{"id":14,"date":"2006-10-26T00:06:32","date_gmt":"2006-10-26T07:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.44school.com\/blog\/lessons\/14"},"modified":"2021-02-18T15:00:33","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T22:00:33","slug":"songwriting-101-memorable-melodies-part-3-of-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.44school.com\/blog\/songwriting-101-memorable-melodies-part-3-of-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing Melodies (3 of 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In “Memorable Melodies Part 1 & 2” I walked you though the basics of how to write a solid melody line. This time I am going to show you how to create 4 melodic lines that work together to create a section of a song (a verse or chorus for example).<\/font><\/p>\n

First, I would like to again go over the purpose of this article in case you missed it in parts 1 & 2\u2026<\/font><\/p>\n

To teach you how to write melody form the ground up, step by step from a completely mechanical point of view. This will help you to learn to write melody by taking the “artistic risk” out of the process. Please read parts 1 & 2 before this part 3 so you get the entire picture.<\/font><\/p>\n

How 4 melody lines create a Verse, Chorus, Bridge, etc. <\/strong>
\nMost sections (Verse, Chorus, Bridge, etc.) in pop music have 4 lines of lyrics. Each line of lyrics is sung to a melody that is written over 2 or 4 bars (measures) of chords. Are you with me so far? To demonstrate in a purely mechanical way how to write 4 lines that work together I wrote a melody line (bars 1 through 4) and then copied it 3 more times to create 4 identical melodic lines each 4 bars in length. Next, I modified the melody a little in lines 2 & 4 (yellow parts in the diagram below). Notice that the yellow parts are the same. I then modified the last bar of lines 2 & 4 but this time they are different from one another with the last bar of line 4 rising in pitch to lead you towards the next section of the song (verse, chorus, etc.). <\/font><\/p>\n

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Symmetry <\/strong>
\nIt is all about a lot of symmetry and a few variations. What I mean by this can be demonstrated by the following examples: <\/font><\/p>\n

You might write a melody where\u2026<\/font><\/p>\n