanks!

I am going to music high school so I'm learning piano too...
But I would deffinitely like to learn more about writing music.

Do you mean that you're going to a high school that has a specialty in music education?

I am going to Gymnasium, but also to music high school, to singing lessons, and I have a music theory, music history and piano lessons... and choir

Wow! That's a lot of music classes that you'll be taking!

If you're going to be able to write music, like songs, then you'll need to know a lot of theory if you want to be able to do it yourself.

I can show you how to get started with that, if you would like?

Okay :)
Could you help me to write this song?

Yes.

I'll be here for awhile in case you return.

I'm here :)

I'm here too! But, please give me a couple of minutes to "uncloak" so that you can know that I really am online here.

There, now you should be able to see that I'm online.

What do you think the title of your song should be, please?

'where my heart belongs' or something like 'it feels like home to me'...

I like "It Feels Like Home to Me". To me, a persons' heart could be in more than one place, if you know what I mean.

Okay. I like that one too.
So... how to start this song?

Well, do you want to use some or all of the words that you've already posted originally?

Also, do you know what a meter is as it relates to music?

Yeah I want to use words I posted here..
On my way to Ireland
Far north of here my life's journey began
Through the window of my soul
A whisper of wind
If I could hold it for a moment in time
Walk along a wooded path
Heart held so dear
Filled with memories
A place to listen and hear
Rain
Mug...

Okay, then let me work on the words of some of it for a bit so that they'll fit a meter the best.

Again, do you know what a meter is as it relates to music?

Sorry I don't really understand the question :/

Do you mean what will I do with this song..

I've arrainged and edited the first part of your lyrics so that they'll fit some kind of meter better. Please let me know what you think?

On my way to Ireland
Far north of here I go
My life's journey began
Through the window of my soul.

sry i don't really understand the question :/

do you mean what will I do with this song...?

Meter is about how the words, sentences and rhythms of the music all fit together in some kind of even flow. Sometimes the flow can be uneven. But, your song will have an even flow.

Have you ever taken dance lessons?

Yes, I like it! :)

I'm glad that you like it! :)

What about if you've ever taken dance lessons?

Yeah, I used to go to dance lessons but not anymore. Why? :)

It's about meter...

Did you ever have to count when you were dancing? Like, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, or, 1, 2, 1, 2?

Yes :)

If you counted like that, then you already know a little bit about meter. Your counting allowed you to learn how to dance in the meter of a piece of music.

Please click on the following links and listen to the song that's there. A couple of the links will only lead to an instrumental of the song. Please let me know what you think of the music.

I can't open up the YouTube ones because I'm on a really slow connection.

Cockles and Mussels - Irish Song Lyrics and Music Midi (http://www.ireland-information.com/irishmusic/cocklesandmussels.shtml)

Cockles and Mussels - Irish Children's Songs - Ireland - Mama Lisa's World: Children's Songs and Rhymes from Around the World (http://www.mamalisa.com/?t=es&p=419&c=8)

Cockles and Mussels, Song youtube - Google Search (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=Cockles+and+Mussels%2C+Song+youtube&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=)

Thanks!

I love this song and music, it's about Molly Malone.
I like music that's not very fast.

Your song can have a melody in a similar style to the melody that you've heard. It's an Irish style. About as Irish as an Irish melody can get.

Would you please change the following four lines of your song so that they have more of a rhyme to them, please? Your ideas are really good, but it would be easier for me if they had more of a rhyme to them. The lines need to be about the same length each. You know, to fit some kind of meter like you could dance to it.

Thanks!

A whisper of wind
If I could hold it for a moment in time
Walk along a wooded path
Heart held so dear

I love this song and music, it's about Molly Malone.
I like music that's not very fast.

Yes, it's about Molly Malone! Did you know that I'm from Celtic origin like Irish people?

Yeah of course.

What could I write for chorus?
Something that has a title of the song in it...

Let me work on a chorus while you work on those lines.

Okay?

You're from Celtic origin? Aaw I want to be irish lol.

Okay I will work on those lines.

Here's a possibility for a chorus. Anything in the song can be changed.

Ireland, oh Ireland!
A-journeying I go! (Or, a place to where I'll go.)
The fields are green, so lush and green,
To Ireland, I'll go!

you're from Celtic origin? aaw i want to be irish lol.

okay i will work on those lines.

What is your heritage and origin, please?

Croatian. I'm from Croatia, near Italy. But I am planning to move to Ireland.

Or maybe...

This is a place
To listen
To hear
... (something, I don't know)
It feels like home to me

or maybe...

This is a place
To listen
To hear
............. (something, i don't know)
It feels like home to me

Do you mean for that to be for the chorus or for those other four lines?

Chorus

Throwing an idea out there for you...

A place to hear
A place to listen
A place to become
One with Ireland.

Listening and hearing aren't necessarily the same thing. Maybe something could be developed about that?

I like it! This is great :) Thank you so much!

I'm glad that you like it! :)

Please remember that anything can be changed.

As you can see, it can take quite a bit to develop a song. Yours is well into being developed, but will still need further work before it's set to music.

Yes, set to music. I already have a melody in my head in mind for it. I can show you how to develop melodies too. Also, the accompaniments.

Is it okay for you to download programs to your computer?

I hope that you return, liffey!

I was really enjoying that!

I'll be back on here during the next 24 hours at about six hours before the time that you see on this post.

I hope that you have a great day!! :)

Thanks!

Hey, sorry my internet stopped working.. do you really know what music would fit this song?

Have a good day, talk to you later :)

Yes dude ,

Tell me the first 2 lines .

My life journey began
Through the window of my soul
On my way to Ireland
Far north from here I go

Chorus
A place to hear
A place to listen
A place to become
One with Ireland

But the title is "It feels like home to me"

And I would like to have chorus or something with that phrase...

hey, sry my internet stopped working.. do you really know what music would fit this song?

have a good day, talk to you later :)

Yes. I can come up with melodies and accompaniments instantly. We do need to work on the words and lines some more for them to work the best with a melody though.

By the way, it's not unusual for me to get knocked off the internet on a frequent basis...

Okay... thank you so much for doing this for me!
And I will have to write at least one more verse, or something.

No time right now. Will be back later. I hope that you'll be on!

What time is it where you're at now, please?

Now it's half past 10. (pm)

Here it's about 3:30 P.M. I'll be back on here starting after about 8:30 A.M. your time.

Will you be able to be on here then?

Okay, I got to go!

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I hope that you'll be on here later!

Are you going to return to here, liffey? :confused:

I'm hoping that you do! :)

Yes. Of course.
I am here :)

I'm here too! But, it's really late for me right now!

I'm sorry that I didn't notice sooner that you had responded!