What makes a great melody? What makes a catchy melody? How do you write a good melody? This music composition lesson offers seven top tips on how to write a great melody. We take a look through one of the greatest melodies ever written to illustrate how these tips apply. When writing a melody there are a number of important things to consider in relation to structure, planning keys cadences and modulations, shaping a melody and balancing conjunct with disjunct movement, and adding expressive detail. This video unpacks the key areas then explores Beethoven’s melody writing in his famous “Fur Elise”.
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🕘 Timestamps
0:00 - Introduction to what makes a great melody
0:55 - Planning and structure
5:40 - Keys and modulation
7:11 - Harmonic interest
10:25 - Design the main ideas
11:53 - Conjunct and disjunct movement
13:30 - Voice leading
14:40 - Expressive detail
15:26 - Examples in Beethoven's Fur Elise
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