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.
On a piano, how many chord progressions can i use within a song?
Q. Lets say the root note is c major. can i use a melody such as cM7, then Csus and then C6? or should i stick with one chord progression. Im mainly writing pop-ish songs, not so much jazz or classical. Thanks
A. I'm not sure you understand what a "chord progression" is - it's just a sequence of chords. A "melody" is just a tune, you can't have "a melody such as cM7" (Cm7, if that's what you mean, is a chord, not a melody). Also, "c major" could',t be a "root note" - C major would be either a key/scale or a chord.
What are the names of these piano chords?
Q. I have this really cool chord progression! It goes like this:
First Chord: Eb/Ab/Bb
Second: Eb/A/Bb
Thrid: Eb/F/Bb
Fourth:Eb/Bb
If anyone knows this, please let me know! I want to put it to something.
A. You really can't apply normal names to these chords. What you're doing here is something called "quartal" harmony, which means that your chords are built in 4ths. Most Western music utilizes "tertial" harmony, where chords are built in 3rds. All the names for the chords we use are based on tertial harmony. They don't apply to quartal stuff.
You CAN give them names, but it's missing the point. Several composers have made liberal use of quartal harmony, but it's difficult to analyze. It's just one of those sounds that doesn't have really solid names yet.
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