Writing a melody, from start to finish -- Where do you start? Let's compose one together! If you want to support these videos, please donate! https://lacinato.com/donate http://patreon.com/lacinato Audio, MIDI, and sheet music of the melody composed in this video: http://caseyconnor.org/music/melodywriting I'm working on a full course in basic music theory! Subscribe if you'd like to hear about it when it is finished. It's going to be a while, still, so don't hold your breath. :-) 0:25 intro 0:57 how to start, noodling in a scale/key 3:36 starting with the tonic triad 5:02 thinking rhythmically 6:18 ideas/concepts/games 7:31 chord progressions 7:54 nkoda 9:19 playing against the chords 11:01 extending the melody/chord idea 12:45 repetition as a melodic tool 14:19 intentional scale violation 15:01 re-writing familiar melodies as a compositional tool 16:12 other tips (getting distance, community, dynamics) 18:29 pep talk for unsatisfied composers 19:30 finished melody with real instruments 22:00 passing the tip jar 22:14 course announcement ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLIrjjklq_s

Do you think you can tell instruments apart from each other? What if you can only listen to the timbre? It turns out to be harder than you think. Test yourself in this video! Donation links: http://lacinato.com/donate | http://patreon.com/lacinato Psychoacoustics series playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL618khw0A-t51dsZ8DQK5fYkwrowtFYKn Referenced paper: Elliott, C. A. (1975). Attacks and Releases as Factors in Instrument Identification. Journal of Research in Music Education, 23(1), 35–40. https://doi.org/10.2307/3345201 Correction: it's not the hammers that silence piano strings, of course, it's the dampers. :-) 0:00 intro 0:29 demo of the instruments 1:42 test explanation 2:29 the test 3:27 test discussion 4:11 answers and discussion 4:16 piano, banjo, sitar, mandolin 5:01 flute and whistle 5:34 bass and violin 5:55 sax, melodica, and clarinet 6:42 outro ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBWfDEb-AUE

The Horsenecks play I'd Jump the Mississippi by George Jones at Pandaland, 2015-02-27 Thanks to Dana Hubanks for the camera assist! https://www.youtube.com/user/danah2008/videos ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RNEhilh27U

Sean Hayes - Alabama Chicken 2008-07-30, Bellingham, WA, Pandaland ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jxst9dzrw54