Changes by blacksabbath is one of my go to sad tunes. Now I know its using this technique. Thanks tony 😊

@@cazaw Nice!

Heart-shaped Box, In Bloom, Lithium by Nirvana...and so many other ones from them. Until The End by Avenged Sevenfold... The Show Must Go On, Bohemian Rhapsody, Somebody To Love by Queen...and so many other ones from them too... Zombie by The Cranberries... Sososo many amazing melodies!🤩😱🥵🤯 What are some of yours?🤗

@@Liio.Chantel nice one Celine, they are all great melodies. Kurt and Freddie really came out with some interesting stuff. Some of mine are Damien Rice - cannonball, Lisa Hannigan - Lillie, Radiohead - high and dry, Leonard Cohen - Suzanne, Tom petty - crawling back to you..., the list goes on and on. I'm a sucker for a catchy hook!

I love the melody that goes 8 7 3. Can't actually think of specific songs but I hear it everywhere and always love it.

Cheers Antero, glad you got some value for it👍

Totally agree. I found it yesterday by a random search and then I lost it!!! And I couldn't find it...until I figured it out and here I am. Haha.

100% facts. My God. I’ve improved so much. If I make it by God’s Grace I’ll come looking for you!

So accurate

Yep. It's true. 2:30 Knowing this stuff is awesome, suddenly everything makes sense. The whole world comes alive. I understand music in a way I never did before. My life suddenly has meaning. I no longer need to eat or sleep... I can....

That's great to hear Chip. I appreciate the kind words and am glad you are getting some value from the content.👍

Nice!

Cheers Gareth, really appreciate that. Let me know when you start your channel 👍

@@SongWritersChopShop The songs on my current channel all use those 3 tools (scooby doo flipping placements, melody that pushes against the chord and following melodic arcs) Great techniques for the earballs ; )

Great to hear music fantasy, glad it helped👍

cheers allplebloom21, glad you got some value from it.

nice one displayname, I'll be getting into scale degrees,intevals, motifs...the whole shabang as the series goes on. Let me know of any vocal melodies you find particularly good or interesting and I'll use them for examples. cheers

@@SongWritersChopShop ok I’ll think about it and let you know!

@@displayname8848 cool.

@@SongWritersChopShop sent you an email with some cool melody stuff.

cheers Kaka, glad it's helping.

There's a bunch of melody videos on the channel. Sounds like you need to get used to singing more non chord tones.a bit of practice should sort it out. Write melodies over chord progressions with your guitar and practice singing along.

Cheers Mz, glad you got some value from it 👍

No worries Troy, that's great to hear.

cheers Santiago, great to hear you got some value from it.

Nice one Lee. yeah, crackin melody. cheers buddy.

Cheers jigsaw. Really glad you're getting something out of it. hope it gives you plenty of ideas for getting creative with melody.

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Use it wisely👍

Cheers Simon, glad you found it useful.👍

cheers joey, glad you found it helpful. I love me a bit of T-Rex, I'll add it to the list. great suggestion.

cheers Anthony, glad you enjoyed it. I'm not sure I understand what you mean by over embellishment, could you explain more? I appreciate the feedback.

@@SongWritersChopShop ok, you know older versions of over the rainbow compared to newer ones (ie post Eva Cassidy) notice how there's slides and runs not present in older ones? That's over embellishment. As much as I appreciate putting ones stamp on something, to add, and in some cases completely change parts of the melody is a disservice to the writer, and at worst, pub singing.

@@granthambeard Ok, I get what you are saying now. I guess it's either a choice, taste or a matter of vocal ability. (I have to use covers for the examples to avoid copyright claims and strikes).

@@SongWritersChopShop oh it's totally a choice, the way I see it is, remember the guitar Olympics of the 1980's, like overplaying ALL the time? That's what's happening with vocals at the moment. But yes taste is of course subjective, and god I COMPLETELY get that you have to get round copyright issues it would cost you a fortune otherwise. Anyways! I look forward to seeing what you do next 😊

@@granthambeard Yeah, great point. Singers tend to oversing, players tend to overplay, writers tend to overwrite. Singing, playing, writing For the song is always more effective than showing off. imo. Anyway, pt 2 of this will be up on mon or tues. would love your feedback on it. Have a good one.

yes! reminds me of how Kurt Cobain sang on Come As You Are, just the pattern of Penny Lane’s verses & Come As You Are’s chorus

Cheers INADRM, glad you got some value from it.

nice. I'm on it every day tbh. great resource.

That's what is called writing a 'topline'. it's when you write a vocal melody over a music track. Have a look at this video and see if it answers your question kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pdhhlMhy08fIiGw.html ,and let me know if you have any more questions about it. thanks for the comment👍

@@SongWritersChopShop thank you!

cheers R Matrix. Your understanding it perfectly. Scale degrees are the notes of the scale. if you look at the vertical line on the examples, C = 1 (scale degree), D =2, and so on. And it's the same for any key, eg in the key of G, G = 1, A = 2, and so on. Intervals are the space between the scale degrees. So the space between scale degree 1 to 2 = a step, from 1 to 3 = a jump (that goes for the space between any two notes). It sounds complicated at first but it's not. it's just a way of talking about notes on a scale regardless of the key. a bit like using roman numerals for chords. But yeah, you understood it correctly.

@@SongWritersChopShop okay, great thx.

Hey Celine!

cheers Chelli, glad you found it useful👍

no worries OHALL, glad you found it useful.

It's hooktheorys hookpad, there's a link in the description.

Totally agree, an interesting chord progression can make a huge difference. I will be getting more into how melodic notes and chords work together as this series of videos goes on. so any thoughts or questions you have, just drop them in the comments. Cheers.

agree!

cheers Diego. I'm doing a video on each shape. The next one is going up today.

the theory books will teach you music theory(in a non boring classroom type of way), the tabs are a free resource and are great to see how melodies and chords are put together in well-known songs. The hook pad is great for creating your own. I find it great for experimenting with melodies from other songs and creating my own out of them. If you look at my vid on 'how not to copy a melody', you can get an idea of what I mean. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hcp3YJuH377Ikac.html. It will help you with melody, chords, everything really. but have a look at that video and check out some of their free resources before you decide.

No discount but it's only about 5 dollars a month and and you can cancel anytime. You get the theory books and the hook pad for that, it's a good deal.

Just sing it

just go with it. when it comes to writing songs, specially in the beggining, its often preferrable to just go with the flow.

I agree with the victor and alberto, just sing to it until you find something that feels good to you. worry about the details later, after you have captured the emotion. have a look at this vid, it might help. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pbykmc2gxsXIYXk.html cheers Camryn, go for it, you got this.

@@SongWritersChopShop I guess I’m just scared to try, I’ve watched that video and heaps of others of yours and they are super helpful btw 🖤 I just need to do it ahhh it’s my dream to make music and I’ve already written so many lyrics and made so many melodies on my guitar and everyone tells me I can sing and that my voice is unique I’m just afraid of being cringe 😭 if you have spare time can you maybe email me and I’ll send you the song Im wanting to sing to and some of my lyric ideas for it and you could give me some patterns/shapes from that website of the tune to sing to it in that you think would fit the melody? Pleaseeeee 🥺 my email: camrynjclusker@gmail.com

Hi Camryn. That's no problem. just email me what you got to tony@songwriterschopshop.com (thats not a link, just email there). cheers

Hookpad, there's a link in the description

cheers ville, thanks for your feedback.

You sure can. every melody has some kind of shape and that shape tells some kind of story.

@@SongWritersChopShop Thanks!

Good stuff

@@SongWritersChopShop Good stuff is the thing one could smoke and get high