How to WRITE a MELODY on PIANO - "Motif" (Building Phrases)
Channel: Jason Zac - Nathaniel School of Music
Date: 2020-08-16

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Melodic & Rhythmic Patterns

In this lesson, we take a very simple and catchy melody which can be made to survive throughout the vi IV I V chord progression using efficient concepts to make your music not to “complicated” and not to “monotonous” for the listener.

Building the “Motif”

We then modify the “motif” by

01:51 - Changing the landing note
06:27 - Transpose around the chord
09:01 - Addition & Subtraction of notes

In this tutorial series, you will learn how to build melodies on the Piano or any musical instrument/arrangement DAW using any existing chord progression.

We have used vi IV I V, a very popular progression using in tons of songs including Toto’s “Africa” (Chorus), Avicii’s “Wake me Up”, Cranberries “Zombie” and lots more.

The key used is the Bb Major Scale (Bb C D Eb F G A) and thus the chords are Gm Eb Bb F

We play the chords in the Left Hand using inversions with a steady pattern and build melodies in the Right Hand using a variety of techniques

Watch Part 1 (Chord Tones) : https://youtu.be/M6iwapB1iuA
Watch Part 2 (Passing & Landing Tones) : https://youtu.be/iyAUSvuB3vc
Watch Part 3 (Pentatonic Scales) : https://youtu.be/hE3I3I6bIpk
Watch Part 4 (Arpeggio Melodies) : https://youtu.be/HV-3z3Sxt0g

The entire series called "Create MUSIC on the PIANO": https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9Rh70I2dDIdR4eLNvMVFX0

Important Links for additional learning:

Piano & Theory Tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9UnPiTktveaPrye0exDY9N
Chord Inversions Series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC
Learn how to Play Octaves on Piano: https://youtu.be/tezt5MOAsGw

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