Melody
The part people hum. A hook of your own over your loop.
6 lessons · 8 cards · project: Write a hook
Lessons
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Shape
Make a melody rise to lift the song or fall to settle it.
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Steps and leaps
Use next-door notes for smooth lines and jumps for drama.
Patterns: Pentatonic riff
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Notes that fit
Put the chord’s own notes on the beat.
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Repetition
Say a short idea twice so people remember it.
Patterns: Call-and-response hook, Pentatonic riff
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Question and answer
End one phrase open and the next one home.
Patterns: Call-and-response hook
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Idea, repeat, go somewhere
State it, repeat it, then let it carry on.
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Write a hook
Write something on your loop that someone could hum after one listen.