Q. When you have the chords for a song, how do you get a melody from that? Is there a certain order that you play the notes in or something, because I just can't seem to get a good sounding melody.
Please explain in detail. Thanks.
A. If you're going for a BASIC catchy melody, you just need to have the melody follow the chords as they change. let's say you're playing a C E G chord, then you go to a A C E chord. Your melody could be something like [while on 1st chord]C D E G [while on 2nd chord]A.
Being able to write catchy thematic melodies with nice harmonies is something that has to be more intuitive than learned. I can't even really explain how I write catchy melodies so often for people. It's just something I've easily been able to do for clients over the years.
Learning lots of chord progressions can really help with melody development though.
i'd like to write a song with the piano, in what key and chord progression should i use?
Q. i was planning to write a song for a girl. probably a sad and emotional song to portray how i would never get her, how perfect she is and stuff like that. i know that a minor key would be appropriate but im not sure what key and progression to use. probably something easy to play and emotional at the same time.haha thanks alot for helping.:D
A. Hi. It's nice to hear you want to write a song for a girl. I've written few for my girlfriends actually (and of course one at a time... =p).
Good advice is to have mixed major and minor keys and a lot of 7th chord - I like 7th chord because it gives calm nice feeling. I can show you one of my patterns if you want:
if you start at C (easiest) for example, you can progress like this:
C , Fm , C , Am, Dm7, G, C7.. F , G , Em7, Am, Dm7, G
I've been composing for the last three years and you can listen to them on my website. But don't show it because it is not from your own heart haha =x
What are some basic chord progressions?
Q. Also, what are you some good books for chord progressions?
A. chord progressions for what? If you want major chords (the nice sounding ones) count 4 half-steps above the note and then 3 half-steps. For example, for C major chord, you have C E G. From C to E has C# D D# E (4 half-steps) and from E to G has F F# G (3 half-steps). All major chords (4 half-steps and then 3) sound good. The easy ones are CEG, FAC and GBD (cause there's no sharps or flats) That's for piano though but I think it works well with guitar too
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