What’s the Secret to writing Sad Music? Use these 4 techniques

How do you write sad, emotional, heart wrenching music? Film composer Guy Michelmore breaks down the four essential steps to writing a tear jerker. He shows you how to turn a kids nursery rhyme into an emotional rollercoaster. You can do it too! So tune in and find out what the four essential techniques to wrtiting sad music really are. Check out Guy’s “How to Write Music“ course! Download our FREE guide: - - - - How To Write Music - - - - How To Write Music explores the fundamental skills that underpin every great piece of music whether it’s a song or a film score, string quartet or video game sounds track. Check out the free guide here to get you started: 0:00 Start 0:55 Point 1: Minor Keys 4:22 Point 2: Yearning, suspensions, lack of resolution 6:30 Point 3. Long lyrical lines 9:20 Point 4. Make it simple and rubato 11:15 Twinkle Twinkle Sad Version