Melody Writing 101

Melody Writing 101
Published 2/2025
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How Melody Interacts with Harmony

What you’ll learn

Learn the basics of creating a functional melody

Understand how melody interacts with harmony

Breakdown the concepts of good melody writing through simple analogies

Learn concepts from neighbor tones and passing tones, to ornaments and arpeggios

Be able to write melodies within your own songs

Understand how to analyze the melodies of other composers

Requirements

You should know basic major and minor chords

You should know the notes of a piano

Understanding piano basics is a plus

Description

Overview

Section 1: Course Preparation

Lecture 1 What Makes a Good Melody?

Lecture 2 Melodic Complexity

Lecture 3 Melodic Approaches

Lecture 4 Magnets and Metal

Section 2: All Techniques

Lecture 5 Neighbor Tones and Passing Tones

Lecture 6 Stability – Color – Dissonance

Lecture 7 Chromatic Passing Tones

Lecture 8 Ornaments

Lecture 9 Enclosures

Lecture 10 Arpeggios

Lecture 11 Rhythmic Density

Lecture 12 To Swing, or Not to Swing?

Lecture 13 Putting it All Together

Section 3: Wrap-up

Lecture 14 Outro

Lecture 15 Bonus Video

Composers,Music Producers,Music Performers,Pianists,Guitarists,Beginner Musicians