https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/first-post-i-have-an-interesting-problem-with-this/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:18:02 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/first-post-i-have-an-interesting-problem-with-this/#post-353899 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:47:52 +0000 Guitar Noise Songwriting Club Blue Jay https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/first-post-i-have-an-interesting-problem-with-this/#post-353899 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/first-post-i-have-an-interesting-problem-with-this/#post-351971 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:29:55 +0000 this one for example.

Long story short, if you know the notes in your melody you should be able to distinguish the root note which will usually tell you what key the song is in. Knowing the key narrows your set of chords down to around 3-10, depending on how complex you want to be. You could just start with G, C and D chords if your root note was G. Play them and see what fits.]]> Guitar Noise Songwriting Club martin-6 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/first-post-i-have-an-interesting-problem-with-this/#post-351971 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/first-post-i-have-an-interesting-problem-with-this/#post-351758 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 02:59:04 +0000
If you ever make a demo, or play with a band, the Bass player just fills in that part, keyboards or strings blend in, and you can really get into it, by creating little fills, runs or lead parts that suit the chords. It's amazing what you and others can do. I think that there must be links to members' band-in-abox or computer musical tools too. Something like MIDI. :wink:]]> Guitar Noise Songwriting Club Blue Jay https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/first-post-i-have-an-interesting-problem-with-this/#post-351758 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/first-post-i-have-an-interesting-problem-with-this/#post-38984 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 02:17:09 +0000
So what I'm left with is tons of lyrically- and melodically-sound songs that I have absolutely no idea how to turn into full-fledged music. The only instrument I play is guitar, and I have a very minimal understanding of music theory even though I can play pretty well. How does one go about taking a fully-formed melody for the voice and write a supporting guitar part for it? I've been writing down the notes I'm singing, but that doesn't really get me anywhere. Any help would be much appreciated.
--BurningMoose]]> Guitar Noise Songwriting Club BurningMoose https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-noise-songwriting-club/first-post-i-have-an-interesting-problem-with-this/#post-38984