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Topic: help me write a melody!  (Read 1885 times)

Offline popndekl

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help me write a melody!
on: July 06, 2005, 08:08:06 PM
i think this is a good idea for a beginning of a new-age song;
i'm full of ideas for songs, but when it comes to melodies, i'm a total idiot.

i'll record everything - planning classic guitar, piano, maybe clarinet, drums (or not), violin (it will sound awful on my synth), anything else?

i just need a melody. just make it so that it will fit these first measures, then you can think of your own harmony and other stuff.

i'll attach a file and if there is any response, you will attach them too. we'll be breaking the rules, so please keep the files small. i did.  :P

Offline Derek

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Re: help me write a melody!
Reply #1 on: July 07, 2005, 05:00:05 AM
Why don't you make something a wee bit longer, then maybe someone will record a guitar solo over it or something to that effect :)

Offline rajordahl1

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Re: help me write a melody!
Reply #2 on: August 06, 2005, 11:34:42 PM
Entire pieces can be based on a single chord. As far as a melody. invent a short " hook " work at expanding it into phrases and longer units. Are you familar with melodic variation techniques such as transposition, inversion,expansion, contraction, etc?

Offline popndekl

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Re: help me write a melody!
Reply #3 on: August 21, 2005, 12:04:12 PM
no, i'm not. not at all.
i've finished elementary music theory (that is scales, chords, intervals, etc) and i understand, but i'm interested in further studying.

Offline luc

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Re: help me write a melody!
Reply #4 on: August 21, 2005, 02:52:54 PM
sounds like the beginning of a pop song. could imagine alanis morisette sing while the guitar repeats the same  notes  ;D
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