How to Write Melodies

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The melody is the most important element in making music memorable and catchy. As a result, we as listeners tend to remember this sequence of notes created by pitch and rhythm.

Before we begin creating a melody from scratch, let’s listen to a couple of modern-era classics.

Enjoy The Silence by Depeche Mode

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Connect the Melody and Chords plugins.
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Use arpeggiators to move your MIDI notes.
Change the tension between the Chords and the Melody.
Listen to the melody played with over 100 different sounds.
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Because these examples are played by instruments, the melodies are quite obvious. Every piece of popular music has a melody. These melodies, however, are frequently performed by a vocalist rather than an instrument.

The chorus melody of the Bee Gees’ hit record Stayin’ Alive, for example, is almost entirely composed of vocals. After the chorus, the melodic instrumental element – an electric guitar – plays.

The guitar could be said to be playing a melody as well. The guitar, on the other hand, could be considered to be playing a motif. This is because it is brief and repetitive. It would also be correct to consider the guitar to be a countermelody, or a secondary melody to the main vocal melody.

Similar to other instruments, vocalists hit notes. It is possible to recreate a vocal melody using a non-human instrument.

Here’s how the Stayin’ Alive chorus sounds when played on a piano rather than by a vocalist:

Fundamental Guidelines
Let’s take a look at how we can make a melody using these basic guidelines.
Collaboration with a vocalist
It’s worth asking if they have a favorite key in which to sing; this will save you from having to transpose the music later in the writing process.

Make some chords.
Chords are extremely important in any song. For example, if you already have a chord progression in place, writing a melody to match will be much easier.

Locate the key and scale
By knowing the key and scale, you can identify which notes you can use for the melody. For example, if you are writing in E Major you can use the notes E, F♯, G♯, A, B, C♯, and D♯.

Play and record
As a result of auditioning your ideas and recording them, you can take the best parts and edit them together.

Advanced Tips
Now try writing a melody using these advanced techniques.
Repeat with variations
Create short motifs, repeat them and add variations to maintain interest.

Use call and response
Call and response, or similarly, question and answer, is achieved by creating two musical phrases separated with the latter phrase appearing to respond to the first.

Select the best timbre
Not all instrument sounds will work well for a melody. Stick to sounds which can cut through the mix and will compliment the other instruments.

Use a higher octave
If, for example, the other instruments in the arrangement are dominating the 3rd octave, try playing the melody on the 4th Octave. This helps separate the the instruments and allows the melody to be heard more clearly.

Use Stepwise or Melodic Motion
Limit the interval between consecutive notes to an adjacent note in the scale. For example, only using occasional jumps – which are more than one note – helps to create a more natural melody. This is also beneficial if the melody is to be sung.

Let Us Demonstrate
A short video demonstration, showing how to create a melody using Captain Chords and Captain Melody.

And another more detailed example. This time using more instruments.

It’s super easy to create your own ideas from scratch. Visit the official Captain Melody homepage and see how it will help you explore music and write your own original productions.

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