Comments on: How To Keep Your Melody Alive https://tonyconniff.com/how-to-keep-your-melody-alive/ Songwriter, Producer, and Coach, based in New York City. Mon, 26 Aug 2024 20:14:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: TonyConniff https://tonyconniff.com/how-to-keep-your-melody-alive/#comment-241692 Mon, 26 Aug 2024 20:14:31 +0000 https://tonyconniff.com/?p=7053#comment-241692 In reply to Annie Dinerman.

Annie,
Thanks for the encouraging words… always good to read your comments.
Sorry for the delay in replying!
Best wishes,
Tony

]]> By: Annie Dinerman https://tonyconniff.com/how-to-keep-your-melody-alive/#comment-35040 Wed, 14 Feb 2024 16:22:00 +0000 https://tonyconniff.com/?p=7053#comment-35040 I noticed in songwriting workshops that when a writer presented an AABA song, often they’d go to the tonic chord and note at the end of the second A section — right before the bridge. That makes the story feel finished; it doesn’t make the listener wonder where the melody is going next. Thanks for posting this piece of technique. I keep it in mind when writing and wondered whether it’s commonly discussed among songwriters.

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