How can I think of a melody for my composition?

Melodies can seem really hard to invent, but it's actually quite easy if you go about it the right way. Listen to the start of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4IRMYuE1hI) and you can notice how he's taken two notes, repeated the first one then gone to the second, and just repeated that pattern down some more pitches. That's called sequencing. Try finding two or three notes in one pattern, just playing about with a piano, then repeat the pattern up or down a few tones, maybe reverse the pattern of notes or rhythms, and eventually you should be able to find a melody you can use as a motif to build around.

Answered by Caitlin A. Music tutor

3768 Views

See similar Music GCSE tutors

Related Music GCSE answers

All answers ▸

How can you distinguish between the different cadences?


In the Baroque era, what instrument most commonly played the basso continuo?


Listen to this extract from the opening theme of Jaws (first 50 seconds would be played). What musical devices does Williams use to build the feeling of tension? (4 marks)


When analysing film/descriptive music, what elements should you analyse?


We're here to help

contact us iconContact usWhatsapp logoMessage us on Whatsapptelephone icon+44 (0) 203 773 6020
Facebook logoInstagram logoLinkedIn logo
Cookie Preferences