Creating songs using online software

Abstract

In an era of social distancing due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a method is needed for music educators to remain productive in creating and fulfilling music teaching materials without involving other parties. One feasible solution is to use online software to compose music or songs. This article elaborates a method to easily compose musical accompaniments and melodies using an online software, Hookpad. There are six steps in composing a song melody and its accompaniment: (1) preparing a music sheet online via a browser, (2) setting meters, keys, and tempo, (3) selecting musical instruments or sound patches, (4) selecting the chords pattern, (5) filling in the melody, and (6) exporting to a WAVE/MP3/MIDI file. Creating songs using online software is very effective in terms of processing time and can minimize the number of people involved in the work and can produce good quality sounds. In conclusion, Hookpad online music software can be a solution for working in solitary with satisfying music sound quality.