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Melody Writing For Total
Beginners
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Changing Progression
Just to
prove the point that the chords are ‘creating’ the melodies, you can try the
same melodies, with a different chord progression and they will work, albeit in
a different turn of phrase.
For
simplicity, try a 1, 5, 4 progression. In the C Major scale that’s C (1), G (5)
and F (4).
This chord
progression would look like...
...from which you may come up with this melody...
...or this
melody...
Practice
the 1, 5, 4 chord progression and these melodic examples.
Can you
hear that the relationship still works but in a slightly different way?
Changing Scale
What if
you don’t want to use C Major?
Let’s transpose
this technique onto another scale. For simplicity, we choose the scale of A minor. The scale of A minor consists of the notes ABCDEFG
(yes the same as C Major, no sharps or flats but beginning on A and not C).
This is
the A minor scale...
The
numerical order of the notes in the A minor scale is A=1st B=2nd C=3rd D=4th
E=5th F=6th G=7th.
The 1st,
4th and 5th notes still have a special relationship, even though they are now
A, D and E.
So using
the 1,4,5 system and doing the same as you did with the C Major scale, you
could come up with this 4 bar chord progression...
...which could lead to this melody...
...or this melody.
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