Chord-Progression with Gary Ewer If you find that all of your song melodies sound uncomfortably similar, the problem is likely rooted in how you start them . If you get melodic ideas by improvising tunes over a chord progression, but everything comes up sounding like the song you’d just written last week, you’re likely doing one of the following: You’re using similar chord progressions from song to song. You might find yourself always resorting to a I-vi-ii-V-I (C-Am-Dm-G-C) progression, or something similar. You’re starting all your melodies on the same scale degree. For example, you might find that you tend to start your melodies on the 3rd note of the tonic chord. You’re using similar rhythmic ideas from song to song . In other words, you may find that you like to start melodies by lingering on the first note, then following it with rapid notes that move upward. You’re writing all your songs using a similar tempo. ...
