Thanks for making these videos, money's tight so I can't afford lessons all the time so these help fill the gaps. I'll definitely give your site a check. Thanks again. You've got a friend from chicago now.
This was the first video I clicked while searching for a solution to the melody problem. Absolutely beautiful, the melody, the method, and the explanation. Thank you so much!
Thanks for posting a video on this topic! At the most basic level (and explained in only 44 words): Play melodic notes at 1, 3, or 5 note intervals ABOVE (+1 octave) notes played with left hand pinky on down beats. Between down beats, play other notes to connect melodic notes played on down beat to melodic note played on next down beat.
Thanks, very interesting! Of course the first step is finding a set of chords that "sound good". I've come across a few TH-cam videos describing how many Hollywood movie theme composers seem to choose from a standard recipe of chords, depending on the feeling they're trying to convey (romance, adventure, melancholy, mysterious, etc.). Wish the new Mary Poppins movie had followed your advice for picking catchy tunes!
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Thanks man I’m in a music theory class at my high school and I didn’t get any of this for the most part. My final this semester is to create an 8 measure chord progression with a melody and this helps a lot. Thanks
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this is similar to my homework ive been set for the next couple of weeks! today my tutor and myself have written out 16 bars with the roman numerals underneath hehe cant wait to get started
This is top shelf information mayte. I currently only know music by *ear* and many other videos confuse me with big theory terminology. You explain this very simple and easy to understand. Thank you Cheers. 🙏🏾
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Thank you so much for this video! I have been struggling with writing a melody on a chord progression but you helped me a lot! Thank you so much! You explained everything in a quick and understandable way! I have one question left, should we first write the chord progression and then the melody? Or the other way around? Thank you!!
if you have a chord progression that utilizes chords outside the key signature. Do you leave your melody in the key signature despite or would you temporarily change the melody key signature as well when you use the chord out of key. Ex. if you borrow { Dmaj chord } while in C major scale. your melody uses note F and C.... would you change to F# and C# in the time frame of the { Dmaj chord }?
@@MusicMattersGB awesome thanks for the timely response. so if i understand correctly. If i aim to create dissonance or the modulation is as quick as a passing chord i can leave it in for tension (accidental). but, if the modulation persists long enough (for instance 4 to 8 bars - non diatonic chord) to create clashing, then the melody is to should follow to the key change of the non-diatonic chord (for those 4 to 8 bars).
@@MusicMattersGB awesome... thanks alot. really appreciate it. been working on my theory to make more interesting chord progressions using non-diatonic chords. but was wondering what should the melody do.
You are An excellent teacher. I appreciate all the tips that you are giving us. May you give us tips on more complicated matters on composition styles. Thank you.
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really wish I had your brain hehe how you put it together makes it seem very easy its amazing but going to take me till im in my 80s before I get to your level hehe
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Can you make a video on how to get out of blocked chords, because when I write songs I always do patterns like 1-2-3-4 or 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 and it sounds boring. Maybe you could show some patterns.
Thanks for this video. When I sit down at my piano and hit down some chords to sing onto, my voice adapts to the chords and sing on the chords. which gets boring. so how do I practicly avoid that? Thanks in advance
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I am a huge fan of this channel. Great teacher. Just one question. When you play the chord G you are using the notes of that chord in the melody. I get that. The same with the other chords in that progression.However surely you are not limited to those notes but can use any notes in the scale of G? Can you? Thank you in advance.
+Stevethesearcher Hi. Thanks for your kind comment. You can slip in extra notes (what we call passing notes or auxiliary notes) but otherwise melody notes that belong to notes of the chord being sounded are the notes that fit. If you use a G chord but sustain C in the melody it will clash because GBD are the notes of the chord. Hope that makes sense. See www.mmcourses.co.uk for much more.
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amazing job...tho its not type of melody I was looking for.. I want something about emotions/colors characteristics of some chord and triads.. and a long story intensive phrase..
Thanks a lot for this video, it was very clear to understand and the piano on the bottom helps a great deal! I have a question I was wondering about: The D maj chord, which is the V of this progression, is DF#A, however in the D maj scale there is C# as well, which is not in the Gmaj. My question is, can the C# be used anyway when you are playing the Dmaj chord? In the same manner I am wondering, if you can play say a A# instead of an A as a passing note, or would that be wrong? I would be very glad if you could help me out on this. Greetings from Tokyo
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I don;t fancy learning A to Z with music; I like to compose by ear and then learn on the job, and to read as much music as will give me ideas; I read some music but i write with midi, most odd. So quick tip format is brilliant; also there is no money for going to Music School; Music School would have to come to me via a website with pay as you go tutorials.
