i normally don't have any trouble coming up with chords when writing songs, but i find creating melodies to link chords and song sections and just get a good hook going to be really difficult. y'all have any sage advice?
i normally don't have any trouble coming up with chords when writing songs, but i find creating melodies to link chords and song sections and just get a good hook going to be really difficult. y'all have any sage advice?
How do you generally come up with the rhythm of the melody? Like which notes are 8th notes or triplets etc?
I usually trial and error it by playing over the recorded harmony if I started with the harmony first and I think I frequently give passing tones the shorter duration. Sometimes I try to imagine there were lyrics for the melody too. The ultimate rule I follow though is if it sounds good then it's good which probably isn't too helpful.