Uploaded July 2023 | Updated September 2026, 17 hours ago

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In Week 3 we look into how Melodic & Bass parts can be built from our Chord Progression (ep 2) and understanding of how the notes in our Octave/Scale work (ep 1). While there is a lot to melody and how it can be made, the approach here will not only help you start solidly but also solve problems as they arrive in your music.

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00:00:00 Intro
00:02:44 Melody from Chords
00:03:11 Orig Chords C-A-D-C
00:04:32 Smoothed Chords
00:06:54 Song Framework
00:09:19 Extrapolating
00:09:42 Bass
00:12:45 Root vs Lowest
00:17:06 Keep Bass Simple
00:18:08 Movement
00:21:54 Where U at Brother
00:22:35 Part of Melody
00:24:04 Melody: The Pretty One
00:24:21 Melody Starters
00:26:12 Melody by Hand
00:27:22 Target Note
00:31:48 Shape
00:33:12 Gimme More
00:35:10 Iterative Process
00:38:07 Borrowing Beatz
00:39:14 Hilight Notes
00:40:20 Finished Melody
00:43:54 Bringing it Together
00:46:08 Back to Bass
00:46:51 Counter Melody
00:54:08 From There to Here
00:57:46 New Countermelody
00:58:38 Homework
01:01:52 Inside a Piece
01:02:36 Enter the Fae Prince
01:04:16 Themes
01:13:35 Conclusion