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Changing Key to Keep a Great Melody Going

Let’s say that you’ve got a verse that consists of a short melody and chord progression that repeats several times before it reaches the chorus. That might start to sound boring to you, and I want to suggest a way to alleviate that boring sense of repetition. How much a short melody can or should repeat before moving […]

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How Songs Benefit When You Use Musical Motifs

Musical motifs add structure to your song — in ways that audiences don’t need to notice. _______________  “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” eBook Bundle packages will strengthen your songwriting technique, and take you to a new level of musical excellence. The 10-eBook Deluxe Bundle includes “Writing a Song From a Chord Progression“. Read more.. ________________ It’s practically impossible to […]

Getting Power from Melodies that Match Bass Lines

Download “The Essential Secrets of Songwriting” 6 E-book Bundle, and become a top-level songwriter! __________________ It may not occur to you as a songwriter to think all that much about how your melody line compares with your bass line. We tend to think of those two elements as being separate entities, with not much in common. […]