Summary
This project is about researching how to write a melody and then writing one.
My First HookTheory Melody
I liked that I put random things and it came out okay.
Notes from Howard Goodall’s Melody Video
How Music Works with Howard Goodall – Melody
Cue | Notes |
how did people figure out how music can be made by anything | you can pick random notes and still have a melody every culture shares 5 notes |
Summary: music has many forms around the world and it all comes from these 5 specific notes
Melody Composition Terms and Definitions
The terms and definitions below are from the Basic Concepts of Music Theory podcast by Jamie Henke at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Her Basic Concepts of Music Theory video on YouTube
Theme: A long, flowing melodic idea.
Motive: A short, rhythmic idea (Beethoven’s 5th).
Period: 8-12 measures or a musical sentence.
Phrase: Usually 4 measures.
Antecedent (Question) Phrase: First 4 measures of a period.
Consequent (Answer) Phrase: Second 4 measures of a period.
Scale Degrees (C Major Scale)
Tonic: C (1, 8) – Stability and resolve.
Supertonic, Mediant, Submediant: D, E, A (2, 3, 6) – Moderate tension, useful for transitions and carrying on an idea.
Subdominant, Dominant, Leading Tone: F, G, B (4, 5, 7) – Causes the most tension, and leads to the tonic.
Steps: Any movement using half or whole steps.
Leaps: Any movement using intervals larger than a whole step.
Conjunct motion: Melody is built primarily out of steps.
Disjunct motion: Melody is built primarily out of leaps.
Repetition: Repeated material (i.e. motive) used to create a link between two phrases of the period.
Contrast: Two phrases that contain contrasting material to create tension and interest.
Variation: Halfway between contrast and repetition. The two phrases include some recognizable material and some varied material (i.e. taking ideas up an octave).
One of My Favorite Melodies
I like this melody because it makes me feel confident. the tonic was in the beginning and the tension in the middle
it gradually goes up and down then sometimes it jumps
My Second HookTheory Melody
I like how it sounds
I had it in the middle
What I Learned & Problems I Solved
I learned how to put together a melody
One problem I solved was figuring out how to make said melody
DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS AFTER COMPLETING THEM
Grammar and Spelling
Grammarly
Editor
Nadia
Resources
Assessment a Feedback
General Music Composition Rubric (Google Doc)
Period Melody Composition Rubric (PDF)
Hook Theory Tools and Tutorials
hooktheory.com/theorytab/index (Analyzing Songs)
hookpad.hooktheory.com (Creating Songs)
Hookpad Beginner Tutorial – Part 1: User Interface (YouTube)
Hookpad Beginner Tutorial – Part 2: Melodies (YouTube)
All HookTheory video tutorials
Music Theory
Mr. Le Duc’s Key of C Major Notes and Chords Chart (PDF)
How Music Works with Howard Goodall – Melody
Melody defined at Wikipedia
iTunesU – Basic Concepts of Music Theory by Jamie Henke at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Her Basic Concepts of Music Theory video on YouTube
The 4 Critical Parts of Writing a Melody
How Basic Chords Work – Music Theory Lesson 1
Last two minutes of How to Compose Music – Lesson 1 – How to Write a Melody by Art of Composing
Inversion, etc.
How to Compose Music – Lesson 3 – The Musical Period by Art of Composing
artofcomposing.com/creativity-importance-melody
Free MIDI files midiworld.com/files/
MIDI file of Beethoven’s Ode to Joy from his 9th symphony
Coldplay Talk sample midi file
The musical notation interactive sheet music for Talk by Coldplay
MIDI and Music Notation Editors
onlinesequencer.net – online
flat.io – online
noteflight.com – online
MuseScore downloadable program
GarageBand
How to View and Print Sheet Music: Garageband X Tutorial
GarageBand Basics Screencast Video Tutorial
Melody Research, Analysis, and Recording Project Feedback Form (PDF)