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evileye · Post by **evileye** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 5:27 pm

Hi
I have been producing for about 5 years and i feel i need to make more of a effort to learn how to make melodies/lead lines. i have a basic understanding of scales and some chords but get frustrated sitting at the keyboard trying to make melodies maybe im trying to make them too complex...
i really like tracks like this

is there any books that anyone recommends?
i appreciate any help any one has to offer

ttw · Post by **ttw** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 6:17 am

An old book, but good enough for melody writing.

http://www.archive.org/download/cu31924 ... 370559.pdf

evileye · Post by **evileye** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 12:57 pm

Thank you looks very interesting

ATW10C · Post by **ATW10C** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 10:55 pm

http://www.palette-mct.com/

jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 10:41 pm

evileye wrote:Hi
i have a basic understanding of scales and some chords but get frustrated sitting at the keyboard trying to make melodies maybe im trying to make them too complex...

Seems to me your ambition is ahead of your understanding. If you aren't *hearing* melodies over your chords or what-not, 'making' them isn't going to bear very much fruit I don't think.

I would recommend relaxing, and forgetting for a moment the idea you must be a 'producer' of music, and get involved with making music from the standpoint of a musician, playing songs and gaining experience with melody from that, and experimenting away from the computer... singing tunes, finding from your experience how it fits for you, over chords, over 'not-chords', a process of discovery that won't come in a vacuum.

I think you should not so much expect this kind of result from reading a book and faithfully performing the exercises, or anything that tells you 'guaranteed theoretically correct results'. Theory is a cart that won't really pull that horse for you. You might find you don't love what's 'correct' and be in favor of some things just because they sound good to you.

EtRoube · Post by **EtRoube** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 3:31 pm

That book looks informative - thanks for posting.

"I would recommend relaxing, and forgetting for a moment the idea you must be a 'producer' of music, and get involved with making music from the standpoint of a musician"

Exactly. When writing music, you cant think too much, you have to just do it.

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