How to Write a Melody (Part 2) - Breaking it Down + Melodic Treatments
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- This second part of the Melody writing series focuses on an in-depth breakdown of why the melody in Part 1 works. We also take a look at some tips on the treatment of your melodic lines to give it much more flavor and drama.
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I've learned more about music composition, melody and chord progressions from your videos than I have learned in the previous 5 years of practice combined. You are a god send!. I sure hope you upload more fantastic videos in the imminent future. I for one am a very grateful subscriber.
Wow I'm so glad to hear how useful these are for you. I do have quite a bunch more topics I want to share and I keep discovering new ones all the time. I hope to start posting more regularly once I get more time. Thanks for the powerful words.
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can you make a video on song arrangement? Would appreciate it! I'm a fan of your teaching
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Man,you're really good at these stuff i've currently looked into some of your videos especially "How to Find The Key of A Song-By Ear."that really helped me.i've been trying to get the song notes but it very hard the song is called "love on first sine-spag heddy"that song is a dupstep and also is very hard to do it by ear since theres many sounds played but the first note like the very first note is D4 and then i have trouble deciding wheter the next note is sharp or flat since the sound is very confusing can you try to do that song?
I feel i could watch several of your videos in a raw. I like the pace and the structure. Spot on. Please keep it up the great work!!
great tutorial you have a clear style and very professional. i am a country song writer and Nashville needs to hear this.
I know that I shouldn't have done this but I went so far as deleting any track that I have been working on so that I could start with a completely clean slate using these new tips. I just want to thank you again, mate: your videos are so inspiring.
these videos are VERY helpful ! Please make more!
boatblocker Ok I'm on it =)
Or are you ?
You need to get back on here with more videos. Your stuff is great, and a 2-year break is long enough, lol
Dude... you definately have a gift for teaching... very impressive! Again, thanks for sharing your knowledge of music. Very well done! Now i gotta go practice what you've taught me... :)
inev8ability Good to hear man! Practice will make it so you don't even have to hum. You'll kind of hear it in your head :)
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Man, your teaching style is music to my right cortex. I give you mad props for "getting it" and teaching context, concepts, examples and procedure along with appropriate theory without giving an algebra lesson. You teach from your right brain. That seems rare in the music education field. I can apply this immediately, even if I never learned anything beforehand. Wow, that is amazing stuff!
You teach "why" and not just "what". Let me give you my view on what makes you a special, and gifted teacher: 99% of "musicians" I have experienced, are (I'm sorry) horrible teachers. How many times do people teach "facts" or wrote memorized information with no practical examples, perspective, workflow or context. They work out the logic, of say, the circle of fifths, and call it a day. (I pull my hair out!) Most regurgitate stuff anyone can reference in a book. Its all been done.
Anyone can read a basic textbook. Its already there. Like relics from a dead civilization. No life! Its all left brain, logic and memory stuff and were talking about MUSIC! MUSIC IS FEELING, NOT LOGIC! However, you teach how, when, in reference to, why, why not, where, if, etc... " Your pacing, humor, creativity, and fun make learning a thrill; learning should not feel like a root canal. I admit to anxiety while listening to theory occultists. My mother was a music teacher. I have the capacity to learn all this stuff: but i don't want to if its not fun. You make it fun. And, no, I dont want a PHD, I just want to tinker my hobby. Your lesson was self encapsulated- immediately useful within its own context, while bridging the broader aspects of the big picture. Okay, gush and rant- over.
I come from a family of dynamic teachers, which makes me feel qualified to pitch my opinion. I always give my high regards when that rare someone "gets" teaching. Just in case you feel like broadening your career horizons, consider that your heartfelt, dynamic and effective teaching style would fill a huge vacuum in the world of music education. I imagine you are successful at what you do now, but I know you would be an absolute success teaching people how to make music. (READ!-produce a professional video set, for profit!) Practical, useful and hands-on, you have the power to move artists unlike the vast majority of anxiety inducing, rubber-stamping regurgitators who are forever imprisoned in there left hemispheres.
Okay, I lied, still gushing, still ranting.
Since i suggested making more videos, and you asked for some ideas, i will throw out an idea or two. Create tutorials like this one on creating melodies, but use your method to include these bite-sized steps that ultimately cover an entire song and do that to cover the steps, the basics on the 1st song.
Then show more examples by making 5 or 6 songs total and use the lessons from the 1st song as a kind of template for the others, burning in the basics, while using the other songs to cover variables, higher concepts and more advanced stuff, while sticking withe the foundation in a repeated (but of course variable) fashion in the later songs as kind of staple (we need several examples to really get it), while using the more advanced stuff as flavoring peppered in to whet the appetite for your next video instruction set, which would include the advanced stuff now as foundation in the first song, to lead to even deeper nuances to be introduced in the 5 other songs.
