How to create melodies, bass lines, chord progressions etc.

[foozpatrol84]

I've been doing music theory for a long time, and would certainly second everyone else's advice about taking a class and what not.

But something you can do now, try this - if you understand notes and where they are on your keyboard - map basic notes using small stickers / erasable marker dots. The notes you select should be arpeggio's, which you can easily Google different arpeggio's online. Don't worry about playing the notes in order, just use only those specific notes when writing. Obviously making it non-damaging for your keys would be recommended

What's cool about arpeggio forms, is that they will give you scale / intervals, which help with melody development.

Search for stuff like for following, and note that I include some jazz scales to make it cool. Happy writing!


"a minor 7th arpeggio notes" - Uses notes A, C, E, G

"diminished arpeggio notes"

"d harmonic minor arpeggio notes"

[steveoath]

Hi, new here. I found the chord wheel really useful. I have the boo, but its an app too..$wm1_0x700_$_DHP1125324-401_cov.jpg
It does a lot of explaining which I found really useful.