A Songwriting Process : The Melody
SharePosted on 05. Jul, 2007 by Gallivanter in Personal
The final part. It helps A LOT if you know how to play any musical instruments. I seek solace in my trusty guitar, is has been my composing partner over the years, had its fair share of love and pain.
Learn a new chord if you wanna be adventurous, create a new chord if you wanna be bold. Just mess about the chords together, mix it up until you hear a melody that clicks. Decide the tempo of your tune based on your lyrics, what’s the best tempo to get this lyrics across?
Once the melody is created, fuse it with the drafted lyrics, now, it will normally be awkward at first as the lyrics will more than likely not match the tune. This is when you fine tune the lyrics, edit it, without affecting the storytelling sequence.
Giddy Tiger
Jul 5th, 2007
Man, I gotta get a piano in my house pronto!
Wombat
Jul 5th, 2007
Sometime before 1970…
Cheng cheng cheng… Goreng goreng goreng…
Robert : Well, what shall we name it?
Jimmy : Stairway To Heaven.
Robert : Oh, okay. (write write write)
Jimmy : Gorengggggg…
WanderingSumandak
Jul 5th, 2007
the only instrument that I’d probably be considered as ‘halfway there’ is our traditional gong
My cousins have tried their best to teach me on how to play guitar but all I could ever managed was a scattering of pitiful finger strumming and “you’re hurting my eardrum” exclamations!
Gallivanter
Jul 5th, 2007
Giddy Tiger Would love to play the piano, but my patience level is not that deep. I’m stuck with my guitar.
Wombat Wonder if they had the same conversation for Kashmir?
WanderingSumandak LOL, playing the guitar requires practice, like any other instrument, and your fingers become calloused, like mine, but not any more now since I hardly touch the guitar.