Level Up Your Melodies: 3 Tips That Will Change Everything

I was struggling to come up with my own melodies. This video has made it so much simpler. Now I finally have a foundation to know how to make a catchy melody. Thank you!!

Anita Bakers melodies are at times melancholy then at other time they soar like an eagle. And here I am today dedicating my life to song. Melody needs to be it own series please 🙏🏼

Can you have a melody with just two notes? What is a melody?

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Yep, it works! Keep doing it! Thank you!

Wow amazing and love your laidback attitude whilst delivering all this wisdom. You got me at the start when referencing attitude of “chords will get you to melody on its own” which i noticed isn’t enough and so which got me to this video

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The first tip can also be reversed in the right context! If you want to heighten the abrasiveness of a song that's in a harsher style, you can deliberately twist the emphasis around to underscore the sense that something isn't right. Manic Street Preachers' album The Holy Bible has some stunning examples of this.

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love burnaboy melodies

There are always exceptions. ‘Born in the USA’ by Bruce Springsteen is pretty much a 3 note motif repeated through the verses and choruses !

cool vid!!!

Literally got me to write the melody I was looking for. TY!!

Thanks, Tip No. 2 was particularly helpful for me. I always find so many variations and cool little bits of melody for the same chords that I have problems to fit it all together into one song.

Great content as usual thank you, BUT those ANNOYING little POP sounds are sooooo DISTRACTING!

I love this channel! You’re a great teacher!

You are an amazing teacher. Thank You

Subscribed this is great!! Tysm :)

I’d love to see a video of you actually writing a song. Beginning to end! Love how you teach!

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The lyrical content over a drum pattern especially helps when writing Rock songs. It also helps when deciding whether or not a phrase needs to be reworded to keep rhythmic integrity.

This is really good! Thanks!

Great ideas, delivered clearly and succinctly.

Very encouraging.

You are infectively sunny and smart.

I've written two albums, but they are intuitive and built with the help of musician-musicians. Your mini-lectures are the information I've been looking for: craft, for when intuition or "inspiration" isn't there. I needed tools, and you've provided them. Nothing I don't KNOW, but nothing I've looked at as concrete technique. Your advice provides a structured playground in which the imagination can freely play.

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i hate to sound like other comments but I do love your videos, thanks for the insights, cheers!

Just to add to the pile on of positive reviews for this channel, I really appreciate the balance of technical advice and artistic effect of making different choices. Really informative videos, with great practical application! Love it!

So helpful and so natural, thank you so much, sincerely.

Some melodies that stand out in memory: Unchained Melody, Rachmaninoff's "Full Moon and Empty Arms", Stardust, Lamentos (Pixinguinha).

I have no musical ability (at present). But I really like your videos.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Brilliant ❤

"I'm so stupid, stupid am I' because I preferred the wrong I took a bow Melody. God bless all.

You’re a beautiful human and I really enjoy learning from you. Thank you.

Great advice, great voice.🎉😊

Domino by Jessie J. She jumps a whole octave on "Rock my world". wow

Wow, great video. There's a lot to chew on and it definitely deserves a re-watch or two. Thank you!

Although there was nothing new to me, I still enjoyed listening. You are a great teacher.

Awesome videos. Such high quality.

I’d like to point out - you don’t necessarily need lyrics, when you speak the lyrics over a beat. You can just use sounds, instead of lyrics, to work out an interesting cadence!

Penny Lane by the Beatles has an incredible melody

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Great tips, as usual!!

Absolutely brilliant! Thank you for summing up and giving me the information I have been searching for and dreaming about for over 30 years. You are an amazing teacher and I can't wait for the next class!

Sibylle Baier I Lost Something in the Hills, Linda Perhacs Hey, Who Really Cares and Margo Guryan Love Songs and Someone I know

I love the way Chaka Khan twists the words in 'Aint Nobody' the melody is the thing you hear on top with the words twisting in the shadows.

I've been songwriting for a long time, and still learned some new tricks here! A font of inspiration that I just keep going back to is (big surprise!) John and Sir Paul. I'd read somewhere (Alan Pollack maybe) that John tended to write harmonies first and then build the melody from the chords. I do this often too. I call it the "Michelangelo David Method" -- a reference to how Michelangelo could see the finished David from the shapes in the raw marble. In the same way, I can often hear the melody in the chords before formally writing it. Paul tended to go in the opposite way, and mostly writes the melody first and builds the harmony around it -- and he is an absolute master when it comes to melody. A third option is to start with a drum and a rhythm. It's a fun exercise choosing the opposite of your preferred method. Speaking of, your advice on rhythm is so important. I'm not a drummer, but can't tell you how many times since I've realized how important it is that I'll find myself counting "one-e-and-a-two-e" (because the good stuff rarely lands on the downbeat!) to a melody or chord changes in inspiring songs. Focusing on rhythm and how the words scan has upped my game a lot!

Number 1 is a key one. See Manic Street Preachers for how not to do it.

As for the rest, there are literally hundreds of successful well-loved songs that ignore these tips.

Apply with caution lest we all sound the same.