The Art of Writing Melodies: Simple Techniques for Creating Great Music
Bill Hilton
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Being able to write a good melody is a really useful musical skill, but people often go about it the wrong way. In this tutorial I look at the basics of composing great tunes, and explore three easy techniques you can use to create tunes either at the piano or away from it.
The tutorial covers how to write a melody before you have a chord progression, and also how to take an existing set of chords and create a tune that will fit them. You don't need to know a ton of music theory to write a great melody — you don't even need to be sat at a piano or any other musical instrument. However, it's really useful to understand some of the principles of melodic construction, which I cover here.
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00:00 Introduction
00:28 Melodic theory basics
02:24 Melodic structure
05:06 Phrases, and why they’re important
09:11 Building melodies 1: vocal improvisation from a chord progression
14:07 Building melodies 2: analytical approach from a chord progression
17:54 Building melodies 3: melody before chord progression
19 Comments
Thanks for all your work, keep it up. You’re a very good teacher!
Can't wait watch the video.
Could you please make a video on how to make your playing consistent?
Oliver
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Please I'm pleading if you have an unused piano there you don't mind giving it to me. I believe it will go a long way to help me. Thank you very much. God bless
The Art of Writing Melodies: Simple Techniques for Creating Great Music
Bill Hilton
10,926 views
Being able to write a good melody is a really useful musical skill, but people often go about it the wrong way. In this tutorial I look at the basics of composing great tunes, and explore three easy techniques you can use to create tunes either at the piano or away from it.
The tutorial covers how to write a melody before you have a chord progression, and also how to take an existing set of chords and create a tune that will fit them. You don't need to know a ton of music theory to write a great melody — you don't even need to be sat at a piano or any other musical instrument. However, it's really useful to understand some of the principles of melodic construction, which I cover here.
BILL'S BOOKS AND PIANO PACKS:
My 3 Ebook Bundle: https://www.billspianopages.com/bundle
Check out my Piano Packs here: https://www.billspianopages.com/piano...
My new book, How To Be A Better Musician: https://www.bettermusicianbook.com
Bill’s Patreon: Patreon: billhilton
LINKS TO TUTORIALS MENTIONED IN THIS ONE
Suspensions and anticipations: Make Your Chords Sound AMAZING with Easy S...
How To Write a Classic Jazz Song: Songwriting Tutorial || How To Write A Cla...
How to Work Out The Chords to a Song: How to work out the chords to a song on th...
BILL’S SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook: http://fb.me/billhiltonpiano
Twitter: Twitter: billhilton
Instagram: Instagram: billhilton
PHOTO CREDIT
Сергей Лабутин/Adobe Stock
00:00 Introduction
00:28 Melodic theory basics
02:24 Melodic structure
05:06 Phrases, and why they’re important
09:11 Building melodies 1: vocal improvisation from a chord progression
14:07 Building melodies 2: analytical approach from a chord progression
17:54 Building melodies 3: melody before chord progression