How to Write a Lydian MELODY • Music Theory from Depeche Mode "Ghosts Again"

<p> </p><div class="video-container size_xl justify_center" style=""><iframe data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="aqLlXoDL570" data-video-thumb-url="" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aqLlXoDL570?rel=0&amp;wmode=transparent&amp;enablejsapi=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></div><p> </p><h2 style="text-align:center;"><span class="text-huge"><strong>How to Write a Lydian MELODY</strong></span></h2><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;"><meta charset="utf-8"></p><p style="text-align:justify;" dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-a408d562-7fff-e435-7337-4032c1dc7da0"><span style="color:#000000;">Simple music <i>can</i> be great music. Depeche Mode’s lead single “Ghosts Again” from their new album “Memento Mori” is proof. It has a well-written <i>and</i> creative vocal melody in the verses, but it’s really simple. So, here’s a method for writing melodies from a band that’s been going for over 40 years!</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><h3 style="text-align:center;" dir="ltr"><span class="text-big" style="color:#000000;"><strong>Step 1. Mode</strong></span></h3><p style="text-align:justify;" dir="ltr"><span style="color:#000000;">If you’re going to write a simple melody, it helps to choose an interesting mode. They chose Lydian, which is an uplifting but quirky mode. So, we’ll use F Lydian for our example, which is all the white notes from F to F.</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;" dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-69b46531-7fff-3f47-dd4d-0d76860bf2b5"><span style="color:#000000;">Just before we jump into the next step. If there’s an artist you want us to hack, drop us a comment. Also, are you new to music theory? Or are you experienced, but you want a refresher? Then download our </span><a class="no-pjax" href="/books" target="_blank" data-link-type="page" data-link-label="Books"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>FREE Book</strong></span></a><span style="color:#000000;"> (link opens in new tab). It only takes 30 minutes to r