How to Write GREAT MELODIES in Under 25 Minutes

I really appreciate the straightforwardness of your videos. I stopped songwriting for so long and am trying to get back to it. Since watching your videos, my songwriting has improved by steps and leaps. LOL

Amazing tutorial, thank you!❤

So fun to watch you crank out great melodic ideas. Worth emphasizing is your sense of rhythm. You touched on this but really with or without guitar in hand your rhythmic play is a joy to watch and hear. Just go back and listen to y our chorus, you’re grooving. Well done.

THANK YOU. REALLY.

Wish i could i could hit the ‘like’ button again after re-watching! Lol …thx!…. Again!

how to write generic melodies in under 25 minutes..............

Kippy and Benny,
I don’t know if anyone tells you often enough, but you guys are amazing, and solo. Not only with your knowledge and wonderful teaching skills, but you absolutely inspire and motivate songwriters all over the world. Thank you for your wonderful work.

Thanks Keppie & Benny for a fantastic lesson. You have packed so much great advice, experience and tips into this short video. It’s so helpful in many ways and something I’ll be using and revisiting it a lot.

Been writing for going on 17 years.... we all run into writers block and thank god i found this for a new acoustic adventure.
This was the best layman explanation I could find.

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After a hiatus of a couple of months, my band and I appreciate your input. TYSM for that valuable content! :)

how can we apply this method to situations where the lyrics are written first and the melody after? i know in the last section, you mentioned worrying about the lyrics later. for me, lyric writing is the root and the chords and notes and musical backing typically come after for me. it might as well just be poetry with no melody until i add it. sometimes words have natural rhythms that work with their syllables. and I'd like to know how can we apply this to a somewhat already formed syllable backing?

Well, I have some questions. Songwriting is something I just got involved in.

So, in this video you suggest starting with a random melody. However, I haven't understood, how am I supposed to express certain feelings like this? How do I write melodies that tell the story I wish to tell?

Also, don't I need a song map when I begin with melody first? Are song maps helpful only for the lyrics-first method?

Would love more examples of creating simple melodies, thank you for your teaching❤

BOOM!! this is gold!!

Fantastic lesson, I'll definitely try these tips!

Thank you, my life has seen its share of all the emotions that are human. Both happy and very sad and I believe that i need to express my experiences in both writing them down and connecting these emotions to sounds that bring them to life. I have always loved music but gave it up long ago, working to raise my family. I enjoyed your video. 'I'll be back. Thanks Will

Play school for music. Really well crafted channel.

So, that’s how Richard Wagner composed Tristan and Isolde?

you guys are now my new parents. no big deal.

I love your channel i jammed to an idea of a progression you proposed if I ever post it Ill ref you but I get no views so who the heck cares LOL

you guys are the best. thanks for sharing

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Great practical info guys!

WOW! this channel is genius

you guys rock! thank you, excellent teachers, cheers

I've watched a LOT of videos about how to write a heckin' melody... This one is probably the only one that gave me everything I needed. Thank u both for the gold quality content ❤️

What do you recommened for a lyricist that barely knows how to play guitar (very few chords) and has no music making program equipment? Having a hard time getting melodies since i really dont know to make them.... @howtowritesongs

thank you so much! this was so intuitive to understand. please continue the good work for the benefit of all of us.

EXCELLENT EXCELLENT YOU GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Fabulous videos. I am really loving all of these wonderful ideas. Thank you, guys

also interesting are the number of notes that appear in verse and chorus:. In my experience verse in four lines between 26 and 40 notes (average rather 31) and a refrain average 24 notes. The chorus tends to have longer notes than in verse where more syllables need to be accommodated for the story. Does my observation share with your experience as a songwriter?

To me the lyrics always determine my entry point. The attitude is crucial. The word attitude actually means angle of approach. The syllabic structure also guides you adding so it sounds either natural (or not, depending on the desired effect).

another great lesson! If melodic phrasing ideas are coming first, I guess this could have a big impact on lyrics?
many thanks!! :)

Use tools like hookpad

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YOU ARE AN AMAZING TEACHER!

At the beginning of this year, I decided that I was going to be a 'songwriter'...lol...well, it's be nine months and I still haven't written a complete song or anything that I would consider anything more than a 'good idea' for a song. I'm big on research, so I've been spending a lot of time reading and watching videos. Pat Pattison has a real cerebral approach, which has been very helpful, but your website has probably been the most beneficial on my quest. You and yours have not only broken down the process, but demonstrate it. I've learned a lot and I no longer feel like I'm in front of a brick wall.
So I'm planning to have a song written by the time I'm seventy-five...I'm seventy-four now. Great videos.

You guys are Amazing! You just make it so simple ❤😊

Amazing content

love your channel but when the party is over is a song completely written from his brother Finneas. , sometimes who sing the song is not the songwriter who created the song.

Genius...

Very great lesson. Thanks for sharing 🙏

Wat if you don't know about music theory

Hey, could you make a video about using key changes in a song, when they fit and how to build up to them??

Yes! These lessons are valuable. Thank you!

Another great lesson. 👍👋🏼

Repetition and Variation

What Paul McCartney said made a great song..... Predictability and Surprise