Intervals and Melodies 2 - Melodic techniques - Ableton
Melodic techniques to expand and improve your melodies
Description
This course covers 13 melodic devices you can use to expand and improve your melodic ideas.
Firstly we cover techniques already built into ableton midi clip editor such as rhythmic diminution/augmentation, retrograde, inversion and transposition.
Then we cover more complex techniques such as sequence, modal change, interval/contour contraction/expansion, chordal skips, fragment and more.
Finally, we demonstrate how to create chords from your melodies and an analysis of how other composers use these techniques.
What You Will Learn!
- How to create melodies out of nothing
- Rhythmic augmentation and diminution
- Retrograde & inversion
- Modal change
- Interval contraction and expansion
- Contour contraction and expansion
- Chordal skips
- Melodic sequence and fragmentation
Who Should Attend!
- Intermediate Ableton users who want to improve their melody writing.