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One-Voice Melodies
One-Voice Melodies
It's time to add some pitch to the melodic rhythm! But what pitches to choose? Technically, you can choose any pitch you want! As usual, though, there are some best practices for writing melodies. We'll start with the most basic: one-voice melodies.
What is a one-voice melody?
One-voice melodies are based around their position in the chord progression, taking heed of inversions, etc. Generally you pick a voice in the chord - top, middle, or bottom - and use those notes as your melody. For example, take a look at this sample chord progression:
In this example, we have three options for our melody:
G-A-A-G (top voice)
E-F-E-E (middle voice)
C-C-C-B (bottom voice)
This is going to produce a simple melody that will automatically sound "good" with the chords that accompany it. Also, notice how little the melody moves between measures - any given melody here is only moving between two notes, and consecutive notes at that.
Project 5.2 - Assignment
Project 5.2 - Assignment
For project 5.2, do the following:
// Record the drum, bass, chords, and melody
Create a drum groove
Record four measures of a drum groove
Create a bass track
Record a performance of the moving bass line
Create a keyboard track
Record a performance of chordal part
Create a synth track
Record a performance of the one-voice melody
Quantize the performance for the drum, bass, keyboard, and melody to the correct subdivision
Trim the ends of the notes in the bass line, chord part, and melody to match the organizers
Submit project 5.2 LASTNAME to Schoology.
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