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You have the progression; start singing over it and when you have stopped making changes, start writing it down or recording or whatever you do to make it permanent.
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Thanks for the tip everyone! I was stuck with chords for a while and the tips really helped me!
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I,V.VI,IV just screams a melody line to me. Add a V and a I and you have yourself a good verse progression.
Use that melody to say something - probably easy stuff like rhyming couplets and you are away. A verse and/or bridge certainly makes the whole thing into a song.
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I googled "flamenco sketches" today and before I finished typing it came up with "Song by Miles Davis". I'd like to hear someone sing that...
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People write differently. Sometimes when I have a short progression, I hook up my looper and 'play' till things gel. I have written very few songs in one sitting. I tend to collect fragments of song pieces as they pop into my mind. Since they pop into my mind usually when I'm playing 'other' things, I grab my H1n recorder and record the idea and then go back to what I was playing. And then I put those fragments into a folder and visit them periodically to just listen to them. Often some of the fragments can be glued to others, and sections of a song are born. Don't know how you work, or how your brain organizes things. You need to discover it and then don't lose the fragments which come to mind. I tend to collaborate well, since I understand form and how to play harmonies behind other players. So if a player has an idea, I can usually help them flesh it out. Have fun writing!!!
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Try writing a new song in the same key. Then insert it as a chorus or bridge. If that doesn't work try it again.
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I wanted something to break up the verses, so I just took some chords from the same key and hooked them together to make a refrain... -Mike Last edited by Kerbie; 09-20-2020 at 03:58 AM. Reason: Corrected quote. |
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90% of my compositions start with a chord progression, which suggests a melody via the different inversions/voicings and grace notes I add whilst playing the chord progression. Once the melody takes shape I'll then review the chord structure with a view to strengthening the emotional feel I want to suggest, maybe using relative minor chords in the place of a major, or build tension by "forcing" a chord for longer than could be expected.
For me, the harder part is to set lyrics that support the emotional feel I've built. At this point, the way certain lyrics scan, will lead me to adjust the melody, the supporting chord or both. In the end it's an iterative process for me. |