How to Write a Catchy MELODY • Music Theory from Beastie Boys "Sure Shot"

<p> </p><div class="video-container size_xl justify_center" style=""><iframe data-video-type="youtube" data-video-id="gELqayFB9GY" data-video-thumb-url="" type="text/html" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gELqayFB9GY?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 Catchy MELODY</strong></span></h2><p> </p><p> </p><p style="text-align:justify;"><meta charset="utf-8"></p><h3 style="text-align:center;" dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-017f2e14-7fff-9a61-8915-935f1dc1d19c"><span class="text-big" style="color:#000000;"><strong>Step 1. Scale</strong></span></h3><p style="text-align:justify;" dir="ltr"><span style="color:#000000;">There are two types of catchy melodies: annoyingly repetitive ones you can’t stop singing but actually hate, and awesome ones that are memorable cos they’re unique.</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;" dir="ltr"><span style="color:#000000;">So, to write a catchy melody that isn’t annoying, you need to make it unique somehow. There are numerous ways to do that, and in this example we’ll be using two. The first way is to use an unusual scale. You see, our ears are so used to hearing melodies in the major and minor scales that they often fade into the background. By using a scale that’s more rare, your melody will instantly stand out.</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;" dir="ltr"><span style="color:#000000;">In this example, we’re using the Blues scale. So, to get the Blues scale, you start with the natural minor scale. From the root of A, that’s simply all the white notes. Next, you delete the 2nd and 6th notes. This gives you a five-note scale called the minor pentatonic. Now, to turn the minor pentatonic into the Blues scale, you add what’s known as the “blue note”, which is the ♭5. So in the A Blues scale, that’s E♭.</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><meta charset="utf-8"></p><p style="text-align:justify;" dir="ltr" id="docs-inte