How to write a GREAT melody

HOW TO WRITE MUSIC

How to write a great melody? It's a challenge that every songwriter and composer faces at some point. In this tutorial, award winning composer Guy Michelmore takes you through his process for writing great tunes. He shows you his tips and tricks. Finally he presents you with the 60 minute challenge: Watch the video and write a great tune of your own within an hour. Are you up for it?

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How To Write Music explores the fundamental skills that underpin every great piece of music whether it’s a song or a film score, string quartet or video game sounds track.

0:00 Start
2:48 How to write a tune
4:20 Repetition and Variation - the key to good melodies
4:30 A John Williams tune deconstructed
8:21 How to writing a melody - a practical demonstration
14:55 variations and development
16:00. Another practical example for4 melody writing
22:00. Summary of the main points
23:45. Listen to the finished piece here!

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[DUHRIZEO]

My wife will wonder why I've ordered biscuits and sunglasses, but she will understand when she hears the power of my new melody.

[Spektral]

This mans content is so entertaining its impossible not to take away from his videos, Guy deserves more subs without a doubt

[tristan_tarzitus]

Give this man a crown. He's so funny and at the same time his content is verry interesting and helpfull.

[Bagofnowt]

I figured out how to write in a romantic piano style quite easily.

Step one: write a simple major melody
Step two: make it minor
Step three: ornament the heck out of it

And that is my 'how to be a cut price Franz Liszt' guide

[ashmcgraw]

He is so entertaining, I like how he doesn’t just jumpcut everywhere. He’s so authentic and interesting to watch and I’m learning. Bless this man.

[joshuamctiernan]

Trust your ears. My theory professor said that to me and it was the most freeing advice ever

[KlovborgOfDoomElite]

"You are not my son .. or whatever." I cried a lil

[isaacdynys]

This guy would be the best grandpa EVER😂😂😂

[NoName-fhje]

“*inaudiable* and thats the secret to writing a good tune”

[davidscanlan]

24:15 to me this illustrates how important instrumentation is to the melody. The horns give the same tune a Completely different feel, and it really comes alive. The same is true with vocals too, I could sing "Shape of You" and it would not be the iconic melody that it is when Ed Sheeran sings it. Melody and instrumentation have to be considered together!

[chroniclesofbap]

Sir, so many schools need music teachers like yourself. You bring such skill and enthusiasm to the table.
ps... It's my job to change the duvet covers. The wife stands there and laughs at me as I do it. Seriously. The amount of times I've ended up inside and struggling (the duvet cover, not the wife)

[nocalmusic]

This man is so wholesome. I was a bit down today, but this really cheered me up. Thank you!

[sidneylavoie]

As a composer myself, I can really relate to this amazing video. The way you try bashing some notes, explore interesting ideas, reject boring ones. When people ask me how to write good music, I tell them to not be shy, just try some things. You gotta start somewhere. With practice, you eventually start to see things, which speeds up the process a lot.

Great video! Hope it inspires people to just go out there and create music!

[rty]

Guy, I am not a musician, or even pretend to be one. I am just fascinated on how your mind works. I am extremely intrigued on how you can "hear" things in your head, and finally compose it into full orchestration! Your awesome knowledge is so inspiring to even me who does not understand 1 thing you talk about. I continue to watch in awe. You are truly an artist and you seem to enjoy your craft immensely.
Kudos from across the pond!

[vainfate]

The energy this guy gives off is fantastic, the editing was refreshing. Keep it up!

[booligandiaries]

The amount of time GUY puts into these intros is mind blowing.

[sckheadgams]

the thought of Darth Vader telling Luke “you are not my son” is so funny to me and i wish i knew why

[magiccabinstudios]

My ADHD brain loves you so much, thank you so much for being so colourful, informative and entertaining! Interesting to wonder how different my music career would have been if I had a teacher like you when I was a kid... Never too late to learn though, thank god :)

[Artimu]

19:20 I literally sat there watching this guy play around with this same melody but was still brought nearly to tears here out of nowhere, holy cow
That was beautiful