why are melodies so hard bros
Why are melodies so hard bros
what's so hard about it? just play random notes until you get something that sounds good
because you don't know theory
i feel like melodies are the only thing i can do
learning theory about suspensions, voice leading and stuff helps tons
Have talent incel
Just hum some shit until you find something that sounds good, retard. It's basically the easiest part about making music.
Sing over a chord any chord, don’t just sing the notes in the chord, jump around experimenting. Remember even normies and women and children can sing a basic melody.
it's easily the hardest part of making music
Because you failed to read the first chapter of Schoenberg's "Fundamentals of Musical Composition".
ok but to make it sound really good is not that easy
You need a shawty in your head
Listen to a bunch of different music you like
Then don't think, just turn your brain off and start singing or start playing. Focus on something else like your breath
Use your imagination, you can compose anything if you can play what you can imagine
play around with the rhythm of the melody. It depends on the style but adding syncopation, or just anything that isn't basic downbeats can liven up your melody even if the pitches you chose are not that adventurous.
you're probably just using too many notes.
also one thing that really works is just picking an arpeggio and moving from the root, to third, to fifth, to third, back to fifth, to root, back to third, back to root through the non-chord tones. basically using your 4ths, 2nds, 6ths and 7ths to get from one tone to the other, and the tones are where you "rest" the melody for a while.
also avoiding using the root too much
melody crafting is actually the one aspect of music making that doesn't really improve with practice. In other words, you need to be innately talented at music to make good melodies
just download some free midis and listen to them, fren
just steal them lmfao
Having an immaculate knowledge of music usually harms your ability to make music that doesn't sound like a product. Music made by people who rely on theory sounds like something that was purposefully invented rather than an actual feeling that occurred naturally. It has a phony, almost uncanny before and aftertaste.
Because you don't smoke weed.
Listen to a lot of classical music, then try to recreate that. Also listen to a lot of pop music, the good kind.
Try to make it sound memorable.