How to Write Melodies (What Makes a Good Melody)
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- čas přidán 28. 07. 2024
- How to Write Melodies - This video looks at How to Write Melodies. Melody is often the thing that our brain focusses on first when listening to music. It is the element that we are most likely to remember, repeat and replicate - so it’s really important. But sometimes it can be really tricky to come up with a catchy melody for our songs, especially when we don’t have any inspiration.
In this video, we look at why melody is so important, what makes a melody catchy, techniques for writing melodies and some top tips. This video is aimed at beginner to intermediate engineers, producers and artists.
Topics and Timings:
1. Intro (0:00 - 1:25)
2. What Makes a Melody Catchy? (1:25 - 2:52)
3. How to Write a Melody (2:52 - 4:22)
4. Top Tips (4:22 - 6:08)
5. Final Thoughts (6:08 - 7:09)
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I thought this video had absolutely wonderful information. Thank you!
Really very useful information Thank you George
Good video. One of the pitfalls - given the hundreds of tracks available in DAWs - is the temptation (and I'm owning up to a personal failing here) to pack in counter melodies and harmonies all over the place - often obscuring the main melodic line. Don't clog up what you intend to be the hook, or chorus, with excessive over-instrumentation! I've recently been going over a lot of my old tracks, taking out anything unnecessarily elaborate, and the results have sounded so much better. As far as thinking up melodies is concerned (and, most importantly, remembering them) - keep your smartphone handy with a voice recorder app installed for when inspiration strikes.
I completely agree, sometimes less is definitely more!
Seeing beautiful George Agombar, makes my heart to sing a melody. It's very easy to make melody , keeping my eyes intact at your beautiful face
Helpful summary of some basic concepts! It would be even better to demonstrate how these can be applied.
And maybe an additional thought for a video: I always struggle how to create and prepare music for a singer, what are the do's and don'ts to make it easier for a singer? Obviously the key/range is relevant, time to breath, but what about the melody, should it be somwhere in the background? Or never? Should there be elements for orientation like little fill in between the vocals , etc...
Ooh that could be a really interesting video idea - I'll have a look into it!!
Great as always. Could you one day make a video on how to use pads? Should they be chords (copied from eg. piano), some of the chords, single notes and should they be layered? I think this is difficult.
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good film
what is the song called in your intro as I cant seem to find it, his it been commercially released?