4 Melody Patterns Every Producer Should Know
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Here's an alternate explanation: Notice how none of the notes in the melodies or bass lines are sharps or flats? That means that the key signature of the piece is C Major. Notice what those last few notes of the melody are? That's right. C. So the figure, phrase, motif or movement "resolved to the tonic." It ended on the best note to make it sound completed.
A useful strategy to creating these motifs is to come up with a little phrase which ends on a note that's not the tonic (root note), nor the fifth nor the third. In C Major, that means don't end on C (root) or E (third) or G (fifth). End it on, say, F (fourth) or D (second). On the second-to-last motif, end on B (Major seventh, just one half-step below the root) or maybe G (but B is stronger). Then end the last phrase right on the root, C. Boom! You've written a melody that sounds like you know what you're doing.
Another consideration is the rhythmic value of the notes you choose to create your melody(s). Are they all the same, whole notes, quarter notes, eighth notes, whatever? Maybe vary them. Here's an explanation that is clearer than whatever I could write here in this comments section: th-cam.com/video/As0qoBUvJnE/w-d-xo.html He's a guitar player, but the principle is the same.
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I loved the video. I kept thinking the same thing. You’ve resolved to the tonic! That’s why it sounds so good even though it’s just one note repeating. It’s the key note for the key. So cool to either know that or feel that or both. Result is the same. Great channel; great comment.
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sequence to c minor is the same? thx alot!!
@@pedrocardoso7399 Just follow those steps in the Eb Major scale and you should have a good melody to work with
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damn i really should those patterns
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I really should those patterns too
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I have to those patterns as well
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Extremely underrated tutorial, kept it simple and digestable
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Sameeee. I upload the songs I make btw, but I forgot to upload like... 5 other ones😳😬 the only one I uploaded is in F minor... literally named “f minor” because I can’t think of a good name
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Thank you for conceptualizing what you would otherwhise either intuitively do - or not. That really helps!
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That was such a tremendous help. Your tips have helped me to step up my ear-candy game.
This is worthy of being saved to my library for sure, great video!
such a simple yet brilliant take on variation in melodies. thank you!
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No joke, this is one of the best videos on this subject that i’ve seen on TH-cam. You explain everything in an easy to understand manner and I was able to follow you every step of the way. This is super helpful for me since I have no clue what I’m doing lol. I’m sincerely impressed!
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I’ve always sort of shined in the mixing and mastering side of music ironically. But I have been wanting to improve my Melodie’s. This video helped a lot!
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I actually figured this out on my own years ago but I gotta say it makes for a great tutorial for beginners.
This is the best explanation of a simple way to write a melody I have ever seen.
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i love these pattern based videos, especially the drum ones they help me a lot. i notice in such videos you have (what i consider) odd tempos, like this one is 180, is this a conscious choice? and if so what are the reasons/benefits to working in such high tempos. cheers, love your content ! /R.
Curious how you think about instrumental melodies like this (and counter-melodies) and how they relate to the vocal melody?
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There are things like this I've been doing in my production, but never really knew the terminology until checking out your channel. Excellent tutorials and tips man!
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been having trouble with melodies, this was perfectly timed!
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It's a bit of a cheat but, try MelodySauce.
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true c-section moment! keep up the good work, alex
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Hey Alex, been watching for a while and your videos are very inspiring, even to experienced producers this still helps.
Those sounds you used sounded very professional, are those type of sounds also in one of your packs?
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You are such a great youtuber man, when you finished that build up demo for the melody and you were psyched, so cute #nohomo but it was insanely “wholesome”
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That’s the type of music I hear on all those football (soccer) competition videos I watch haha. Good work man. Simplistic break down.
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I've got a lesson from this video: "remember A-B-A-C structure and expand it in wider view."
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Came to watch the C- sections 😆 good video!
to make a cadence sound finished it must end on the tonic, a good pretonic note is the 7th or 2nd which resolve naturally to the tonic.
you could also have the melody be dissonant with the chord/bass progression to make the resolution sound even better, that's called 'suspension and release'.
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One of my favorite songs that I have made is “bring it on” which is this orchestral arrangement for a battle theme. I basically already do this and it still sounds amazing
th-cam.com/video/N76Yt1RiTFg/w-d-xo.html is the link if you wanna hear it. It might also be the entire elementals playlist, so I guess you can listen to that.
by far the most informative video i've seen when it comes to producing original pieces, it's sometimes tough to expand on ideas and you end up looping the same patterns, or adding it more layers to fill out the sound but in reality you're just muddying the mix. I do a lot of beat production so original songs are very difficult for me but i've been learning as much as possible, thanks!!
Wow I’m a beginner and I’ve been using a similar technique all along haha! This is super helpful tho thx Alex
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