4 Tips for Writing Great Melodies

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Writing that 'perfect' Melody is a lifelong pursuit for many composers. In this video I go through 4 of my favourite tips for writing Melodies, including the use of motives, making sure to include a mixture of steps and leaps, making sure your melody has a clear high point, while limiting the overall range.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:27 - Tip 1 - Start with a short Motive
04:06 - Tip 2 - Using both Steps and Leaps
05:48 - Tip 3 - Have a highest point
07:13 - Tip 4 - Limiting the overall range
08:10 - Outro

Ed Sheeran Photo (at 08.27) by Eva Rinaldi, Creative CommonsAttribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.

[avpmarvel]

What a coincidence I am searching for how to write good melodies. Thank you ❤ Composing Academy 😊

[spokansas]

Great to see a new video! Improving composing by steps and leaps with the occasional tasteful bound!

[igorzonta]

I'm glad you're back, I really like your videos and the way you teach. Hugs from Brazil!

[seventearsofhope]

Welcome back! Happy to see a new video!

[StefanoCasavecchia]

Thank you for your videos. Very interesting!

[DanieleMiani-bpqn]

I'm SO happy you came back! it's been ages since the last video❤
by the way idk if it's just my problem but i don't get newsletters anymore😢
Anyway, i love your videos❤❤❤

[ThePaulwarner]

Pleasantly surprised seeing you suggested to me after a while!

One thing I’m not sure if you touched on would be repeating the same note rather than movement ..

[LewisPassos-gqyn]

Hello mate, how's it going? I'm studying a BA (Hons) Animation Course online at Buckinghamshire New University, and also want to use composing as an extra hobby. I was wondering if you could like a tutorial on how to write like Carl W. Stalling.

[TJ-fvvs]

Thanks for sharing, it's very helpful! 😊 Are there perhaps books on this topic that you recommend? It would be great for such a book to start from the basics, like musical notation, concepts like pitch, etc, and then move on to the creative topic you discussed in this video 😊 Thanks, and in any case I'm looking forward to your next videos!

[sewnixltdofficial]

I really enjoyed this video. I found it incredibly helpful and inspiring. I was wondering if you could create a similar video analyzing the song "Over the Horizon 2015" by Samsung. I think it would be fascinating to see your approach to breaking down the melodies in that piece and how it can serve as a learning example.

[yashwanth]

The was just awesome sir.
Can You please tell the Piano Vst you have used for demo?

[MathewRR]

i'm glad you remembered the channel password to post video 😂

[FreakieFan]

If you want to write a great melody, starting with a chord progression first is one of the worst things you can do. That will only limit you into thinking about chord tones, instead of where the melody naturally wants to go.