{"id":28562,"date":"2023-08-16T18:43:20","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T22:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/?p=28562"},"modified":"2024-07-16T15:35:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T19:35:25","slug":"tips-improving-melodies-chord-progressions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/tips-improving-melodies-chord-progressions\/","title":{"rendered":"11 tips for improving your melodies and chord progressions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Do you ever feel like your melodies and chord progressions are missing something?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If so, you&#8217;ve come to the right place. In the tutorial above, veteran producers <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/author\/nickthechen\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Chen,<\/a> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC4O0HDYyda7UbxGVPwZ0fAQ\" target=\"_blank\">Isaac Duarte,<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/sounds\/packs\/splice\/kaelin-ellis-sample-pack\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kaelin Ellis<\/a> share 11 powerful tips for breathing new life into your melodies and chord progressions. From music theory concepts to sound design techniques, a wide array of different ideas are covered that you can try out the next time you open up your DAW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested in getting the plugins used in the video, be sure to check them out on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/features\/plugins\" target=\"_blank\">Splice Rent-to-Own.<\/a> For more on constructing melodies and chord progressions, you can also <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/category\/tips-tutorials\/music-theory\/\" target=\"_blank\">explore our latest tutorials and guides on music theory here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Which tip was your favorite? What other topics in music theory and production would you like to see us dive into next? Let us know in the comments section of the video, and subscribe to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/@splice\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Splice YouTube channel<\/a> for more tips, tutorials, and insights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Explore royalty-free sounds from leading artists, producers, and sound designers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/sounds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Join Splice today<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran producers Nick Chen, Isaac Duarte, and Kaelin Ellis share 11 powerful tips for breathing new life into your melodies and chord progressions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":28567,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1699,1846,1696,49],"tags":[1633,1473,918],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>11 tips for improving your melodies and chord progressions - Blog | Splice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Veteran producers Nick Chen, Isaac Duarte, and Kaelin Ellis share 11 powerful tips for breathing new life into your melodies and chord progressions.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/tips-improving-melodies-chord-progressions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"11 tips for improving your melodies and chord progressions - Blog | Splice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Veteran producers Nick Chen, Isaac Duarte, and Kaelin Ellis share 11 powerful tips for breathing new life into your melodies and chord progressions.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/tips-improving-melodies-chord-progressions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blog | Splice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Splice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-08-16T22:43:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-16T19:35:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/0823-THIS-Will-Change-How-You-Make-Melodies-FOREVER_BlogPost.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Harrison Shimazu\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/bitly.com\/namaboku-twt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@splice\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Harrison Shimazu\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/tips-improving-melodies-chord-progressions\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/tips-improving-melodies-chord-progressions\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Harrison Shimazu\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/1ed73f890efad66c4808440680e9e50d\"},\"headline\":\"11 tips for improving your melodies and chord progressions\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-08-16T22:43:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-16T19:35:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/tips-improving-melodies-chord-progressions\/\"},\"wordCount\":172,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/tips-improving-melodies-chord-progressions\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/0823-THIS-Will-Change-How-You-Make-Melodies-FOREVER_BlogPost.png\",\"keywords\":[\"composition\",\"rent-to-own\",\"youtube\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Music Theory\",\"Sound Design\",\"Tips &amp; 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