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Live Stream: Monday, March 9th at 7:30pm EST (check your local time zone)
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Hey guys, we are back with Live Lesson EP016! This month’s topic is: The 3 Building Blocks of Music.
Music is comprised of 3 elements: Melody, Harmony, and Rhythm. In this session, we’ll take a look at each element separately before showing you how they come together to create music!
This month’s topic should stir up some great questions! So please post all you have below and I hope you guys join us for the live stream. 🙂
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I just watched the live lesson on youtube, great as always! Unfortunatly I can’t watch them live cause it would be in the middle of the night in Germany haha.
I have another question: Recently I wanted to make my own arrangement of an existing song. But what should I figure out first, the harmony or the melody? I started with the melody, then counted the flats and figured out the key. But adding the harmony was very difficult and I had to google the chords. I wasn’t able to find the right chord that fits to the corresponding melody note.
So is there a proper way or order to arrange a song?Hi Johanna, usually I figure out the progression first, then the melody. But it can be reversed, and over time, you start to do both at the same time.
Arranging takes account development of your ear and knowledge of harmony. Start with recognizing interval pitches and check out our theory course for an intro to harmony.
In our songwriting course, I dove deep into the theory breakdown behind the 3 parts of music as they relate to a tune I wrote.
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