You might be an expert at programming drum beats, but if you think back on your favorite songs, they all probably have much stronger melodies and chords.
Tag: melody
melody, melodic progressions, melodic tensions, etc.
7 Melody Writing and Motivic Development Techniques for Songwriters
Want to write catchier melodies? Use any of these seven approaches to motif development and your melody will surely get stuck in your listener’s head.
Too Many Lyrics, Not Enough Tune: How Melody Helps Grab Our Attention
There’s as much grammar in a tune as there is in a paragraph. Learn to harness the power of melody and your lyrical strength will follow.
Exploring Tonal Hierarchies in Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance with Somebody”
In his ongoing attempts to seek out the answers to why we like the music we like, Hunter Farris has uncovered a melodic hierarchy via Whitney Houston.
What Makes a Song “Catchy?”
This article looks at some of the psychological explanations around why songs are considered catchy and how they get stuck in our heads.
An Introduction to Zappa’s ‘Black Page #2’: Modality, Polyrhythms, and Intervals
We explore the fundamental rhythmic, harmonic, and melodic concepts at play in one of Frank Zappa’s most lauded compositions.
How Imagine Dragons Writes Such Memorable Melodies
Imagine Dragons’ “Demons” plays with our sense of memory about how the melody is supposed to play out each time. How does this work?
What Exactly Is a Nocturne, and How Do You Write One?
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Quick Tracks Nº 6: Write a Melody That’s a Palindrome
Welcome back to Quick Tracks! Every other week, we’ll send you another short composition, performance, or production…
Longing for Simpler Times? Why the ‘Good Old Days’ Ain’t So Simple This Time Around
Have you heard Macklemore and Kesha’s recent duet, “Good Old Days”? It’s got a main…