How To Find The Chords With A Melody Line |
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Feb 23 2009, 05:57 PM
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Hi GMC
I have tabed some melody line in GP. Or sometimes i hear a nice melody The point is I don't know how to relate these melody lines to chords to have a complete song. Are there somekind of methods to make the chord from a melody line? -------------------- Gear:
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Feb 23 2009, 06:12 PM
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Sometimes finding a bass note that creates the sound you want to go along with the seperate notes can help. And then it also becomes easier to find full chords and scales.
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Feb 23 2009, 06:55 PM
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QUOTE (seagull @ Feb 23 2009, 06:12 PM)  Sometimes finding a bass note that creates the sound you want to go along with the seperate notes can help. And then it also becomes easier to find full chords and scales. Ok good tip Thanks QUOTE (Matt23 @ Feb 23 2009, 06:01 PM) Well first you need to choose where you want your chord changes. Then you need to see what chords contains most notes from that part of the melody. Of course sometimes it sounds better to use a chrod that doesn't fit in with the melody perfectly so you should experiment with different chords. He Thx for the reply. Isn't the melody leading in when a chord has to change? -------------------- Gear:
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Feb 23 2009, 09:29 PM
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Every note can represent a chord, you just have to find out in what key you are in, analyze your melody, and find out what chords can be played. If the melody is good you can put 2 chords, or a whole symphonic orchestra bellow it. It's up to you to make the chord changes on those places you feel you need them to be. Try to put chords that contain the melody note, so they get along nicely.
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Feb 24 2009, 05:57 PM
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You must know standard harmonic shapes, I-IV-V, II-V-I, I-VI-II-V...
Learning jazz standards is tremendous help, as Ramiro put it... Every melody you write is likely to fit in the one harmony category. Chord/melody playing is really difficult stuff. I recorded one tune with lots of block chords, see how it looks like. link -------------------- |
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