Introduction: Melody Course
Refresher: Music Theory & Harmony
Melody Basics
The Foundations of Great Melodies - Part 1
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1 - Melody Foundations 1: Tell a Story (5:20)
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2 - Melody Foundations 2: Range (3:02)
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3 - Melody Foundations 3: Q&A, Repetition & Variation (6:24)
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4 - Melody Foundations 4: Steps, Skips, Leaps and Rhythm (9:24)
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5 - Practical Session: Writing a simple Melody for Melodic Techno (16:46)
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6 - Practical Session: Writing a simple Melody for EDM (6:59)
The Foundations of Great Melodies - Part 2
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1 - How to Establish a Tonal Center for your Melody (7:54)
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2 - Practical Session: Writing a simple Melody - Summer Beat (8:49)
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3 - The Tritone: An Example (3:14)
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4 - The Intervals Part 2 - Properties (11:59)
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5 - Intervals: The Millennium Whoop (3:18)
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6 - Beginner Scale Trick: Transpose to a Scale you know well (3:27)
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7 - How to find Chords for any Melody (15:22)
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8 - Practical Session: Writing a simple Melody - Pop/Future Bass (11:54)
Using Modes To Set The Mood
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1 - Modes: Fundamental Concept 1 (8:05)
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2 - Modes Example: Dorian (9:08)
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3 - Modes: Fundamental Concept 2 (9:17)
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4 - Modes: Fundamental Concept 3 (3:42)
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5 - Modes Example Lydian + The Gist (7:41)
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6 - Modes: Sum Up and Take Aways (4:22)
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7 - Practical Session: Writing a Melody in F Phrygian (Festival Style) (14:16)
Interesting Scales For Writing Melodies
Free Bonus Videos - Writing Sessions #1
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1 - Writing a Melody with the C Major Scale (Francois) (23:09)
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2 - Writing a EDM-ish Melody with the A-Minor Scale (Francois) (11:30)
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3 - Creating an EDM Chord Progression and Melody (Tom) (22:35)
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4 - Writing Tropical Summer House Chords and Melody in Amin (Tom) (29:21)
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5 - Writing a Future Bass Track from Scratch (Tom) (39:12)
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6 - Writing Progressive House Chords and Melody from Scratch (Tom) (27:36)
Free Bonus Videos - Writing Sessions #2
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1 - Writing Session - Chords and Melody - Melodic Deep / Techno (30:16)
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2 - Writing Session - Chords and Melody - Melodic Deep / Techno with Moog Bass (22:56)
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3 - Writing Session - Hirajoshi Scale (7:59)
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4 - Writing Session - EDM Progressive House "Dramatic" Progression in F-Minor (8:23)
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5 - Writing Session - Uplifting Summer House Chords in C#-Minor (21:21)
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Bonus Session: Writing "Snake" Chords & Melody (16:51)
Free Bonus Inspiration via PML Ableton Tips
