A succession of notes which comprise the principal part in harmonized music.
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Ranking Interval Complexity
I would like to know the order of complexity of musical intervals (in a melody). I learned about this from an exposure to the Kodaly method, although I have not learned from nor taught using the ...
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How To Analyze A Melody For Its Notes? Is There A Method?
I am playing bass for two years, I am very amateur, but I love it.
Sometimes I am trying play melodies from songs, Tom Waits, or Madonna, which I fond of..
I think I have no ear like "exact pitch", or ...
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How to follow the lyric to strum in guitar [duplicate]
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How do I play (and sing) a chord pattern song?
I am wondering how do I follow the lyric and strumming at the same time when I looking at the chords on the top of the ...
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Repeating a melody over 4 octaves
I'm trying to transpose a simple piece, like "Bicycle", so the melody is repeated over 4 octaves. Let me explain this for the first note only. The top and bottom notes are defined (can't be changed) ...
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What are these aspects of song structure called?
In songs, we often have very similar melodies and rhythm patterns being repeated over and over again. The following is an approximate melody of one stanza of Willy O' Winsbury as performed by ...
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Seeking resource of melodies for purpose of acquiring fluency in all the keys [closed]
I am developing software for acquiring musical fluency (http://toneme.org/)
At the same time I am attempting to acquire such fluency.
What I think would help me beyond measure would be a daily ...
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Why do these two songs seem impressive yet are easy to “sing”
Sorry for the snarky title, but I am genuinely curious if there is some fundamental musical properties to these songs that make them the "go-to" songs for their typical amateur performers. (Also, ...
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What are the most common ways to “decorate” a melody?
Yes, I know, there are way too many possibilities and it depends on the style of the music... I would be happy with an incomplete list for beginners (like me). Here is what I have so far:
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How to dramatically change the feeling of a song while keeping the melody largely the same?
How to dramatically change the feeling of a song while keeping the melody largely the same? Let's say we have a happy, upbeat pop song and we want to turn it into a sad song (or vice versa). Is it ...
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What is the relationship between the melody line and the rhythm chords?
Let's say I've written a song with the chord progression I-IV-V in the key of A (just as an example). So, the chords I'm playing are A-D-E. When playing a lead over this rhythm, what notes do I need ...
