Francois – How To Write Melodies 2022

• A complete framework for writing melodies
• Applying this knowledge in examples to find better melodies for your own productions
• We will show you how to come up with interesting and fresh melodies using different scales and modes for future bass, edm / festival, melodic deep/techno, house, pop, progressive house and many more
• We are going to show you many nice sound examples – offering a practical application of our theoretical frameworks
• We are going to deeply analyze melodies and find out

• • • why some melodies simply work and others don’t
    • rules and codes for “hit song” hooks and melodies

How this course is structured

• In the first part of this course we are going to look at the basic concepts around melodies and make use of many examples.
• In the second part we will take a deeper look into scales and modes as ing points for more advanced and intentional melody writing.
• We will learn how to come up with great melodies, using different scales and modes, “that work” in your own compositions and make them sound more interesting and unique.
• Many practical writing sessions are covering different styles such as Melodic Deep / Techno, Future Bass, EDM, Summer Vibes, Progressive House, Pop and many more.
• Along the way, we are going to share a lot of our specific knowledge and experience on composition.
• You will get around 4 hours of studio sessions with Francois.

Who is it made for?

• This course is designed for electronic music producers – we are going to take the perspective of someone working inside a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation – like Cubase, Logic Pro, Ableton Live, FL Studio).
• The course is designed for beginners but it’s also suitable for advanced learners of the subject as we go into great detail after our first “basics” block is covered.

• 1 – Melody Foundations 1: Tell a Story (5:20)
• 2 – Melody Foundations 2: Range (3:02)
• 3 – Melody Foundations 3: Q&A, Repetition & Variation (6:24)
• 4 – Melody Foundations 4: Steps, Skips, Leaps and Rhythm (9:24)
• 5 – Practical Session: Writing a simple Melody for Melodic Techno (16:46)
• 6 – Practical Session: Writing a simple Melody for EDM (6:59)

• 1 – How to Establish a Tonal Center for your Melody (7:54)
• 2 – Practical Session: Writing a simple Melody – Summer Beat (8:49)
• 3 – The Tritone: An Example (3:14)
• 4 – The Intervals Part 2 – Properties (11:59)
• 5 – Intervals: The Millennium Whoop (3:18)
• 6 – Beginner Scale Trick: Transpose to a Scale you know well (3:27)
• 7 – How to find Chords for any Melody (15:22)
• 8 – Practical Session: Writing a simple Melody – Pop/Future Bass (11:54)

• 1 – Modes: Fundamental Concept 1 (8:05)
• 2 – Modes Example: Dorian (9:08)
• 3 – Modes: Fundamental Concept 2 (9:17)
• 4 – Modes: Fundamental Concept 3 (3:42)
• 5 – Modes Example Lydian + The Gist (7:41)
• 6 – Modes: Sum Up and Take Aways (4:22)
• 7 – Practical Session: Writing a Melody in F Phrygian (Festival Style) (14:16)

• 1 – The Blues Scale (5:04)
• 2 – The Harmonic Minor Scale (2:16)
• 3 – The Hungarian Minor Scale (4:11)
• 4 – The Hirajoshi Scale (4:18)

• 1 – Writing a Melody with the C Major Scale (Francois) (23:09)
• 2 – Writing a EDM-ish Melody with the A-Minor Scale (Francois) (11:32)
• 3 – Creating an EDM Chord Progression and Melody (Tom) (22:35)
• 4 – Writing Tropical Summer House Chords and Melody in Amin (Tom) (29:21)
• 5 – Writing a Future Bass Track from Scratch (Tom) (39:12)
• 6 – Writing Progressive House Chords and Melody from Scratch (Tom) (27:36)

• 1 – Writing Session – Chords and Melody – Melodic Deep / Techno (30:16)
• 2 – Writing Session – Chords and Melody – Melodic Deep / Techno with Moog Bass (22:56)
• 3 – Writing Session – Hirajoshi Scale (7:59)
• 4 – Writing Session – EDM Progressive House “Dramatic” Progression in F-Minor (8:23)
• 5 – Writing Session – Uplifting Summer House Chords in C#-Minor (21:21)
• Bonus Session: Writing “Snake” Chords & Melody (16:51)