The Music Producer's Ultimate Guide to FL Studio 21 - Second Edition

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Composing with the Piano Roll

When you want to make a melody for your song, you need a tool to help you compose it. The FL Studio piano roll is arguably the best piano roll in the market for composing melodies. The piano roll allows you to add melody notes, arrange them, adjust the inflection of notes, and easily move notes between instruments. Once you know how to use the piano roll, you’ll be able to compose melodies for any instrument.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

• Using the piano roll
• Composing great chord progressions
• Recording MIDI notes with MIDI instruments
• Exporting sheet music
• Using and exporting MIDI scores

Using the piano roll

The piano roll is the tool for composing melodies. The piano roll is essentially ...