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Melody Writing For Total
Beginners
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Chords
Ok, now
you have had a little play around with the notes C F and G you will see they
are not quite enough to write a decent melody. You need to expand the palette
of notes that work well together.
What you
need to do to ‘get more notes which have a relationship’ is build triads from
the notes C F and G and then use the notes from those triads to write a melody.
This method is based on the classic ‘three chord trick’ song writing device and
although it sounds complex, it is actually quite simple. Let’s look at this a
little closer now...
A chord is
a combination of two or more notes played together and a triad is a chord
consisting of three notes played together.
Because
the notes C F and G work well together, we know that triads built from these
notes will also work well together. However, not just any triads, the triads
you build should consist of notes within the scale.
I do not
want to go too much into detail about building chords here, as that would get
too far away from melody writing. Suffice to say, the triads that correspond to
the 1st, 4th and 5th notes in the C major scale (C F and G) are C major, F
major and G major.
The C Major
triad corresponds with the 1st note in the C Major scale. It is built from the
notes C, E, and G.
Below is
the C Major Triad…
The F
Major triad corresponds with the 4th note in the C Major scale. It is built
from the notes F, A and C.
Below is
the F Major triad…
The G
Major triad corresponds with the 5th note in the C Major scale. It is built
from the notes G, B, and D.
Below is
the G Major triad…
Notice the
chords stray into the next octave up, which is fine.
Practice playing
different progressions of the triads C Major, F Major and G Major.
Listen and
understand that these chords have a similar relationship as the 1st, 4th and
5th notes, i.e. they work well together.
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