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Giving Attention To Melody

Instructor: Andy Park

Find the right balance between familiarity and surprise in your melody. There has to be repetition of melodic motifs for people to remember
the song. Make it catch enough for people to keep singing the song after they've listened to it. Adding an unexpected phrase of melody and lyrics sets a song apart and makes it stand out in the crowd.