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one last question. but the numbering of it still the same? I mean the roman numerals, even if you go low? Im just really confused, Becasue I saw a video and he says always start at the left(at the bottom).
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Thanks for making these videos, money's tight so I can't afford lessons all the time so these help fill the gaps. I'll definitely give your site a check. Thanks again. You've got a friend from chicago now.
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This was the first video I clicked while searching for a solution to the melody problem. Absolutely beautiful, the melody, the method, and the explanation. Thank you so much!
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You get many of these comments, but; so simple, and so musical with such a simple progression. Living and learning! Loving! 😎
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OMG! Extremely informative and easy to understand. This is what I need! Thank you so much!
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I just had 2 eureka moments while watching your video. Thank you from northern Mexico!
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Best video on TH-cam about melody. FACT !!!
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Brilliantly explained short and sweet. And I can't even read notes! I needed this. :)
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this is an amazing lesson. 100% pure gold.
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Wow. This was a really amazing explanation of how to create a pleasant piece is music. Thanks!
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Very clear...thank you.
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Thanks for posting a video on this topic! At the most basic level (and explained in only 44 words): Play melodic notes at 1, 3, or 5 note intervals ABOVE (+1 octave) notes played with left hand pinky on down beats. Between down beats, play other notes to connect melodic notes played on down beat to melodic note played on next down beat.
It’s a pleasure. That’s a useful summary. There’s more to consider in relation to the nature of inessential notes but the plan is good!
Thanks, very interesting! Of course the first step is finding a set of chords that "sound good". I've come across a few TH-cam videos describing how many Hollywood movie theme composers seem to choose from a standard recipe of chords, depending on the feeling they're trying to convey (romance, adventure, melancholy, mysterious, etc.). Wish the new Mary Poppins movie had followed your advice for picking catchy tunes!
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Thanks man I’m in a music theory class at my high school and I didn’t get any of this for the most part. My final this semester is to create an 8 measure chord progression with a melody and this helps a lot. Thanks
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Super helpful stuff. Arranging for the first time and this was really intuitive. Many thanks.
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It’s made me feel a lot more confident when it comes to writing music thank you
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Fantastic, my friend! Thank you for the lesson. Greetings from Brazil.
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this is similar to my homework ive been set for the next couple of weeks! today my tutor and myself have written out 16 bars with the roman numerals underneath hehe cant wait to get started
Brilliant. Glad it’s topical.
Thanks a lot! I had a chord progression for background music for my game, but I had no idea how to add a melody. This really helped.
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This is top shelf information mayte.
I currently only know music by *ear* and many other videos confuse me with big theory terminology.
You explain this very simple and easy to understand.
Thank you
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Wow! Well explained; thank you. 😃
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I loved this video demonstration, he made it so simple, thank you
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So easy and basic things.. Exactly what i needed thank you
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Thank you for the Video.I realy enjoy the way you so easily explain things
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Thanks for the video. Easy to understand.
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That was a nice easy 'in' to writing a little tune. Enjoyed it.
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Very very good video. Very informative, especially for someone with little to no music theory. Thanks heaps!!
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Outstanding sir. Thank you
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Great video sir. You have simplified the concept. Thank you.
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Thank you so much for this video! I have been struggling with writing a melody on a chord progression but you helped me a lot! Thank you so much! You explained everything in a quick and understandable way! I have one question left, should we first write the chord progression and then the melody? Or the other way around? Thank you!!
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It’s up to you as to whether you begin with the melody or the chords or do a bit of both.
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if you have a chord progression that utilizes chords outside the key signature. Do you leave your melody in the key signature despite or would you temporarily change the melody key signature as well when you use the chord out of key. Ex. if you borrow { Dmaj chord } while in C major scale. your melody uses note F and C.... would you change to F# and C# in the time frame of the { Dmaj chord }?
For temporary modulation you can use accidentals. Longer periods of key change are sometimes best served by key signature changes.
@@MusicMattersGB awesome thanks for the timely response.
so if i understand correctly.
If i aim to create dissonance or the modulation is as quick as a passing chord i can leave it in for tension (accidental).
but, if the modulation persists long enough (for instance 4 to 8 bars - non diatonic chord) to create clashing, then the melody is to should follow to the key change of the non-diatonic chord (for those 4 to 8 bars).
You would probably change for approximately 16 or more bars
@@MusicMattersGB awesome... thanks alot. really appreciate it.
been working on my theory to make more interesting chord progressions using non-diatonic chords. but was wondering what should the melody do.
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you're an angel! ty!!
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This was so easy to follow but so helpful! Thank You! :)
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You are
An excellent teacher. I appreciate all the tips that you are giving us. May you give us tips on more complicated matters on composition styles. Thank you.
