Just because you didn’t sit out those stuffy piano lessons or master the recorder as a kid no longer means you can’t write killer hooks. Assistive melody writing technology has leaped forwards in ...

The most important aspect to study in melody writing is probably your intervals. In Western music, we use 12 notes in semitone intervals, in other cultures they have quarter tones and microtonal ...

A few weeks ago Dmitri Tymoczko, the departmental representative in music, sent out an e-mail that listed the name of every senior in the department and the type of thesis each student was pursuing.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. SONGWRITING WEEK: What is a melody? The official definition is a sequence of notes perceived as a ...

The legal row between Leona Lewis and DJ Avicii has been settled, but it highlights the rough deal songwriters can get when ownership of a track is unclear Last week week the DJ Avicii v Leona Lewis ...

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Grab a reference instrument: a guitar, a ukulele, a keyboard, or even an app that can play chords. When it’s time to put your song together, you want it to fit into a framework that musicians can play ...

Along with the lyrics, the sung melody makes up what is known as the 'topline' of the song. Some writers are renowned topline experts and tend to be called in to help complete a song or to craft a ...

One of 2012's brightest discoveries arrived in the shape of Melody's Echo Chamber, the self-titled long player from the solo project of Parisian chanteuse Melody Prochet. Recorded under the tutelage ...