arrangingpopsongs.ppt

Fall 2007 Arranging Pop Songs Jyun-Ming Chen Motivations How do I create a melody? How do I harmonize the melody? What rhythms are available? Can I arrange a song from 簡譜？ Scale Tones Consonant Interval Scale Tone 範例 Melody Contour Contour - this is the shape of the line. Usually, there is only one highest or lowest note, called the peak. Arch contour Inverted arch contour Ascending ramp contour Descending ramp contour A Smooth Connected Line - Our ear more easily hears a series of notes as belonging together when they proceed smoothly and without leaps of larger intervals. use about 80% step wise motion (i.e. only the interval of a second) and 20% intervals large than a second. Interval Review Degree: 以C大調為例 Triad Chords （三音和弦） Scale and Chords 每個調中，因音程的不同，可組成7個三音和弦 以C大調為例： 其他常用和弦 Chords variation in playing Inversion Slash chord open position/close position repeating/missing notes Harmonizing a Melody Try to determine what the harmonic pulse is. For each beat of the harmonic pulse, list all possible chords that could contain most if not all of the notes within that beat. When completed, begin at the end, try to compose a harmonic cadence that fits the melody. Complete the last two or three beats. 花心 Three-Chord Song (Wikipedia) A three-chord song is a song whose music is built around three chords that are played in a certain sequence. Typically, the three chords used are the chords on the tonic, subdominant, and dominant (noted as I, IV and V): in the key of C, these would be the C, F and G chords. Sometimes the V7 chord is used instead of V, for greater tension. There are literally tens of thousands of songs written with I, IV and V chords: country, blues, rock and roll, pop songs Chord Progressions Create a harmonic backing for melody Infinite possibilities. Rely on your ears to decide which chords are good for the melody, and in what order General principle of harmonic movement: build up tension, resolve at the end many popular chord progression t