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very nice explanation.
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really wish I had your brain hehe how you put it together makes it seem very easy its amazing but going to take me till im in my 80s before I get to your level hehe
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Another great tip from this amazing channel. Please keep up the great work!
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Awesome video, you really helped break this down pretty easily. Very helpful!
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Someone answer me. Can you start at another chord if your scale is c? Or should I start in c?
A piece of music often begins on the tonic chord eg a chord of C in the key of C but it doesn’t have to. Sometimes a piece begins V l.
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Please, can you do a tutorial on passing chords? Thanks
Ok
Do the passing notes have to be in the key you're in? Can someone elaborate with that a bit more??
They are often in the home key but you can have chromatic passing notes and auxiliary notes.
Can you make a video on how to get out of blocked chords, because when I write songs I always do patterns like 1-2-3-4 or 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 and it sounds boring. Maybe you could show some patterns.
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Another valuable fine lesson, this helped a lot for my writing. Thank you
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Is it the same thing when writing a singing with your progression?
And thank you,
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Absolutely
Thanks for this video. When I sit down at my piano and hit down some chords to sing onto, my voice adapts to the chords and sing on the chords. which gets boring. so how do I practicly avoid that? Thanks in advance
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I am a huge fan of this channel. Great teacher. Just one question. When you play the chord G you are using the notes of that chord in the melody. I get that. The same with the other chords in that progression.However surely you are not limited to those notes but can use any notes in the scale of G? Can you? Thank you in advance.
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Hi. Thanks for your kind comment. You can slip in extra notes (what we call passing notes or auxiliary notes) but otherwise melody notes that belong to notes of the chord being sounded are the notes that fit. If you use a G chord but sustain C in the melody it will clash because GBD are the notes of the chord. Hope that makes sense. See www.mmcourses.co.uk for much more.
Music Matters Thank you very much for your reply. That had been something I had been wondering about for a while so your video came at the right time.
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Can you only use the notes that a part of a chord scheme when writing a melody?
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amazing job...tho its not type of melody I was looking for..
I want something about emotions/colors characteristics of some chord and triads..
and a long story intensive phrase..
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Great job! Makes sense
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Thanks a lot for this video, it was very clear to understand and the piano on the bottom helps a great deal! I have a question I was wondering about: The D maj chord, which is the V of this progression, is DF#A, however in the D maj scale there is C# as well, which is not in the Gmaj. My question is, can the C# be used anyway when you are playing the Dmaj chord? In the same manner I am wondering, if you can play say a A# instead of an A as a passing note, or would that be wrong? I would be very glad if you could help me out on this. Greetings from Tokyo
Hi. When you’re writing basic chords use the sharps or flats in the key signature ie D Major is chord V in the key of G major so stick with G major. You can use A# as a chromatic passing note for example but you would have to justify it as an inessential note. We have plenty of videos on these topics. Or see www.mmcourses.co.uk
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Wow! Thanks you! This makes things much clearer! :-)
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very helpful 👍
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not only fun but destiny is waiting thank you.
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Useful!
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This might sound stupid but does this also work for guitar?
Absolutely.
Music Matters awesome!! Now how can i learn how to add rythm to a time signature or to the lyrics? I don't know anything about making a song lol 😪
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Greaaat video, thank you so much.
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What do I do if there are 2 chords in one measure?
That’s fine. Just make sure your melody belongs to the chord that’s playing at the time, either using harmony notes or inessential notes.
I don;t fancy learning A to Z with music; I like to compose by ear and then learn on the job, and to read as much music as will give me ideas; I read some music but i write with midi, most odd. So quick tip format is brilliant; also there is no money for going to Music School; Music School would have to come to me via a website with pay as you go tutorials.
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The Bob Ross of music theory
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wonderful!!
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But what if a have a 7th chord??? Then I could use 4 notes as melody?? Same with 9th.?
Absolutely
Isn't f# always part of the Dmaj chord triad not just because you're playing in Gmaj?
True
How do you make a chord scheme?
Basically it’s about coming up with progressions from one chord to the next that sound good.
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Why is it 1,4,5,1 but the chord c is lower. Someone answer me. Im really confused
In the key of C chord l could be high or low. It’s more about the notes in the chord. In the key of C Major l is CEG, lV is FAC, V is GBD.
@@MusicMattersGB OH thank you som much sir!. it really helps
one last question. but the numbering of it still the same? I mean the roman numerals, even if you go low? Im just really confused, Becasue I saw a video and he says always start at the left(at the bottom).
The numbering is still the same.
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Yooo thanks fam
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