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Any tips or tools to make a melody?
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| atxbigballer1 |
Any tips or tools to make a melody?
How do you make your melody?
THANKS :) |
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| mistermerlin |
| it should just come to you. or you can just around with the arpeggiator |
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| Evolve140 |
| write the bass notes first for a 4 bar loop until you feel resolution. then fill out the chords. copy that, let another instrument play the notes as arpeggio, and move the notes around accordingly. figure out the relationship between the notes of a completed chord progression to get your melody and your counter point. melody and counter point are sort of different, but in terms of the "melody" think of them as united. |
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| derail |
Are you asking about a melody, or a "lead sequence"?
If you want a forgettable lead sequence, you can treat it as a" by the numbers" process - come up with a bass/chord progression first, fire up an arpeggiator, and come up with something forgettable which fits the chords.
If you want a melody, listen to songs with great melodies, hum them in your head, become aware of the intervals happening, the timing of the notes. Start writing melodies - either on an instrument, or simply by humming something catchy, then getting that into midi. Write a bunch of melodies - the more you write, the better you'll get at it, and the higher the chances that some of the melodies will sound good.
A good melody should sound fine on its own, even when the chords and bassline are taken away. If listeners are able to hum/sing it, that's ideal.
And you'll have something which most trance producers don't have - something copyrightable, compositionally. If you create an arpeggiated lead sequence, anyone can make their own version of your song and there's nothing you can do about it.
Melodies and lyrics are the only things you can copyright, in terms of the composition. |
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| Deillon |
| Improvise on keyboard -> press record when you made something nice. |
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| djyouth |
Find a key.
Pick three to five chords. Not a diminished one.
Lay down a 4 bar loop with those chords.
Hum whatever comes into your mind.
Keep humming that loop until you stop changing it.
That's one way you (might) come up with a catchy melody. |
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| djyouth |
| quote: | Originally posted by derail
Are you asking about a melody, or a "lead sequence"?
If you want a forgettable lead sequence, you can treat it as a" by the numbers" process - come up with a bass/chord progression first, fire up an arpeggiator, and come up with something forgettable which fits the chords.
If you want a melody, listen to songs with great melodies, hum them in your head, become aware of the intervals happening, the timing of the notes. Start writing melodies - either on an instrument, or simply by humming something catchy, then getting that into midi. Write a bunch of melodies - the more you write, the better you'll get at it, and the higher the chances that some of the melodies will sound good.
A good melody should sound fine on its own, even when the chords and bassline are taken away. If listeners are able to hum/sing it, that's ideal.
And you'll have something which most trance producers don't have - something copyrightable, compositionally. If you create an arpeggiated lead sequence, anyone can make their own version of your song and there's nothing you can do about it.
Melodies and lyrics are the only things you can copyright, in terms of the composition. |
Great advice! Sounds like you've done a songwriting course. I recently did one as well. Priceless knowledge. |
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| cryophonik |
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| sundrip |
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| cryophonik |
| quote: | Originally posted by sundrip
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One of the biggest tools in the music industry. :) |
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| clay |
| quote: | Originally posted by atxbigballer1
Any tips or tools to make a melody?
How do you make your melody?
THANKS :) |
i just paint pretty patterns, if it looks good it sounds good |
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| joyceytrance |
Come up with something decent that you can whistle or sing before it exists as a synth sound/whatever.
The equipment is just a medium for the music, create the music from within!
Hopefully that response is cheesy enough :) |
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