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Opinions on this melody

Inspired by the will be ever run out of chord progressions i made a melody that i consider to be quite original but dunno, what you think?

Melody WIP by Rodrisantos on Mixcloud

In my opinion, there are great elements, but as a whole it's a mess. If re-arranged and bits removed, it could turn into something really neat.

Sounds nasty tbh.. Inspired by TFR?

First 8 bars is what i had in mind , the rest is quick improvisation and feels like forced no doubt. What does TFR mean? I had something creepy in mind but at the same time the sound is a christmas sound in my mind... strange irony xD i must be the grinch

Sorry man, you had me interested till the eighth bar, after that it just sounds like random shifts from chord to chord.

pretty awful.

would not consider this a melody. Just arpeggiated chords that don't seem to know where they want to go. Voice leading is atrocious and the timbre you chose is probably the most annoying sound i've heard in a while.

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Originally posted by Looney4Clooney pretty awful. would not consider this a melody. Just arpeggiated chords that don't seem to know where they want to go. Voice leading is atrocious and the timbre you chose is probably the most annoying sound i've heard in a while.

I actually expected worse criticism from you, this is a raw draft i'd not judge the sound design as it doesn't even have an eq on the channel.

About the melody i think i'll stick with this 8 bars of the original design as the rest is probably as you said chords without any further intention.

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Originally posted by Rodri Santos What does TFR mean?

ahm, yes i knew this track it's in a compillation i own for sure but

It was actually this.



Which has a very similar sound too if not the same.

Doesn't really work at all for me.

I'd agree that it sounds like you're playing random chords into an arpeggiator.

Doesn't work man. Random chords staggered together. Just because every chord progression has been used doesn't mean melody can't be summoned properly. Don't try so hard.

I like first 8 bars, onwards sucks even for me due to its randomness the rest works theoretically but sounds too weird.

Now i understand that different doesn't mean better.

it doesn't follow any theoretical convention. Not that it has to. The main thing is it just sounds awkward. You also don't really have any melody to speak of. Just poorly organized chords. I honestly think you lack an ear for it and would just stick to the very basics.

I really feel like it's trying too hard to go through too many chords.

It really does sound like it's a chord progression that's trying to do too many things.

Most of the time good music involves very simple repeated chord elements.

Remember, you only need complicated chord elements, when it is necessary.

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Originally posted by Looney4Clooney it doesn't follow any theoretical convention. Not that it has to. The main thing is it just sounds awkward. You also don't really have any melody to speak of. Just poorly organized chords. I honestly think you lack an ear for it and would just stick to the very basics.

Writing melodies is my least developed skill certainly, my main problem is that if i don't detect what does not sound good at the beginning i get used to it and feel it's ok when it isn't.

This does not follow anything maybe i don't have the skills to do something revolutinary but was the idea in fact.

i just don't think what you do is actually melody. Chords and melody are related but you seem to just plug in chords and assume the melody is the soprano note.

Try writing the bassline. Then the melody. Don't get stuck on what chord it is. Listen to the voices that are forming these chords. If they move in awkward manners, it will most likely not sound good.

I understand why people are so dependent on chords in that it gives your line context which you get immediate feedback but it sort of forces a way of writing that can be limiting if you don't know theory inside and out.

You want to hear a melody that is unique yet still works, listen to that one i did for the contest. It doesn't sound that complex but try to analyze it and it will probably be over most people's head.

wtf lol

Not sure if srs.

Who the fuck knows. This is why I drink heavily. Very, very heavily.

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Originally posted by shpanda wtf lol

what part wasn't clear.

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...=1#.UNon-o6mDww

first melody and I suppose the trance version, It sounds good, it sounds like the chords go were they should go yet the progression is rather complicated in terms of what you normally get. It starts on the first inversion of the major form of i , it also ends on a V of V which also forms a tritone relation between the preceding VI making it more colourful.

But you have to understand theory really well to do that sort of stuff which most if not all probably can't really pull out of your ass.

Yeah I mean, a melody isn't really a series of chords...

ahhh, ya i agree, the original audio to me didn't have a melody. Just chords.

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Originally posted by Looney4Clooney what part wasn't clear

I wtf lolled for the track, not your comment

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