Week 10

Date: 22^nd October

This week we looked at secondary melodies. This concept is having more than one melody line that usually compliments the main melody. “Can be vocal or instrumental” 1 .  The main areas looked at during the lesson were: Riffs, Counter melodies and Bass lines. Examples given in class:

• Riffs- “Smoke on the Water” by Deep Purple 2.
• Counter Melodies – “Thank you” by Dido 3.
• Bass Lines – “Aeroplane by The Red Hot Chilli Peppers 4.

From this class I realised that my band song “Stay” has a counter melody as there is two melody lines in the chorus. One singer is singing a long note and the second singer is underneath singing another melody line. This concluded the lesson.

References

1 Robyn Habel, “Melody Part 3: Secondary Melodies” (lecture presented at the course Song Writing and Performance 1B, Elder Conservatorium, University of Adelaide, October 22^nd , 2019).

2 Ritchie Blackmore, I. P. J. L. a. D. C., 1971. Smoke On The Water. [Sound Recording] (EMI(UK) Warner Bros(US)).

3 Dido, 2000. Thank you. [Sound Recording] (Arista).

4 Peppers, R. H. C., 1996. Areoplane. [Sound Recording] (Warner Bros ).