Or not.
just sayin', yer awesome.
peace,
Joe
Alex Stanislov Thank you for these words. I have been told that my teaching style is different and effective but I've not known why until I read your words. This will help me be much more consistent in my delivery! Thanks once again!
Rhythmic Canada I second what he said. I would love to see your take on how to arrange songs and stuff! Thanks for taking the time with these! They are gold!
You nailed it! It's like getting all the pieces in one concise lesson. It means you make a connection with these lessons, which is the key to not just learning, but also remembering and applying!
bv Thanks!
Brian Waldie Thanks man
Yes. Good videos. Thank you so much. in second part just add something new on the instrumental. just a little.
MrBlueObsession Hopefully a bit more than a little lol :)
Awesome teaching and Nice voice too ;)
Loved the way you broke it down. Thanks
Exactly what I was looking for! Gotta love this "follow the white rabbit" musical journey I'm taking, leading me to everything I need to hear. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I too appreciate your teaching style. Can't wait to discover the rest of the content. Blessings!
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts, ideas and knowledge. I think that building some perimeters as you've shown can help with writers block and unlock some ideas that you wouldn't normally come up with.
Thanks! Well put man. You're absolutely right - these chord based guideposts have that added benefit as well! :)
Thanks v m for your explanations. I would like to know some things about your hardware (synthesizer instrument ) and software products and producers that you used in your video lesson and for making a song and playing it. For me is a hobby . Thanks again!
Gabriela Tutu Hi! What I have in the studio is overkill for making what you see in the video here. Since it's a hobby you want to keep things simple as you build a more complex setup. All you really need is a basic MIDI keyboard and a DAW. I'm using Logic Pro X as my main DAW (which only runs on a Mac). If you've got a Mac then I would highly recommend it coz it's very powerful and very cost efficient (hard to get those two things in a bundle lol).
Most of the instruments you hear are found within Logic. I didn't add anything from an external source. Regardless of which DAW you use, they will most likely provide you with some synthesizer instruments and some beat loops to get you started.
Wached both parts. It cleared much things! I'm using different soft (audiotool) but it is about melody not technicals!
Very true! :)
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I learned a lot from the 1st and 2nd parts :) Thnx very much, I understand the melody and how it works, Can you please do a tutorial about the backing music i mean when the singer start to sing, What's the kind of instrumentation we can put there??? Thnx very much in advance ;)
Hi do you mean 'Chords'?
I mean in the song we have a lead vocal (chorus) and lead melody (mean), But when the singer sing the "Verse" in that part whats the kind of music melody we can play, I know its not going to be the "mean melody" repeated again or just some empty beats percutions. sorry for my english.
Youssef Fajry Not a problem. I think I understand. I usually like to highlight whatever is the most important thing without involving too much of anything else that pulls a listeners attention away from that thing. So for example if I'm trying to highlight a melody, then I won't involve another melody. The same goes for vocals. Usually vocals are VERY important so I don't put much with it. If I do then I might ride an instrument along with the vocal maybe a third or a fifth away with a complimentary motion just to give the vocal some support. Not in any way to contrast the vocal or to take away from the vocal. Just riding along with the vocal a fifth or third away.
And also during the Mixing phase I would make this other instrument low in level so the vocal continues to remain the focus.
Keep in mind that if the vocal has a harmony it may not even need anything. It also depends on how much other stuff you have going on around the vocal at the same time. Don't feel like there are any rules to this please because this is the creative side of making music. If you feel it needs something then it does. If you feel it doesn't then don't add anything.
See if the chord progression is enough. If not, try a third or fifth complimentary motion instrument. That might help.
Rhythmic Canada
Thnx a lot my friend it helps a lot ;) Keep up the good work :)
Youssef Fajry
Hi! I don't have a big knoledge of music theory, Can you please explain a little bit what you mean when you say "if i do then i might ride an instrument along with vocal maybe a "third or a fifth" away with a complimentary motion just to give the vocal some support)
is this what we call transpose the melody some octaves above or down?? Thank you very much in advance ;)
These are great! Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge.
Luka Belle No problem! Glad you like them
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Thank you for sharing this exactly the way you did,providing a way of thinking along with the theory.
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Awesome
I have literally watched a hundred hours of videos surrounding music theory, melody making, etc. this two part series is the recipe I’ve been missing! Thank you so very much. I may never be great but I now have the feeling that I will at least get off the ground.
The drag in his voice, feel it, Feel The Drag (possibly a song of mine). So sensual. 😂😂
Great video man. Watching your part 1 and part 2 videos made me make a banger. The way you teach made this very easy for me to grasp. Thanks a lot and keep the videos coming
This was also good video gave me structure to work on rather just randomly placing notes, thanks again
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