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You’re likely to explore a wide variety of melody types over the span of your music production journey.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

However, few of us ever take a moment to stop and think about the larger categories that the majority of our favorite tunes fall into. In the tutorial video above, we take a look at ten types of melodies that you should be familiar with as a musician. With each entry, we break down compositional themes like contour, scale, range, and rhythm, and also examine how sound design plays a role in our perception of melodies using Arturia’s Pigments 3.<\/a> After watching the video, you should be equipped with more knowledge and intentionality for the next time you open up your DAW and decide to lay down a new melody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you enjoyed the drum sounds used in the video, you can download the Collection of sounds here.<\/a> If you want to dive deeper into the fundamental building blocks of melodies from a music theory perspective, you can also check out our in-depth introduction to melody.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which melody type do you find yourself gravitating towards the most? What topics in music theory or production would you like to see us cover on our YouTube channel<\/a> next? Let us know in the comments below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Try Pigments 3 for free, and then Rent-to-Own the synth for $9.99\/mo until you own it outright:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Try Pigments 3 for free<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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