| Some consider melody the most important aspect of | | | | aural canvas if you will. Now, we can add in highlights |
| music making. Of course, there's harmony and | | | | to our sound painting using melody. |
| rhythm, but melody is the one part that listeners hold | | | | We improvise and are amazed at the fact that just a |
| to memory more than any other, and, it's also the | | | | few notes is enough to create a wonderful sound - |
| easiest part to create! | | | | especially since you use the pentatonic scale. You |
| For example, in the lesson Oriental Sunrise, we have | | | | can't go wrong by playing on the black keys. Every |
| two chords. Now if we just play these chords, if we | | | | note you produce will sound "good." We let go and |
| just fool around with them, we get textures and | | | | allow our intuitive mind to come up with the melody |
| whiffs of sound that drift away and do not hold. But, | | | | and the music pours out of us. |
| as soon as we add in melody, the whole piece | | | | Once you know the scale you'll be playing in, (in this |
| becomes alive and discernable. | | | | case, minor pentatonic) you are free to play any |
| To create a melody really requires nothing more than | | | | note you want from it to create your melody. The |
| playing around with the right-hand. The left has the | | | | focus is now on making music and not on choosing |
| chords and creates the harmonic background - an | | | | melody notes - a very freeing experience! |