Course Description

This Course is for people that are at an intermediate/Advanced Level. This Course will teach you how to compose beautiful, catchy and memorable melodies.


In this course, you will learn about the different attributes of a melody. You will learn about the pitch range of a melody. You will also learn about the contour of a melody. Furthermore, you will learn about musical phrases. Moreover, you will also learn about antecedent and consequent phrases. In addition to this, you will learn about other things.


This course is for:
  • People that want to learn how to compose melodies
  • People that want to learn how to make their melodies to be memorable and catchy

Course curriculum

    1. Introduction

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    2. Pitch, Bass and Treble Clefs, Stave, Ledger lines and the positioning of notes

    3. How to name the notes on a Music Sheet

    4. The Middle C | What is an Octave?

    5. How to easily remember the notes on a music sheet

    6. Letters/Names of the Keys on the Piano/Keyboard

    7. Musical Intervals

    8. Explanation of 'Natural' , 'Sharp' , 'Flat' and 'Enharmonic Equivalent' Musical Notes

    9. How to correctly draw a Sharp sign and a Flat sign

    10. How Sharps and Flats are written on a Music Sheet

    11. What is an Accidental? | What are Accidentals?

    12. Different types of notes and their durations

    1. Melody Definition and the attributes of a Melody

    2. What is Pitch Range and what are its effects on a Melody?

    3. Musical Phrase/Musical Phrases

    4. A melody is usually formed from a Scale

    5. Tension and Resolution within a Melody

    6. Antecedent and Consequent Phrases

    7. The contour of a Melody

    8. Melodic Intervals | Difference between a Melodic Interval & a Harmonic Interval

    1. Major, Minor and Perfect Intervals

    2. Diminished and Augmented Intervals

    3. Extended Intervals

    4. Tritone

    1. Ascending and Descending Melodic Intervals

    1. Conjuct Motion and Disjunct Motion

    1. The role of Rhythm in Melody Composition
  • 37 lessons