That was a really good lesson. I was most surprised by the static melody. When you added the chords it was really evocative. The same with the last example, with octaves.
Thanks again! I like that you are releasing material for song writers. Just one note: far from a random choice, the verse line with a slight pause in the middle (slighter than the pause between verse lines) is nearly a universal in pop and rock, though less so in jazz and rap. I think there are several reasons for this: 1. a breath, 2. a pause for comprehension in quickly sung words and 3. most important, that pause gives you the ability to shift around that second phrase so that the most important syllable lands on the strong beat, usually the 1 but in less emphatic cases, the 3. So in your example, putting in a pause enables you to put the word fading (not light) on the 1.
The arrangements you have here, with just a slight pause to "start over" the phrase are more typical of folk, I think. Folk musicians are less afraid of verse + verse + verse blockiness.
Hello, I just found your videos recently and have learned a great deal already :-) Love your teaching style. As an adult trumpet student, this lecture was of particular interest. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, it is a real treasure!
Hi Gareth: Fascinating tutorial Would it ever make sense to make up temporary lyrics for a piece as a method of improving the phrasing of melodic lines? Best, David
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That was a really good lesson. I was most surprised by the static melody. When you added the chords it was really evocative. The same with the last example, with octaves.
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Nice take Gareth.
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the simple metaphors facilitates my learning.. cheers
That’s great.
Thanks again! I like that you are releasing material for song writers. Just one note: far from a random choice, the verse line with a slight pause in the middle (slighter than the pause between verse lines) is nearly a universal in pop and rock, though less so in jazz and rap. I think there are several reasons for this: 1. a breath, 2. a pause for comprehension in quickly sung words and 3. most important, that pause gives you the ability to shift around that second phrase so that the most important syllable lands on the strong beat, usually the 1 but in less emphatic cases, the 3. So in your example, putting in a pause enables you to put the word fading (not light) on the 1.
The arrangements you have here, with just a slight pause to "start over" the phrase are more typical of folk, I think. Folk musicians are less afraid of verse + verse + verse blockiness.
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Nice and worthy stuffs always. Music matters is home.
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Hello, I just found your videos recently and have learned a great deal already :-) Love your teaching style. As an adult trumpet student, this lecture was of particular interest. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, it is a real treasure!
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That is one of your best video thank you very much
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It’s a new area to me on composition. Great opening❤
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This is beyond my abilities...for now. But you really did give food for thought.
You’ll get there and you’ll find this course really useful.
Hi Gareth:
Fascinating tutorial
Would it ever make sense to make up temporary lyrics for a piece as a method of improving the phrasing of melodic lines?
Best,
David
Absolutely. Also useful when performing.
I’ve been doing this to a large extent on my own. But this validates my experience.
Illuminating!
That’s great
Lovely! Thanks, please do more on how to write words to a given melody.
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Wow, what a request!
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Thank you for this information
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Great idea
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I liked the D flat major melody
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