Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Link the Voice & Guitar Through Parallel Melodies

For the more musically minded, (specifically those who play guitar), I dug up this short article how to link your vocals to the guitar using a parallel melody.

So in other words, using intervals between the vocal and the guitar to create melodies. Pretty cool. Check out the full article out here.

Calvin

"Songwriting, at a fundamental level,
involves the uniting of melody and harmony:
the singing of a melody, and its union with a
supporting harmony. For soloist singer/
songwriter/guitarists, this accompanying
harmony is created and played on guitar. For
many bands, too, the guitar is the main
conveyor of harmony. In cases such as these,
one very simple way of adding interest to a
song is by paralleling a melody that’s sung
with a melody that’s played on guitar....."


Source http://musesmuse.com/LinkingVocalsandGuitar.pdf

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