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How to Write a Melody - Start to Finish

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How to Write a Melody - Start to Finish

25,118 views January 10, 2020 23:05

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Writing a melody, from start to finish -- Where do you start? Let's compose one together!
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Audio, MIDI, and sheet music of the melody composed in this video: caseyconnor.org/music/melodywriting

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0:00 intro
0:57 how to start, noodling in a scale/key
3:36 starting with the tonic triad
5:02 thinking rhythmically
6:18 ideas/concepts/games
7:31 chord progressions
7:54 nkoda
9:19 playing against the chords
11:01 extending the melody/chord idea
12:45 repetition as a melodic tool
14:19 intentional scale violation
15:01 re-writing familiar melodies as a compositional tool
16:12 other tips (getting distance, community, dynamics)
18:29 pep talk for unsatisfied composers
19:30 finished melody with real instruments
22:00 passing the tip jar
22:14 course announcement

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Casey Connor published this 23:05 video tutorial on January 10, 2020. It has been watched 25,118 times on YouTube.

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January 10, 2020
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