In This Video I cover how to use the your singing voice and a “chord palette” to write a song.
This is how I write most of my songs.
In the Video, I write this song in real time. At the end of the video the Kansas University Ensemble “New Resonance” plays the original piece so you can hear it sounds played with a Jazz Ensemble.
In The Video we’ll briefly look at these topics:
1. Chord Palette (Key Center or 7 Note Set)
2. Singing Over Triads/7th Chords (Adjacent and random)
3. Modal Interchange (Same Root different Chord Quality)
4. Inspiration vs. Craft and Theory
5. Writing Down The Song/Software.
6. Trusting Your Singing Voice.
7. Methods for Finding Chords for the Melody 8. Rule Of 3 9. Arranging
~ Enjoy!
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I put together a book of 52 contrafacts I’ve written over the years for anyone interested! Some tunes include: Countdown in 5/4, Woody and You, Serenity, I Didn’t Know What Time It Was, I Hear A Rhapsody, Nuages, Satellite in 7/4, Blues, Solar, Yardbird Suite, Like Someone In Love, Lazy Bird, Recorda Me, All The Things You Are, Four, Minority in 7/4, There Will Never Be Another You, Cyclic Episode, Alone Together, Is That So, I’ll Remember April in 3/4, All Of Me in 7/4, Well You Needn’t, Inner Urge in 7/4, What Is This Thing Called Love in 11/4, U.M.M.G., In Your Own Sweet Way, Beatrice in 6/4, Peace and more.