Learn more advanced techniques for working with melodies, to help keep your tunes sounding fresh.
What can you 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 second video, we'll explore some more advanced techniques to try with your tunes.
0:00 Intro
0:45 14. Keep the rhythm, change the notes
3:35 15. Break into smaller chunks
6:36 16. Sequences
7:24 17. Same notes, different rhythm
9:01 18. Change the downbeat / cross over bars
10:22 19. Inversion
11:24 20. Play the tune backwards (Retrograde)
12:45 21. Retrograde inversion
13:54 22. Augmentation
14:48 23. Diminution
15:18 24. Stretto
16:14 25. Imitation, canon, fugue
20:54 26. Gradual metamorphosis
21:37 27. Hypnotic repetition
25:45 28. Deconstructing your music into cells
Watch part 1 of the 28 things to do with a tune here: https://youtu.be/LkKmMxyvkIA
Check out this video if you'd like to know more about writing canons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfHkGGQGsSc
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