You continue to develop your music theory knowledge and practices that form an integral part of any dance musicians production skills – this time you will learn about the theory and composition of melodies, motifs, and hooks.
Runtime: 4 Hours.
12 Videos
You will learn the theory behind the composition of melodies and motifs in music, alongside how to create musical hooks.
Using various practical applications you’ll know how to compose melodies and motifs, and how to employ them in your music.
You should have a solid grounding in scales and modes. If you haven’t already, watching the bass tutorial would be beneficial.
For this edition of the Fundamental series, you continue to develop your music theory knowledge and practices that form an integral part of any dance musicians production skills – this time you will learn about the theory and composition of melodies, motifs, and hooks.
Almost every record ever made will make use of a melody in one form or another, whether its particularly exotic as with uplifting trance or a simpler style of motif or hook as typically heard in mainroom, house and even the bass in tech-house and techno. Melodies form the fundamental element to almost every form and genre of dance music and the more memorable they are, the better. However, composing memorable melodies is far more difficult than it initially appears and requires a good understanding of the theory and plenty of practice.
You will take an in-depth tutorial on the music theory behind melodies, this 4-hour course examines how they are typically conceived and composed including a detailed look at how to use the circle of fifths to determine keys. Throughout the tutorial, theories and techniques such as balance, counterbalance, contour, energy, drive, dynamics and motifs are all discussed in detail before we move on to examine some of the techniques you can use to create your own melodies alongside a look at some of the synthesis and processing methods for leads in dance records.
Note: for this tutorial, you should already have a basic understanding of musical scales, as discussed in Fundamental: Music Theory, Bass.
Session 01: 15 Mins.
Circle of Fifths Part 1: We begin with a basic, layman’s introduction .
Session 02: 10 Mins.
Identifying Notes: Delve further into the Circle of Fifths.
Session 03: 20 Mins.
The Melodic Scale: The reasons behind the melodic scales.
Session 04: 22 Mins.
Circle of Fifths Part 2: The creation of both chord progressions and melodies.
Session 05: 25 Mins.
Melodic Energy: One of the fundamental elements.
Session 06: 25 Mins.
Melodic Balance: The importance of musical balance.
Session 07: 20 Mins.
Rhythm and Motif: The theory and composition of Motif’s.
Session 08: 15 Mins.
Practical Melodies: we now put the theory into practice.
Session 09: 30 Mins.
Dynamics: The use and importance of dynamics.
Session 10: 15 Mins.
Counterpoint: Basic theory & principles behind counterpoint.
Session 11: 20 Mins.
Synthesis & Processing: Programming techniques.
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