Q: Hey i just realised all this time i thought the chords and the melody were the same thing. But since they are different, what exactly are chords and how they function and what makes them support the melody? When i listen to songs i'm starting to pay attention to the instruments and the chords they're playing, but it rarely makes sense to me how they are connected to the melody of the song. This might not be a good question. But i'm just so confused. As a 'songwriter' i'm mostly focused on the vocal melody and lyrics as a result, but i'd like to understand better.
A: if you sing a song, the part you sing is the melody. it's one note at a time. the chords are all the other groups of notes that play simultaneously while the melody is happening