Create a melody based on a specific scale.Scalar – looking at notes and their relationship to a scale.Swing has a low density, while Bebop has a high density.
Different genres have different rhythmic densities.
Rhythmic density – this is the number of notes per bar. Motivic development (change the pitch (transposition) or rhythm, use inversion (upside down), retrograde (backwards), augmentation (slower), diminution (faster), and fragmentation (play fragment)). Motivic – taking the intervals and rhythm of notes into account. A smooth line within a narrow range tends to sound relaxing, whereas a jagged line that covers a wide range tends to sound more intense. Pitch Contour – traces out the notes with a line, like a connect the dots. Leaps – are movements of more than a Major third and sound more jagged and angular. Skips – are movements of a minor third or Major third and can help trace out chords through arpeggios (see harmonic dot point below). Steps – are movements of a semitone or tone and sound smooth, melodic, lyrical, singable (especially if diatonic). Create melodies with a combination of steps, skips and leaps as these sound more interesting and less like an etude. The highest note should be your climax and should generally (though certainly not always) happen about two-thirds to three-quarters of the way through a song. Look at the highest and lowest notes in the melody. Intervallic – looking at notes themselves and the relationship between them ignoring rhythm. 
There are four ways to analyse, think about and write a melody:
The melody should be able to stand on its own without any chords and still be interesting and pleasant. Having a memorable and interesting melody is the most important part of any (most) song. When writing a song, I would always start with the melody. So this lesson will primarily focus on this element. And various genres of music place differing levels of importance to each of these elements.īut for most songs and genres of music, the most important element is Melody. Writing a song is a very personal and subjective thing and there’s no right or wrong method to doing it. That is, you can go back and modify what you’re written. Composing a melody is much like improvising, just not spontaneous.
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