Thanks for the info. I have been making music only about a year or so now and I am still learning all this.

The main problem I have, is when I make a song, I use melodies based on my chord progression because notes outside that progression seem to clash too much and it sounds bad to me. What I mean is, lets say I am using a c# minor chord, I would use the C#, E, and G notes to make the body of the melody. If I want more notes to play with, I just switch the backing chord progression to get more. IE I go to a Em chord or F#, something like that.

Doing it this way makes for rather limiting melodies though. I have tried using more notes of whatever scale I am working in, but that just doesn't sound right to me. Any ideas on this? (Edit to mean It doesnt sound right with the bass)

Last edited by AstroB on Apr-07-2009 at 01:54

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Originally posted by AstroB lets say I am using a c# minor chord, I would use the C#, E, and G notes to make the body of the melody. If I want more notes to play with,...I go to a Em chord or F#,

The reason you're getting "clashes" is because you're using a diminished fifth note (i.e., G-natural), which will always sound dissonant in that scale, rather than a perfect fifth note (i.e., G#). In other words, the root chord of C# min is C#/E/G#, NOT C#/E/G. Also, the third chord is an Emaj (E/G#/B), NOT an Emin chord (E/G/B). They're based on the natural minor scale:

C# D# E F# G# A B

Hopefully, that makes sense.

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Ya it does, thanks. I got it now.