Working with melody: 28 things to do with a tune [Part 1]

Learn simple techniques for working with melodies that you’ve created, so you can take your tune on a journey.

What you can do with a tune? How can you - as we say - develop melodies so you can write longer pieces without just stringing together lots of unrelated ideas? In this first video, we'll cover simple and widely used techniques to keep your tune interesting.

Featuring interviews with Carly Paradis, Cassie Kinoshi, Ed O'Brien, Lowkey and Yazz Ahmed.

0:00 Intro
1:45 1. Change dynamics / volume
2:46 2. Change speed
5:24 3. Change register
7:54 4. Change the instrument
9:53 5. Change the voice
11:10 6. Harmonise
14:29 7. Decoration
17:41 8. Change the accompaniment pattern
20:04 9. Vary your accompaniment
21:26 10. Change mode
22:11 11. Modulation / changing key
22:54 12. Change the emotional tone altogether
24:32 13. Have no accompaniment

Part 2 of the 28 things to do with a tune will be released soon.

Check out our video all about coming up tunes in the first place here: https://youtu.be/LkKmMxyvkIA
& our video about bass lines here: https://youtu.be/NVn7d01MhV4
& our video on chords here: https://youtu.be/axEbIgnHC9Y

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Ear Opener is a series of free video masterclasses that demystify the process of writing music. It combines simple, accessible explanations of the tools that people who write music use everyday, with honest discussion about the creative process.

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