If you're looking to craft better melodies for your own songs, there are many proven songwriting tips to help you in this pursuit.
- Follow chords. ...
- Follow a scale. ...
- Write with a plan. ...
- Give your melodies a focal point. ...
- Write stepwise lines with a few leaps. ...
- Repeat phrases, but change them slightly.
What makes a melody effective?
Most good melodies restrict their basic range to no more than an octave-and-a-half. Most good melodies use repeating elements. Listeners should be hearing certain melodic intervals, rhythms and other musical shapes repeating throughout the melody.
Can you learn to make melodies?
The creation of melodies is learned in the same way that any skill is learned, by practicing and experimenting. One does not learn an instrument simply by reading theories on how to play the instrument, you need to get the instrument under your hands and practice.