Melodies are almost always derived from notes of the chords being played beneath. Check out the simple melody in Example 2, which uses one note per chord in an ascending manner before changing up at ...

A simple melody will use only notes from the key that a piece is in. A key is a set of notes that work well together. Listen to I Don't Care by Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber. Can you ...

Melody Gardot Aims For The Space Between Notes The other day, I had a conversation with Melody Gardot about space. Not outer space, but the space between notes in her music.