Add chords

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                                 🎷🎵 Season 1. Episode 6. ADD CHORDS 🎹 

Begin to add chords to your chorus melody. Try a simple, repeated chord pattern.  Play with the melody and chords until you find something you like. Record yourself singing and playing (or just singing) – even if it’s only on your smartphone. Be sure you get it down so you don’t forget it.

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Melody

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                                 🎷🎵 Season 1. Episode 5. MELODY 🎹🎤

Find the melody in your lyric. Choose one or two of the phrases you came up with in  Step 4. Say them out loud. Now say them again with LOTS of emotion.  Exaggerate the emotion in the lines. Notice the natural rhythm and melody of your speech when you say the lines with lots of feeling. This is the beginning of your chorus melody.  Play with it until it feels comfortable.

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One question

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                                 🎷🎵 Season 1. Episode 4. ONE QUESTION 🎹🎤

Choose one question to answer in the chorus and one for each verse. We’ll focus on the chorus first since it’s the most important part of your song. Select the question you want to answer in your chorus. Write down a short phrase that expresses your answer. Look for images and action words to bring your answers to life. What is the singer feeling, thinking, or saying? What emotion is the singer feeling and how would you describe it? Is it warm or cold? Dark or light? 

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Song structure

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                                 🎷🎵 Season 1. Episode 3. SONG STRUCTURE 🎹🎤

 Many of today’s biggest hits rely on a song structure like this: Verse / Chorus / Verse / Chorus / Bridge / Chorus. ( Topic @ TUNJIFORTRESS) Some add a short section called a “pre-chorus” or “lift” between the verse and chorus to build anticipation. The verse, pre-chorus, and chorus each have an identifiable melody, one that the listener can recognize when it comes around.

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QUESTIONS LIST

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                                 🎷🎵 Season 1. Episode 2. QUESTIONS LIST 🎹🎤

 Start by asking yourself what you want to say about your title and what you think your listeners might want to know. Make list of questions. Your list might include: What does the title mean? How do you feel about it? What happened to cause this? What do you think or hope will happen next? You’ll need three to four questions. 

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TITLE

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                                 🎷🎵 Season 1. Episode 1. TITLE 🎹🎤

 Starting with a title will help you stay focused on a single idea in your song. Create a phrase of one to six words that sums up the heart of what you want to say. Or look for an interesting phrase that suggests a situation or emotion to you. Try using an image in your title to give it more interest or an action word  to give it energy. 

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HOW TO WRITE A SONG

     🎸🎻🖊️HOW TO WRITE A SONG ✍️✍️

                                        📝 INTRODUCTION 📖🖊️

Whether you want to write a song to pitch to music publishers, TV shows and commercials, or record them yourself as an artist, here’s a songwriting method that will help you get your message across and make sure your listeners stay involved from beginning to end. Of course, this is just one approach to songwriting but it’s used by many songwriting pros and it works. Learnable Episodes begins on the 9th April 2021. 

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