Formulate a scale that begins on D following the pattern of intervals in the minor key. Then begin on G, C etc.
Melody writing exercises:
How do you decide on the notes of the melody?
The sound of the mediant and submediant changes the character of the music and therefore affects the notes of the melody written in a minor key. Here is a melody that Tchaikovsky uses to create a sad mood.
This symbol tells the performer to repeat a line of music. As you play the first line (phrase A) for the second time, the performer omits bar 8 and jumps directly to bar 9. This is shown by using the following symbols (which are called first and second time bars).
Fig. 3
Try adding chords on an instrument such as piano, guitar or harp following the chords that have been marked below the line. Notice that line A is played twice and that it returns at the end of the melody as phrase C.