WRITING A GOOD VOCAL MELODY (melodic shapes: Arch)

Writing a good vocal melody is hard. How do you write a vocal melody and what makes a good vocal melody? Melodic shapes can be a great place to start creating melodies for a song. They don't require you to know much music theory and can be a big part of making melodies express the emotion of the song and its lyrics. In this video, we look at how to make a good vocal melody using the arch shape melodic contour.

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0:00 what makes a good vocal melody
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0:39 melodic contour examples (arch shape)
4:08 creating emotional melodies with melodic shapes
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Let me know some of your favorite melodies??

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[carriesolomonmusic]

Man you’re onto something! I wrote a song with an arch melody about reaching into the past without even realizing what I was doing…😂 Now I can use this tip intentionally and make even better melodies. Thank you!

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By far, the best instructional video on the insightful side of writing a melody.

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[musicfantasy]

Thanks a lot really helped me. I was trying to make a melody for my first song. After watching this video I just made a very beautiful motif

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I love this kind of stuff and Hook Theory. Besides melody shapes I like paying attention to scale degrees and how they function in the melody.

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Seriously though I have reams of lyrics that I'm trying to write music for and this is the kind of information I need. Thank you.

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[AmyAndThePup]

I wonder what shape Faouzia's songs' melodies are... Hmm.. Lots of runs, but aside from that, I need to ponder.

I've noticed people using chords or tempo to match their lyrics. Sad words aren't always on minor chords, but there can be an element of sorrow or pain to the overall chord progression. I've always been fascinated by these kinds of things. I never heard about melody shapes until this video.
Thank you so much for this!

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I feel like I'm in class with Pythagoras as the Prof. 2:58 ok, I thought I might have missed something. By "degrees" I assume you are talking about "pitch" or "interval" Degrees= same thing= notes. The designated frequency a tone will be found at. Four degress is four notes. Unless corrected I'll gather that is correct.