In this video I provide an overview of the definition and composition of melody and melodic content. Melody is an extremely broad topic – so we’re focusing on Melody in the diatonic and tonal context. Hopefully you learn what you need to in order to compose your own melodies! As a bonus, I’m providing a […]
Lesson Tag: chord
Lesson 5: Chord Progressions 101
In this video, I take you through the basic chords of the diatonic scale; “based on tonal gravity”. If you haven’t seen Lesson 1 on tonality, or the video on intervals (Lesson 4), they’re essential to understanding the concepts in this video. The producer Ratatat would be an excellent use-case for diatonic chord progressions, […]
Lesson 1: Creating the "center" and "balance" of the song
This video should provide a very basic understanding of what tonality and atonality are and how they determine a song’s “centeredness” and “balance”; and also a general sense for how to hear and feel a song’s gravity. This might sound like hippie – dippie BS; but it’s a large part of all functional harmony and […]