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If you're stuck with coming up with an idea for a melody, you can always reference other melodies from some of your favorite songs, for inspiration.
When you do that, it's important to realize that melodies are composed of two things: rhythm and pitch. With that in mind let's look at how we can change a reference melody to make it your own.
A cool trick to try for changing the notes of a melody from a song you like, is to keep the rhythm exactly the same, but invert the notes. You'll play all the exact same notes, but they'll be in reverse order. Let's look at the song "Deck the Halls" as an example. The rhythm and notes of this song are arranged roughly as follows:
1----2----3----4----1----2----3----4
C-----BbA----G---F----G---A----F
The melody portion I've selected occurs in the beginning of the song on the words "Deck the halls with boughs of holly." The numbers on the top represent the beats of measure. This song is in 4/4 time in the key of F. Now let's invert the current melody to create a new one:
1----2----3----4----1----2----3----4
F-----A--G---F----G---A--- Bb---C
If you play along with that, you'll see that the melody sounds pretty different from that of "Deck the Halls," even though the rhythm is exactly the same. All I did was reverse the order of the notes. Of course, this idea won't work with a song that has a single note melody.
You can also experiment with changing both the notes and the rhythm to really get a melody that's completely original. I recommend you try that. Have fun with it.
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Anthony Ceseri is the owner of http://www.successforyoursongs.com/, a website dedicated to the growth and development of songwriters of all skill levels.
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