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Originally Posted by sphefx
Hey all,
I'm considerably new to musical composition, and was wondering what the best way is to compose a melody, taking into account that I've already laid down a chord progresison.
Last time, I just used the notes of the chord to try and make a melody. It worked alright, but I'm wondering if there's a better way to do it. Can I use notes from a scale? (I did this for a solo, with just random notes from the scale, and it sounded great - would this also work for the melody?)
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There are times when improvisation over a chord progression does give really interesting results. You can try either recording your improvisations or write them down then select which ones are the most pleasing to you. I usually take this approach when I'm trying to do solos on the guitar or piano (I believe most musicians do this) then take in what was the best take during the recording. Once you're satisfied, you can notate it, identify the theme/s then make more variations to make things a lot interesting.
It also helps a lot if you now have an idea of how the rhythms of your composition will go. There are times that the rhythms have a big impact in your melody making decisions (take indian classical music for example).
