Melody Writing Help

[hype the producer]

The bottom note is your bass line.

Thank you. I sat here look at dude comment like wtf you playin? Lol

You guys sure?! Maybe it is true. But I've always based my melodies on bottom note...

[kebeats]

You guys sure?! Maybe it is true. But I've always based my melodies on bottom note...

There's no right or wrong way. I was referring to the process of harmonizing a melody. Not building one from a harmonic progression.

[hype the producer]

There's no right or wrong way. I was referring to the process of harmonizing a melody. Not building one from a harmonic progression.

I see...

[TheSlyder]

Could you go into a bit more detail, like what do you mean by adding 9ths and 11ths?

[kebeats]

Could you go into a bit more detail, like what do you mean by adding 9ths and 11ths?

Adding the 2nd & 4th degree of the scale. If you formed a Cmaj9 or Cmaj11 those notes would be in the next octave. Although you can voice them various ways.

Cmaj9
C - E - G - B - D
A polychord. The I & V chords of the Cmaj scale. Play one chord in one hand & the other in the other. You can invert both & come up with various voicings.

Cmaj11
C - E - G - B - D - F
Same as the Cmaj9 but with an added 11th, or 4th degree of the scale.

2=9
4=11
6=13

[bandcoach]

Your second chord is a C in the left hand and a G⁷ in the right hand

If the seventh is present we name them 9 and 11.

If the 7th is absent we might resort to naming them as

C^{add 9} (add2 ) C-E-G-D
and
C^{add 4} (add 11).C-E-G-F

If the 3rd were absent we would name them as

C^sus2 C-D-G

and

C^sus4 C-F-G

These last two formats are ambiguous as they could also be named as

C-D-G	D7Sus4 (no 5th)	Gsus4
C-F-G	Fsus2	G7Sus4 (no 5th)